Says he was hoping it would make up for inadequate allocations recommended by the 14th Finance Commission
Outgo to contract 8.5 per cent on price reform for automotive and cooking fuel
Imported mobile phones, financial transactions to cost more, locally made electronic items, LED lights to cost less
Move comes as service tax collections decline steeply in FY15 against BE
Opposition terms Budget anti-poor; P Chidambaram says it lacks overarching goal or underlying theme
Faults it for not making special provisions for Nabakalebar festival and denying Odisha special assistance given to Bihar and West Bengal
The removal of special additional duty on IT products is a big positive for domestic manufacturers of personal computers and tablets
Rise comes on steep increase in international prices of petrol and diesel
Sukhbir Singh Badal says UPA govt always ignored Punjab in budget; hails move to set up AIIMS in the state
Project costs of Navi Mumbai, Goa airports to go up
Service tax will be levied on 60% of fare value against 40% earlier; besides tax rate has been hiked to 14% from 12%
This is the second year in running when the government has had to cut its expenditure in this range
Investors can deposit yellow metal in govt's Gold Monetisation Scheme and earn an interest
Tax giveaways to companies, investors, and middle class; social sector net expanded for poor; and fiscal deficit target eased to 3.9% amid infra focus
The provision of rigorous imprisonment could be upto 10 years for concealment of assets and black money of serious nature
25% increase in 65 mm cigarettes and 15% in other categories
The most salient measures that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented in his Budget
Will be comparable to any of the other international finance centre like Singapore and Dubai, FM Jaitley said in his speech
Total annual benefit for salaried employees now at Rs 19,200