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Budget 2016: Govt to spend Rs 5,500 cr on crop insurance scheme

An uniform premium of 2% needs to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops

Budget 2016: Govt to spend Rs 5,500 cr on crop insurance scheme
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 11:32 AM IST

Salaried people's expectations from Budget 2016-17

The big hope is for a possible change in income tax slabs along with cheap home loans, easy investment plans

Salaried people's expectations from Budget 2016-17
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 11:25 AM IST

Budget 2016: A hope for better days

LPG subsidy is the most misused, where a Rs 40,000 crore burden is on the government

Budget 2016: A hope for better days
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 10:55 AM IST

Budget 2016 cannot be another exercise in 'Jumlanomics': Sitaram Yechury

Congress on the other hand has predicted that nothing except 'platitude' should be expected from the Budget

Budget 2016 cannot be another exercise in 'Jumlanomics': Sitaram Yechury
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 10:46 AM IST

Budget 2016: Higher spending on agriculture may leave investors disappointed

In a strategy shift, Modi government's Budget could change from its focus on infrastructure spending and market reforms; investors may be disappointed

Budget 2016: Higher spending on agriculture may leave investors disappointed
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 9:18 AM IST

PM Modi gets set for 'his exam' today as Jaitley presents Budget 2016

Modi said he was 'full of confidence ahead of his exam', the Budget, by 125 crore people

PM Modi gets set for 'his exam' today as Jaitley presents Budget 2016
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 8:56 AM IST

8 things that start-ups expect from Budget 2016

Start-up entrepreneurs expect Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to focus heavily on policies that would help start-ups thrive and give a leg up to the economy

8 things that start-ups expect from Budget 2016
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 8:52 AM IST

Stocks to be volatile ahead of Budget 2016, may slip up to 3% if decisions disappoint

A look into what's in store for the markets from Arun Jaitley's Budget 2016 speech

Stocks to be volatile ahead of Budget 2016, may slip up to 3% if decisions disappoint
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 8:14 AM IST

Budget 2016: Modi, Jaitley have a tough balancing act to do amid worries over growth, reforms

Will his proposals ease the fiscal burden of average citizens, notably individual tax payers, is the question that comes to the forefront

Budget 2016: Modi, Jaitley have a tough balancing act to do amid worries over growth, reforms
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 7:32 AM IST

Top 5 tax reforms India Inc seeks from Budget 2016

India Inc's wishlist on tax rationalisation ahead of the Budget today

Top 5 tax reforms India Inc seeks from Budget 2016
Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 7:31 AM IST

Economic Survey cloud on small savings schemes

The implicit subsidy from these schemes to the well-off could be as high as Rs 12,000 crore

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Updated On : 29 Feb 2016 | 12:40 AM IST
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Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 11:42 PM IST

Laws that make the Budget

A look at some key legal and Constitutional aspects that form the basis of the Budget-making process

Laws that make the Budget
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 10:24 PM IST

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: A request to the PM

The PMO should also present an annual report, on the state of politics and society

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 10:13 PM IST

Challenges to overcome

Economic Survey lists headwinds Budget will face

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 10:06 PM IST

Publish list of loan defaulters, AIBEA asks Centre

The association said govt should book a criminal case and initiate stringent action against the defaulters

Publish list of loan defaulters, AIBEA asks Centre
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 6:22 PM IST

Railways state minister oppose rail privatisation under NDA rule

He said despite financial constraints, Rs 4,200 crore has been sanctioned for Madhya Pradesh to strengthen and develop the rail network

Railways state minister oppose rail privatisation under NDA rule
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 4:12 PM IST

Low defence budget may affect security: Parliamentary panel

Panel's report has suggested that a minimum percentage be fixed for defence expenditure compared to total govt expenditure

Low defence budget may affect security: Parliamentary panel
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 3:47 PM IST

Jaitley faces tough task; has to please both farmers and investors

Rising rural distress due to back-to-back droughts have put pressure on FM to spend more on social schemes; no change in tax slabs likely

Jaitley faces tough task; has to please both farmers and investors
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 3:28 PM IST

Start-ups bat for tax sops, investment incentives in Union Budget

iSpirt submits 36-points agenda to the finance ministry that discusses various hurdles startups face today

Start-ups bat for tax sops, investment incentives in Union Budget
Updated On : 28 Feb 2016 | 3:13 PM IST