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From CCTV cameras to more washrooms: Railways puts women's safety on track

Modi govt likely to announce 2018 as the year of women's safety in Railways in the upcoming Budget

FY18 GDP advance estimates today: A look at hits & misses of the past

Advance Estimates are used for computing Budget numbers such as fiscal deficit

Taming fiscal deficit at 3.2% of GDP is a tall order

Meeting the fiscal deficit target will become more difficult in the second half of the fiscal year

Modi's aim to contain fiscal deficit: Two options exist, both are painful

The government has opted for borrowing Rs 500 billion in excess of the Rs 5.80 trillion Budget Estimate

What a widening fiscal deficit could mean

After weeks of stress and tension over a widening deficit, you could actually see the government claiming on February 1 a significantly reduced slippage in its fiscal deficit

Govt may opt for wider fiscal deficit target of 3.2% in Budget 2018: DBS

A higher fiscal deficit target for the next fiscal will result in a higher borrowing by the government

Balancing act on fiscal deficit

The growth and buoyancy of direct tax revenue in the 2014-2017 period is lower than in any sub-period this millennium

Ficci urges govt to bring down corporate tax to 28% in Budget 2018

The government is slated to come out with the advanced estimates for the current fiscal on Friday

No harm in fiscal deficit slippage if capex gets major boost: Ficci head

In an interview with Business Standard, Rashesh Shah also said that tax incentives for capital expenditure were a key issue

Even minor fiscal slippage by Centre now invited criticism: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley takes on UPA for widening fiscal deficit

Budget session of Parliament to begin from Jan 29; Union Budget on Feb 1

The first phase of the session will be from January 29 to February 9

Budget 2018: PM Modi likely to meet economists on Jan 10

Union Budget 2018-19, which will be the final budget for PM Modi-led NDA regime before the 2019 general elections, will be presented on Feb 1

Tailwinds, hopes from Budget 2018 spark a fertiliser rally

Roll-out of direct benefit transfer and higher farm realisations should boost demand

Budget 2018: 9 suggestions for Arun Jaitley to step up public expenditure

Stepped up public expenditure need to be accompanied by a set of focused policies. Here are nine suggestions

North Block versus Mint Road

After demonetisation and interest rate stance, surplus profit transfer has become another bone of contention

Wide gap between higher and lower ranked districts

The best performers among backward districts have development indicators better than the national average

Revenue concerns may push back further GST cuts

The January meeting will not discuss rate reduction and the focus will be on stabilising revenue collection

Centre releases Rs 167 cr to nine states for border development

The states which will benefit include Rajasthan and Punjab, both having an international border with Pakistan, and West Bengal and Assam, which share a boundary with Bangladesh

Budget 2018: Decongesting big cities on Nitin Gadkari's priority list

Seeks Rs 25,000 cr as additional budgetary support for 2018-19

Govt to raise Rs 50,000 cr via G-secs; fiscal deficit target to be breached

The central government is learnt to be planning to borrow an additional amount of Rs 50,000 cr from the bond market, over and above the budget estimate of Rs 5.80 lakh crore for fiscal year 2017-18