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Budget 2024: Steep STT increase to tame retail frenzy in derivatives market

Some market participants have also suggested that income from F&O trading should be classified as speculative income and taxed at a higher rate

Budget 2024: Govt to set up 'plug and play' industrial parks in 100 cities

12 industrial parks to be 'sanctioned' under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, says Finance Minister

Chidambaram, Tharoor laud angel tax end, call Budget 2024 'underwhelming'

Union budget 2024-25: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor find Budget 2024 presentation full of missed opportunities, compared it Congress manifesto

Cut in gold import duty will curb smuggling, boost jewellery exports: Goyal

"The gold import duty cut to 6 per cent will promote the manufacturing of gold and silver jewellery. It will also contain smuggling," Goyal told PTI

Union Budget 2024-25: A Budget for long term capital and gains

The stock market's knee-jerk reaction must not define FM Sitharaman's far-reaching Budget

Union Budget 2024: Disability affairs department allocated Rs 1,225 cr

Additionally, the Scheme for Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act is allocated Rs 135 cr, more than doubling the previous year's revised estimate of Rs 67 cr

Budget 2024: Govt scraps import taxes on critical minerals to aid RE sector

Duties on metals including copper, lithium and cobalt will be lifted to aid the domestic development of sectors like renewable electricity and aerospace, she said in the speech on Tuesday

Budget 2024: Mere 0.5% boost to department of drinking water and sanitation

Budget also includes significant funding for water supply and sanitation at Rs 64,302.85 cr, an increase from the previous year's Rs 64,138.41 cr

Union Budget 2024: Budget allocation for Ladakh rises by 32% to Rs 5,958

Ladakh UT, which was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, has received Rs 2,035.49 crore for establishment expenditure of the Centre

Budget 2024: Realty gets mixed signals with housing boost, indexation cut

Rs 10 trillion boost for urban housing but indexation removal plays dampener

Budget 2024: How FM Sitharaman's tax changes will impact your finances

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2024 brings a mix of tax reliefs and hikes with key changes including income tax slab restructuring and revised capital gains tax rates

Union Budget 2024 scraps Rs 15,000 crore mega net zero fund for OMCs

Originally announced as a Rs 30,000 crore fund in Budget 2023, the fund was never disbursed

Budget 2024-25 commits reforms to strengthen IBC, strengthen tribunals

Finance Minister says integrated technology platform will be set up for improving bankruptcy code outcomes

Budget makes employment push as youth share in formal job additions falls

Share of people younger than 25 in formal employment, as defined by EPFO additions, fell to 50.2% in 2023-24, from 68.9% in 2018-19

Budget 2024: Sitharaman's Budget cuts subsidy bill by 7.8% to Rs 3.81 trn

The government's decision to maintain the subsidy estimates from the interim budget suggests a calculated approach to balancing fiscal consolidation with welfare measures

Customs duty exemption on lithium, cobalt to aid EV sector growth: Auto Inc

Hero MotoCorp Executive Chairman Pawan Munjal said the Budget positions India as a technology-driven and knowledge-driven economy, reaffirming commitment to sustainable development

Budget allocates Rs 1.28 trn for telecom ministry; BSNL to get Rs 82,916 cr

Of the total proposed allocation, over Rs 1 trillion is meant for BSNL and MTNL-related expenses, including Rs 82,916 crore infusion in BSNL for technology upgradation and restructuring at BSNL

Census, NPR unlikely in 2024 too as only Rs 1,309.46 cr allocated in Budget

The house listing phase of the census and the exercise to update the NPR were scheduled to be carried out across the country from April 1 to September 30, 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19

Budget 2024: Tax exemptions expanded to retail schemes, ETFs in Gift-IFSC

With the changes, these schemes will now enjoy tax exemptions similar to that of category III AIFs set up in the IFSC

Union Budget 2024: Paving the path for India's sustained growth story

India's FY25 capital expenditure outlay is maintained at Rs 11.11 trillion, in line with the Interim Budget and up from last year's estimate of Rs 9.5 trillion