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Fiscal deficit for April-January period hits 113.7% of full-year revised target
• 8 years agoThe fiscal deficit, reflection of government borrowings to meet revenue-expenditure gap, was 113.7 percent in the 10-month period of 2017-18 as compared to 105.7 percent in the year-ago period.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant pitches for EVs, calls for constant checks on old vehicles
• 8 years agoNITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said the future lies in zero emission vehicles and urged Delhi Municipal Corporation to push for eco-friendly measures
Budget 2018 has taken steps in the right direction to increase penetration of insurance in India
Parag Gupta • 8 years agoThe government-insurance partnership will drive the crop and health insurance schemes announced.
Budget and Beyond: Urban middle class should be educated to understand farmers need to be paid more, says Chidambaram
Seetha • 8 years agoChidambaram says the urban middle class should be educated to understand that farmers need to be paid more.
Budget 2018: Urgent need for research, regulation and innovation in health insurance
Ambarish Datta • 8 years agoAbout 80 percent of India’s citizens have no health insurance cover as a result and our country’s health spend is just around 4 percent of GDP,
UK-India Business Council perspective of Budget 2018: Nothing to fear, nothing to cheer
Kevin Mccole • 8 years agoThe ease of doing business efforts will continue apace because Modi and Jaitley are pragmatic.
Budget 2018: Taxes will go up due to increase in health and education cess
Hiren Bhatt • 8 years agoThe Budget expectations on indirect tax front were already low-spirited, given the little room to tweak indirect taxes.
Three public sector general insurance companies to meet on Friday to discuss merger
• 8 years agoThe three public sector general insurance companies will be meeting on 16 February to deliberate on the proposed merger plan, a top official of United India Insurance said
Budget 2018: India Inc terms Arun Jaitley's proposals as 'populist, election-oriented'
Fp Staff • 8 years agoIndia Inc has said the finance minister's initiatives will give a further fillip to growth, especially in the hinterland.
Shell cos crackdown: Govt removes exemptions from income tax return filing
• 8 years agoSeeking to crackdown on shell companies, the government has proposed to remove exemption available to firms with tax liability of up to Rs 3,000 from filing I-T returns beginning next fiscal