Arun Jaitley

TMT

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: What's in it for startups?

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a series of proposals in his Budget for 2018-19 that generated considerable interest within ......

TMT

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Jaitley denounces cryptocurrency, welcomes blockchain

The Indian government doesn’t consider cryptocurrencies legal tender but will adopt the blockchain technology to encourage the digital economy, finance ......

Consumer

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Rural India, education get top billing

Rural India and the education sector were among the big winners of the Union Budget for 2018-19 even as Finance ......

Healthcare

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Govt announces world's largest health scheme, to benefit 500 mn poor

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, announced the flagship National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which aims to provide an annual ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Has Modi govt sounded the election bugle?

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday unveiled a pro-poor, pro-farmer budget ahead of the general elections due in 2019.In the ......

Markets

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Modi jolts stock market golden goose with long-term capital gains tax

The Union government's proposal to re-introduce long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) on equities and equity-linked securities such as mutual funds ......

Economy

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Live Blog

Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented today what will most likely be the Narendra Modi government’s final full budget before the ......

Economy

29 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Economic survey sees GDP growth picking up in FY19

The Indian economy is likely to grow between 7% and 7.5% in the financial year that begins in April, the ......

Economy

29 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Govt may set record $15.7 bn disinvestment target

India’s government may look to raise as much as a record 1 trillion rupees ($15.7 billion) from the sale of ......

Finance

25 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Job creation under scanner after listed cos cut workforce last year

On 23 January, the International Labor Organisation (ILO) said that more than three-fourths of India’s workforce will be vulnerable by ......