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Supreme Court to hear seeking postponement of Union Budget on January 20

The bench headed by Chief Justice Khehar said they would hear the matter in due course of time

Why the budget should be postponed? Show provisions, says SC

The bench observed that there has been no prima facie violation of any legal provision

GST Council meet today to try and bridge differences

Search for consensus on dual control, definition of coastal states on agenda

Budget 2017: Government mulls tax on junk food and sugary drinks

In July 2014, government increased tax on sugar-sweetened beverages 5%, hoping to curb consumption

Assocham calls for a Budget that revives economy post note-ban

Narendra Modi on November 8 announced demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 bank notes

Budget 2017: Some balm in store for nation after the demonetisation pain?

Taxpayers will be eager for some sops to relieve the strain caused by note ban

Outlook: Market to focus on Q3 results, Budget expectations this week

BSE will launch its much-awaited Rs 1,500 crore initial public offering (IPO) on January 23

'Budget before polls will influence voters'

Interview with former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi

Socio-Economic Census to replace poverty line

Nod to Bose panel suggestions for identifying beneficiaries, resource allocation for rural schemes

Panel tosses putting off note-ban briefing

Kirit Somaiya said that the officials were busy with the preparation of the Union Budget 2017-18

Digital payment to go easy on taxpayer's wallet

Digital transactions done post Nov 8 can winner will get Rs 5 lakh to Rs 1 cr award through contest

Fiscal calculations may not upset the budget plans

Govt has opportunity to borrow substantially more from market without crowding private investment

Banks look forward for incentives to promote digital payments

There are about 40 crore smartphones while e-wallets have risen to 23 crore in less than 1.5 years

Sops for railways unlikely as Jaitley says customers must pay for services

They have decided that by 2019 all its accounting will move to accrual system

Railways' budgetary support may be up 12%

From the next financial year, the railways will not have to pay any dividend

Arun Jaitley backs outsourcing of non-core functions of railways

Government had in September scrapped 92-year old practice of presenting a separate railway budget

PM Modi to meet economists tomorrow, cash crunch, demonetisation may figure

The meeting is coordinated by NITI Aayog

Farm allocation set to go up

Allocation for drip irrigation could be doubled to at least Rs 3,000 crore from existing Rs 1,500 cr

Budget to assume crude oil price of $55-$60 bbl for FY18

Opec announced it will reduce production by 1.2 mn barrels to 32.5 mn barrels a day from Jan 2017

Exporters have high hopes from Budget 2017

EEPC Chairman TS Bhasin said demonetisation, digitisation of economy will be beneficial in long run