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Finance
Budget 2018: Infra spends may spur capex, but FM Jaitley must woo private sector
Capital expenditure is key to any budgetary exercise. After all, the quantum of capex spent, both by the government, as ......
General
Just one in five active listed firms to benefit from corporate tax cut
Ahead of this year’s budget, the media was agog with speculation that finance minister Arun Jaitley will give companies something ......
General
Tax department will not hound small depositors: Arun Jaitley
Currency worth around Rs 14 lakh crore is in circulation in the economy in high-denomination notes and how much of ......
General
GST Council meeting: Will the Centre and states find a consensus on tax rates?
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) council, which is headed by union finance minister Arun Jaitley and comprises his counterparts ......
Consumer
Divide among jewellery associations deepens as partial strike continues
The fissure, among various Indian jewellery associations and individual jewellers, is widening as many standalone jewellers are still reluctant to ......
Infrastructure
Jaitley walks a tightrope to fund infrastructure
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union budget had a theme—Transform India. And while reading out the budget speech, Jaitley termed ......
Infrastructure
Electricity generated from coal to be costlier by around 12 paise per unit
Electricity generated from India’s coal-fuelled projects may become costlier by around 12 paise per unit following the Union budget announcement ......
General
Budget 2016: A leap towards systemic reforms in infrastructure
The Union budget 2016, on the face of it, appears lacklustre for various infrastructure sectors in general and there’s nothing ......
Infrastructure
Bar set high for FM
To say that the infrastructure sector ought to be an area of focus for the government is perhaps an understatement. ......