Page 10 - Union Budget 2016

Ajay Shah: Nothing exceptional at all

The Budget has failed to build an atmosphere of tangible optimism

Akash Prakash: Credible but badly packaged

The market will breathe a sigh of relief that there was no change in the long-term capital gains tax, or that rumours of gift tax and estate duty re-appearing were plain wrong

Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: Fostering ease of doing business

An indirect tax Budget so positive that it is almost thrilling

Mukesh Butani: A big tax overhaul

A slew of proposals have got unprecedented attention in this Budget

Claude Smadja: A good balancing act

Budget sends reassuring message on the sustainability of gradual reform

Shekhar Gupta: Budget 2016 shows Modi is a reformer in retreat

The loss in Bihar has forced a change in NDA's market positioning

Rathin Roy: Focus on reforms, fiscal commitments

This government has stayed the course on unglamorous reforms and tax proposals

Budget 2016-2017: Key Highlights

The most salient measures that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented in his Budget

Budget: Social Justice Ministry allocated Rs 7,350 cr

Tribal Affairs Ministry gets a higher budgetary allocation of Rs 4,826 cr

Budget 2016: Lacks both vision and conviction says, Rahul Gandhi

However, he thanked FM for accepting his recommendation on removing import duty on braille paper.

Budget brings 2 new cesses; more revenue from levy at Rs 23,000 cr

The cess, which will be effective from June 1, 2016, will help finance and promote initiatives to improve agriculture

Budget 2016: No big idea but fiscal consolidation good, says Chidambaram

He said budget has disappointed every section of people equally and is a wasted opportunity

Its a luke warm Budget for social media

Budget 2016-2017 could not stir the social media into much frenzy it semms. the number of tweets related to budget climbed at a sluggis pace all day, reaching a paltry peak of 1200 tweets per minute, before slumping down again. On Facebook, it failed to feature in the top trending topics. Here is a look at some of the Twitter data for the annual economic milestone.

Multinationals may take retro tax settlement offer

The MNCs stand to gain as govt has offered to waive interest and penalty; and a falling rupee will reduce payout by another 20%

Budget 2016: Aviation stocks fall on proposed higher levy on ATF

The excise duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) is to be hiked to 14% from 8%

Budget 2016: Advani terms it 'one of the best so far'

The BJP patriarch said at a time when the global economy remains weak, India's growth is laudable.

Budget 2016: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan gets Rs 9,000 crore

The mission is a national campaign, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns

Budget 2016: Marginal cut in DAE funds, Rs 3,000 cr for nuclear power

The DAE have been collected Rs 1.06 crore less than previous year

Budget 2016: Plan expenditure for MNRE sees a big jump to Rs 5,000 crore next fiscal

Plan expenditure for the current fiscal is Rs 246.53 crore, as against last year's budgetary estimate of Rs 287.67 crore

Budget to boost demand, supply of affordable homes: Realtors

Arun Jaitley has taken right steps to boost housing sector and ensure that 'Housing for All by 2022' becomes reality, said CREDAI President