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Insurance industry leaders say Budget sends positive signal to investors
“The Budget does a good job of balancing many economic, social and political priorities that the FM has had to juggle in these trying times,” Mihir Vora said.
Budget shocker: Your Provident Fund to be taxed on withdrawal
At present social security schemes run by retirement fund body EPFO are tax free.
PM has passed budget test with flying colours, says Rajnath
If the Union Budget were like annual examination for our Prime Minister, then I must say he has passed the examination with flying colours: Rajnath Singh
Government committed to implementing GAAR from April 2017
In 2015, the Finance Minister had deferred applicability of General Anti-Avoidance Act (GAAR) by two years.
Budget 2016: Excise duty hike to push garment prices up by 2-5%
The garment industry in Punjab described the levy as "most deplorable" step and said that prices of ready made garments will go up in the range of 2 to 5 per cent.
Speaker permits Arun Jaitley to sit and deliver Budget speech
In 2015 too, Jaitley had to take a 10-minute break due to exhaustion and back pain.
Rationalise taxes on media, entertainment sector: Experts
Care Ratings in a pre-Budget note called for a uniform, simplified and single-point taxation across product categories under the purview of GST.
Sensex sinks 379 points, logs first fall in five sessions
The 50-share NSE Nifty also broke below the 7,200-mark with a plunge of 125 points.
Bosch seeks labour reforms, infra development in Union Budget
Bosch has also asked for the government support to achieve $200 billion turnover as outlined in the Automotive Mission Plan 2026.
'Make in India' will be the biggest brand India has ever created, says Modi
Modi said that India is probably the most open country for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which has increased by 48 per cent since the BJP government came to power in May 2014.
Sensex, Nifty slide again, close lowest since May 2014
Country's biggest lender SBI fell by 4.82 per cent to Rs 158.95 ahead of its financial results, while banks-based index on BSE slipped by more than 2 per cent.
Indian economy likely to grow at 7.9% in FY17: Crisil
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have already lowered their global growth forecasts for 2016.
Visit London with British Airways at just Rs 53,542
The scheme is part of the company's new brand campaign, a short film titled 'Fuelled by Love', inspired by a real-life experience of a British Airways cabin crew member.
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.75%, CRR stays at 4%; EMIs unlikely to change
The reverse repo rate will remain unchanged at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility rate and the bank rate at 7.75 per cent.
