Page 2 - Union Budget 2016

The offbeat in Budget

The threshold limit for deduction of tax at source has been raised for unusual income such as winnings from horse race, commission

FM may announce EPF tax rollback in LS today

Govt hopeful of passage of real estate Bill in Budget session, says Naidu

Budget package on agriculture not enough

FM has also left largely unattended the long-overdue fertiliser subsidy reforms

Farmers see Modi's budget as all promise, no delivery

Govt doubled spending on agriculture and farmers' welfare to $5.3 billion so their incomes would double by 2022

Devangshu Datta: Comfortable only for the time being

The Budget soothes FPI fears over fiscal deficit and addresses rural and farm issues. The projections are optimistic in terms of tax buoyancy too. But the impact of these actions will be known in the future - and that may not pan out in obvious ways

No sense of selling in distress and previous two disinvestments were not panic sales: Neeraj Kumar Gupta

Interview with secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management

Dual service tax regime for legal fraternity

Budget 2016 has created confusion in the ranks of the legal fraternity by proposing a dual service tax regime

A forward-looking approach in conflict management

Budget proposals need not be a limitation on resolving litigation

Nothing much to cheer about

Whether it is retirement savings or expenses, there will be some additional burden from the Union Budget. On the positive side, the FM has addressed tax-related bottlenecks

A K Bhattacharya: The influences on the Budget

The impact the Economic Survey had on the Budget proposals and the influence the Prime Minister wielded on them deserve close attention

Debashis Basu: EPF tax - Saving private savers

The government wants to save the savers from themselves. But even such a noble objective must be based on data

Army got greater share in Budget

Navy and air force get the short end of the stick

Shreekant Sambrani: Throwing money at problems

In spite of Budget's rural focus, the government has consistently stumbled in agriculture

Information overload

Towards shorter and better Budget speeches

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: How Jaitley let the youth down

The strategies outlined in his Budget won't create the millions of jobs that Narendra Modi had promised in his election pledge

Odisha Council of Ministers approves 2016-17 Budget

The State Budget is scheduled to be presented on March 18 during the assembly session commencing on March 15

Make in India golf cars get a Budget boost

Customs duty on imported golf cars hiked six times to 60 per cent

Looking to sell state assets

Business Standard looks at top state-owned companies with subsidiaries that house independent units, which could be sold

Mihir S Sharma: A forward-looking Budget, finally

Arun Jaitley's third Budget is doubly impressive given he had to deal with the PM's hard pivot to the economic left

Rathin Roy: Of Tagore, Tiruvalluvar and pet lovers

Reflecting the chaos and complexities of our country, Budget speeches have consistently included amusing postulations