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Niti Aayog taking states' views on its paper on agriculture

The paper titled 'Raising Agricultural Productivity and Making Farming Remunerative for Farmers' has identified five issues

Budget expectations: Looking for more pragmatism

Budget 2016: Ahead of Union Budget, Government to come out with GDP numbers

To release advance estimates of GDP for current fiscal along with GDP data for the third quarter of the current financial year

GDP data to show economy racing, realities less rosy

Median estimate of Reuters poll puts annual GDP growth at 7.3%, but economists feel that falling exports, flat corporate order book don't paint such a rosy picture

Ahead of Budget, railway finances way short of Prabhu's promise

Final decision on fiscal deficit target for FY17 likely this week

Govt shouldn't waste all energy on GST Bill

Modi must focus on other state-level reforms, such as those in labour laws, leasing of land and agriculture

Budget 2016: Agri Min seeks animal health card scheme

Ministry seeks Rs 140 cr to cover 85 mn milk producing animals under scheme, to control diseases, enhance output and improve livestock quality

First, create capacity

Caution on reviving PPP model is warranted

Agriculture needs to take centre stage in Budget: Arvind Subramanian

Interview with Chief Economic Advisor

Prem Shankar Jha: The economy's vortex of decline

Prohibitively high interest rates since 2007 have kept the Indian economy from a much-needed recovery

Nitin Desai: Budget choices

Which way will the Budget go-a revival of investment growth, or adherence to fiscal discipline?

Tour operators seek service tax exemption, e-tourist visas at sea

Industry says though most pending issues have been deliberated upon by Tourism ministry, they are yet to be implemented

Tax benefits for leather, gems & jewellery likely in Budget

Elimination of customs duty on imported leather machinery, abolishing excise duty on imitation jewellery on the cards

Assocham makes a pitch for women-friendly Budget

Seeks 10-fold hike in children's education, tax exemption to creches, in order to enable more women to join workforce

Consumer electronics industry seeks duty structure review

Wants exemption from basic customs duty for major parts needed for making air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines

Cairn wants govt to reduce oil cess before Budget 2016

It will also encourage the sector to pursue the PM's vision of reducing India's import dependence for crude oil by at least 10% by 2022, the company said

Govt to meet fiscal deficit target for FY16: Deutsche Bank

Bank says govt's target of 3.9% was set on realistic revenue & expenditure growth assumptions, which made fiscal arithmetic credible

States demand more money from Centre ahead of Budget

We should work in unison to boost growth: FM

Centre, states should work as Team India: Jaitley

Invokes collective effort for putting country on high growth trajectory