Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that the Budget 2017 reflects India’s intent for electoral reforms and transparency in governance. “Transparency is the hallmark of any governance and it has to start from the conduct of any political party. For the last 70 years there has been talk of[Read More…]
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Farming Community cheated: P Chidambaram on Budget 2017
Slamming union budget 2017, Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that framing community has been cheated. “People have already stopped talking about the budget, 24 hours after it was presented,” Chidmbaram said. He added, ”I don’t think this will have any impact on state[Read More…]
Budget 2017: Little to affect the auto industry
The Finance Minister Has Announced That Major Indirect Tax Changes Will Be Held Off Till The GST Rollout The highly anticipated 2017 Budget announcement has included little to affect either carmakers or car buyers. The reason? Since the goods and services tax (GST) will be implemented soon (expected from the[Read More…]
Budget adheres to fiscal prudence: Suresh Prabhu
Sports budget hiked by Rs 350 crore
No roadmap for creation of jobs, increase in farmer income: Ahmed Patel on budget 2017
Terming budget as a disappointing, senior Congress leader and MP, Ahmed Patel said that the budget has no road map for creation of jobs, increase in farmer income and decrease in house prices. “Budget is disappointing. It has no roadmap for creation of jobs, increase in farmer income and decrease[Read More…]
Budget 2017: 55,000 cr allocated to railways, no service charges on e-tickets
As first time the Railway Budget is merged with General Budget. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed it as “ridding us of the colonial era practice of separate budgets”. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a slew of announcements for Indian Railways – from doing away with service charge for IRCTC ticket[Read More…]
Budget 2017: Autonomy of railways to be maintained, says Jaitley
Witnessed historic reform in last one year: FM
House will mourn E Ahamed on Thursday: Speaker
Amid ruckus, Finance Minister present budget 2017-18
Opposition created a ruckus after LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan refused to postpone the Budget following the death of lawmaker E Ahamed. Despite the death of sitting parliamentarian and former Union Minister E. Ahamed, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all set to present the 2017-18 Budget in Parliament on Wednesday. “I[Read More…]
No delay, Budget to be presented as scheduled
President Pranab Mukhejee has given his assent allowing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget 2017. The Budget will be presented as scheduled as the government has spoken to all parties, as per the sources. Earlier there were reports that Budget may postpone by a day after MP E[Read More…]
Expect a 7% rise in train fares in the coming fiscal year
The railways might hike their passenger fares to around seven in order to be effective in the next fiscal year, as per the statements of financial projections in the Rail Budget, now merged with the General Budget to be presented on Wednesday. The announcement of an increase of fares is[Read More…]
Domentisation aims to slice real estate price: Arvind Subramanian
Government completely failed to create jobs: Rahul
Launching scathing attack on Modi government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has been completely failed to create jobs. “The main question in India today is creation of jobs for young people. It is a big issue today to provide jobs for youth in India,” Rahul said outside[Read More…]
We are proud of forces, says Pranab Mukherjee on surgical strikes
Praising government’s decision of surgical strikes, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the defence forces successfully conducted strike to prevent infiltration by terrorists. “We are proud of the forces, and the exemplary courage and valour displayed by them,” President said while addressing joint session of parliament. He added that[Read More…]
[Watch]: Here’s what the ‘aam aadmi’ expects from Union and Railway budget 2017
The government is all set to present the Union and Railway Budgets 2017 on February 1. The Budget is most awaited coming at the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial demonetization drive, and is a precursor to five crucial state assembly elections. Budget 2017 will clearly show the government’s[Read More…]
Budget 2017: Service tax may increase to 18%
Opposition to Election Commission: No Budget before polls
Opposition parties led by the Congress approached the Election Commission on Thursday asking it to reschedule the budget date- just three days before the commencement of Assembly polls in five states. The Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi party, BSP, Janata Dal (United) and RJD argued that the NDA government might announce “populist[Read More…]