Page 16 - Union Budget 2016

Budget 2016: Govt to take measures to support export sector

Jaitley said the duty drawback scheme has been widened and deepened to include more products and countries

Sensex jumps 140 points as Arun Jaitley presents Budget

Sensex opened higher at 23,238.50 before quoting at 23,293.80, NSE Nifty traded up by 15.25 points

Boost to bus makers in Budget

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Motor Vehicles Act will be amended to allow the participation of private sector in the passenger vehicle segment of road transport

Higher Education Finance Agency to be set up

The government is setting up a Higher Education Finance Agency to help finance studies in Indian educational institutes.

Public general insurers to be listed on exchanges

In his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the general insurance companies owned by government will be listed on the stock exchanges

Budget 2016 a 'test' for govt: Shiv Sena

Sena said that people have high expectations from the government

Skills mission, jobs get a boost in Budget 2016-2017

FM announces 1,500 multi-skill training institutes across India and allocates Rs 1,700 crore for the same

Budget 2016: Govt to provide digital literacy to 6 crore rural households

Arun Jaitley said out of 16.8 crore rural households, 12 crore do not have computers

Budget 2016: Govt to give statutory status to Aadhaar

It has been suggested that all benefits, subsidies funded from consolidated fund of India should be through Aadhaar platform

Budget 2016: Arun Jaitley announces 9 pillars for transforming India

The other pillars include focus on agriculture and rural areas with a view to doubling farm income by 2022

Budget 2016: 5 income tax expectations from Arun Jaitley

Five things the common man would like to see in the Union Budget 2016 today

Budget 2016-2017: National e-APMC market is set to become operational in April

Around 585 spot mandis connected to the APMC will be connected through the electronic platform on April 14

Arun Jaitley begins presenting India's national budget for 2016-17

In his opening remarks Jaitley said that India remained the bright spot when the global economy is in crisis

Brief uproar in LS over privilege motion against Smriti Irani before Budget speech

Opposition was on their feet seeking to know status of their notices against Irani for 'misleading' the House on Rohith Vemula issue

FM Arun Jaitley unveils pro-poor Budget 2016-2017; pledges reforms

While unveiling the rural economy-focused Budget, Jaitley said that benefits of growth must be widely shared among 1.3 billion people

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

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

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 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: 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