Overall apparel exports had been consistently declining due to GST impact and discontinuance of export sops, ergo the reason to revisit the sector in Budget 2018
TCS (up 1.27%), HCL Technologies (up 0.6%), Persistent Systems (up 0.06%) and Tech Mahindra (up 0.03%) edged higher
FM Jaitley estimates 7.2-7.5% GDP growth in second half of current fiscal year in Budget 2018
The government has also announced a Rs 100 billion allocation for fisheries, aquaculture and animal husbandry funds
Avanti Feeds, Godrej Agrovet, Sheetal Cool Products, Foods & Inns, Freshtrop Fruits, Amrit Corp and Sampre Nutritions were up in the range of 5% to 14%.
Government to raise support price of crops to at least 1.5 times the production cost
The salaried individuals have high expectations from this Union budget 2018 which is the last one in Mr. Modi's government.
According to the CSO estimate Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal, ending March 31
Escorts, M&M,Action Construction Equipment, Shakti Pumps, PI Industries, Monsanto India, Excel Crop Care and UPL were up 2% to 6% on BSE.
exports during April-December 2017-18 grew by 12.05 per cent to USD 223.512 billion
In Union budget 2018 farm loan waiver/subvention a possibility as a boost to affected areas in rural India and sops for agriculture
Here are the Budget 2018 expectations across the sector from the Union Budget
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has reached Ministry of Finance in North Block, ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2018-19
The stationery owners said the 12 per cent GST has tremendously affected business, and indicated that a further increase would incur them heavy losses
The NDA government was able to control inflation more efficiently than the UPA government, aided by soft commodity prices. However, it could not accelerate economic growth by much
Following a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speech on Budget 2018 will begin in Parliament around 11 am
The previous Budgets presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have been all development oriented
While the target for household toilets in urban areas was revised downwards to 6.64 million last year, there is still a long way to go in ensuring even universal toilet access
Investors were already spooked this week after CEA Arvind Subramanian, suggested 'a pause' in the fiscal consolidation path
With the introduction of GST, entertainment tax was placed under the highest tax slab of 28%