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Budget in 2 minutes

A snapshot of all you need to know about key announcements in Budget 2017

USIBC welcomes Jaitley's 'admirable' budget, terms it 'forward-looking'

Budgets can be challenging to implement but Jaitley has done an admirable job: USIBC

Budget 2017: Breather for gains from property and inherited jewellery

This will bring down capital gains especially in case of property transactions

Every announcement in Budget 2017 stems from demonetisation

Sops, tighter political funding aimed at easing note ban woes

Budget 2017 for defence: Govt refuses to bite the bullet

FY18 allocation for defence accounts for 16.8% of govt spending, down from 17.1% in previous year

Income tax slab slashed to 5% for Rs 2.5-5 lakh earners

However, earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge

Budget merger can't hide rot in Railway finances

Railways' increased dependence on govt for its capital outlay has put the Union budget under stress

Mukesh Butani: Experiment with traditional appraisal

Survey findings clearly resonates an intent to be different in terms of the approach and findings

Giving away powers is the idea behind liberalisation, says Arun Jaitley

In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more

Download: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget 2017 speech

Here is the full text of the speech delivered by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament

Watch: Only sher-o-shayari; Budget 2017 a damp squib, says Rahul

The Congress vice-president, however, supported the proposal on political funding

Budget Nuts & Bolts

Small nuggets of announcements in Budget 2017 that could have big impact on various segments

Watch: Budget 2017 devoted to well-being of villagers, farmers: Modi

It will bring a big change in the financial condition of the villages, Modi said

Budget: Start-ups hail corporation tax cuts but say MAT still a concern

Chandni Jafri CEO of Mumbai Angel Network hailed the budget as being overall assertive

Budget: Jewellers say digitisation will boost sector, drive consumption

However, proposal to ban all cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh might affect demand in the sector

Arun Jaitley attempts a clean-up job in Budget 2017

Finance minister , keeps projected expenditure growth low

Budget fails to address demonetisation concerns: Naveen Patnaik

Union Budget 2017-18 is a mixed bag falls short of expectations on many counts, says Patnaik

Impact of changes in tax rules: An analysis by Deloitte

Industry expects that an effective transitory mechanism is provided in law for first-time adopters

Debashis Basu: FM offers olive branch to taxpayers

FM has also announced that there would be no scrutiny for the first time taxpayer

Devendra Pant: Tricky fiscal arithmetic

The Centre's net tax revenues are expected to grow 12.7 per cent in 2017-18