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Xiaomi, Haier, others get vocal on Customs duty hike in Budget 2018

On Friday, LG India Managing Director (MD) Kim Ki-Wan said the duty hikes were ill-timed and would hit the Rs 700 billion domestic electronics market

Budget 2018: Don't ignore revenue balance and expenditure references

The slippage in the fiscal deficit target for FY18 was not due to poor Budget formulation or design but a consequence of factors that were beyond the control of the Ministry of Finance

Beyond Arun Jaitley's Budget Speech

Major change proposed by Finance Bill is introduction of the concept of taxing income in India based on 'significant economic presence'

Budget '18:Sebi may allow large corporate to float bonds for 1/4th of needs

The move is aimed at deepening the corporate bond market and encourage companies to tap this route for funds

Modi's 'Housing for All' means nothing for India's 100 mn migrant workers

India's urban housing crisis will only aggravate further if the government fails to listen to the needs of this large cross-section of urban populations

Budget 2018: How Jaitley turned classroom blackboards into 'digital boards'

The finance minister's emphasis on the need to move away from blackboards to digital boards signifies the role that technology must play in improving the quality of education

Oil prices uncertain, fiscal slippage unlikely, says FM Arun Jaitley

Said fiscal situation would be comfortable next financial year and there were no concerns about slippages from deficit targets

Fiscally, we are anti-Keynesian

Achieving fiscal balance should be govt's long-term plan, but the glide path should be a function of the state of the economy, with flexibility to overshoot during tough times

Corporate bond norms by Sept; investors on right path with MFs: Sebi chief

Sebi chief adds that LTCG tax to have minimal impact on Indian markets; global factors pose greater risk

From fiscal health to monetary policy: Everything Jaitley, Urjit Patel said

FM Jaitley said there was now an increased reliance on the bond market as far as credit was concerned

Stock market bubble won't cause any major problem, says Urjit Patel

Patel said RBI and Sebi need to be cognisant of stock market movements

Budget 2018: Northern Railway gets Rs 90 bn for enhancing signalling system

Rs 3.65 billion has been set aside for video surveillance systems at 1,589 stations in the Northern region

States may face tough times as Modicare to cost them Rs 43.3 bn per year

The scheme was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his Budget 2018 speech and has come under fire from the Opposition, with Congress leader P Chidambaram calling it a 'jumla'

BS Insurance Round Table 2018: Govt's health scheme needs realistic pricing

Discussions around the health insurance scheme were the major talking point at the Round Table, considering the scale and ambition of the project

Budget 2018: Restrictions on using capital gains bonds to save tax

Gains from asset classes apart from property have to be invested in other instruments

Budget gave Rs 120-bn relief to salaried class, senior citizens: Jaitley

Observing that India has missed the tag of fastest growing economy by 0.1 per cent, Jaitley said, that as per the IMF, India will again become the fastest growing economy

Centre's FY19 mop-up from cess, surcharges to be higher than budgeted capex

The govt hopes to collect Rs 3.02 trillion from cess and surcharges in 2018-19; by comparison, entire capital expenditure for FY19 is pegged at Rs 3 trillion

Budget 2018: How Jaitley's circle rate move will impact real estate deals

If a property's sale value is up to 5 per cent below its circle rate, the buyer and seller won't need to pay additional tax

Budget 2018 to aid growth, but with higher inflation, weaker fiscal balance

The inescapable inference is that govt now finds it extremely difficult to get the deficit down to 3%

Be ready to pay more at restaurants as dining out could become costlier

With the customs hike on imported foodstuff and key ingredients in Budget 2018, dining out is set to get dearer