Plan expenditure for the current fiscal is Rs 246.53 crore, as against last year's budgetary estimate of Rs 287.67 crore
Arun Jaitley has taken right steps to boost housing sector and ensure that 'Housing for All by 2022' becomes reality, said CREDAI President
Also expreses resentment over tepid hike in overall irrigation outlay
Currently, the service tax for these services is 14%
Three-year tax holiday for start-ups is one of the most exciting announcements of this budget, said Chairman of Lulu Group
A major proposal in the budget to tackle the problem of stressed assets in the banking sector concerns the ARCs
Another major development is REITs coming closer to reality
He said by 2019, all villages will be connected via roads and by 2018, all of them will be electrified
Arun Jaitley said in his Budget speech that more support will be provided to exporters to give a boost to overseas shipments
Banks see no drastic measure in Budget to recover bad loans
With a Budget largely focused on rural sector, India Inc feels left out
Arun Jaitley announced an excise duty of 1% on gold and diamond jewellery, says new duty will cut demand
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has increased STT on sale of stock options from 0.017% to 0.05%
She said the budget failed to meet the 'higher expectations' of the people of the state
The people of the State of Tamil Nadu had still higher expectations, which have not been met, said Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Hike, however, lower than rate of excise duty increases previous years
After swinging 850 pts, Benchmark Sensex ends 152 pts lower
He said people got only disappointment from the budget; 'acchhe din' only for those having black money
The Budget had laid major emphasis on entrepreneurship and small business, which would spur the entrepreneurship movement in the northeastern region
100% village electrification is positive but power supply needs to be ensured