Budget 2018

Budget 2018: FinMin may tweak Minimum Alternate Tax norms to boost industry

There is a need to revisit the corporate tax rate in Union Budget 2018-19, to be presented to Parliament on February 1: Expert

Run-up to Budget 2018-19: India's medium-term fiscal outlook under a cloud

Lower revenue collection, in turn, puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it deviates from the glided path of debt reduction

Amid Opposition protests, Budget passed in Lok Sabha without discussion

With the passage of the Finance Bill and the Appropriation Bill, the budget exercise is complete in the lower house

Within a matter of months, we were able to stabilise GST: Jaitley in LS

He said the Modi government remains committed to fiscal prudence and demonstrated it by bringing down fiscal deficit from 3.9%

Budget 2018 session least productive since 2000 due to adjournments

So far in the 16th (the present) Lok Sabha, the average productivity of Lok Sabha is 85%, and that of Rajya Sabha is 68%

Defence budget not sufficient to cater committed payment: Army vice chief

The marginal increase in Budget Estimates barely accounts for inflation and does not even cater for the taxes, says army's vice chief, Lieutenant General Sarath Chand

Why alarmists must not derail policy direction if they want a better India

Governments in almost all market economy countries intervene to a greater or a smaller degree in their industries. India, finally, might be on the same path

BS Analysis: States may not stick to fiscal consolidation road map

The six Budgets analysed are of Chhattisgarh, Kerala, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

Budget not a propaganda vehicle, restore its real purpose

With rising media interest in Budgets over the years governments have used them as propaganda vehicles

Budget 2018: Don't ignore revenue balance and expenditure references

The slippage in the fiscal deficit target for FY18 was not due to poor Budget formulation or design but a consequence of factors that were beyond the control of the Ministry of Finance

Budget analysis: From Smriti Irani's positive comments to AAP's criticism

Aam Aadmi Party found more traction on social media in its criticism of Budget compared to Congress

Sustained improvement in rural sentiments

It is likely that the farmers have tasted blood. Their agitation has succeeded even though it is work in progress

Budget decision on customs duty hike to impact imports of $85 bn in a year

The duty hike on 40 categories of goods, which make up about a fourth of total imports, will augment total customs collections in 2018-19 only by 19%, lower than the current year's 25%

Beyond Arun Jaitley's Budget Speech

Major change proposed by Finance Bill is introduction of the concept of taxing income in India based on 'significant economic presence'

Budget '18:Sebi may allow large corporate to float bonds for 1/4th of needs

The move is aimed at deepening the corporate bond market and encourage companies to tap this route for funds

Modi's 'Housing for All' means nothing for India's 100 mn migrant workers

India's urban housing crisis will only aggravate further if the government fails to listen to the needs of this large cross-section of urban populations

Budget 2018: How Jaitley turned classroom blackboards into 'digital boards'

The finance minister's emphasis on the need to move away from blackboards to digital boards signifies the role that technology must play in improving the quality of education

MSMEs to be growth engine of new India, Modi govt working on this: DFS Secy

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech lowered the corporate tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per cent for companies with a turnover of up to Rs 2.5 billion

In Modicare, Philips sees 'sense and simplicity', aims to rule PPP space

Presently, Philips India is operating 36 PPPs in different tier II and III cities

Glad that this govt won't present 6th Budget: Chidambaram on Budget 2018

Chidambaram added that the government could have chosen to solve one of the challenges of fiscal consolidation, acute distress in the farm sector, delivery of welfare and job creation