Page 393 - Budget 2026 News

Black money: Tighter noose to curb laundering by banks, financial institutions

Steps to stop black money circulation in real estate

GST gets a nudge forward, DTC hits the dead end

Corporate tax reduction effective from FY17; instant relief comes in the form of GAAR deferment

Excise, service tax a spoiler for many items

Imported mobile phones, financial transactions to cost more, locally made electronic items, LED lights to cost less

FM's crowd-pleasing balancing act

This year's fiscal deficit meets target, 2015-16's at 3.9%; Major social welfare net rolled out, with emphasis on insurance; Clarity to Vodafone-type transfer pricing tax claims

Claude Smadja: Open for business, at last

Foreign investors cannot but appreciate the political thrust of the Budget

Entire architecture of Centre-state financial relationship redefined: Arun Jaitley

Interview with Finance Minister

Union Budget 2015: When the galleries played to Jaitley

The assembled guests - on both sides of the aisle - were the object of attentiveness through Jaitley's speech

More tax-free options

Budget raises service tax rate, widens base

Move comes as service tax collections decline steeply in FY15 against BE

Minor relief for middle class

We found right balance in wanting to reach fiscal gap target at 3.9%: Arun Jaitley

Finance ministry Press Conference

Abheek Barua: Ambitious spending, given tight finances

Akash Prakash: Budget will keep the bulls happy

Jaitley's budget with an eye on Bihar and Bengal polls, keeps allies happy

Opposition terms Budget anti-poor; P Chidambaram says it lacks overarching goal or underlying theme

Budget 2015: Which state got what?

Finance Minister said two more IIMs will be set up in J&K, Andhra Pradesh

Rathin Roy: Numbers need to back the politics better

Enhanced tax devolution moderated to maintain resource allocation for central priorities

Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: A very traditional Budget

The finance minister does not move beyond the old approach of giving more exemptions

Vision statement unlikely to boost corporate earning

Markets will find it hard to justify stretched valuations in the face of single-digit earnings growth

Mukesh Butani: A more certain tax regime

The Budget sticks to the 3Cs of tax policy - certainty, clarity and consistency

Subir Gokarn: A big leap forward

We now see an emerging link between objectives and financial commitments