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Govt duty bound to achieve fiscal deficit of 3 pc as per law: FMBusiness
Govt duty bound to achieve fiscal deficit of 3 pc as per law: FM

In Budget presented on Friday, government lowered the fiscal deficit target to 3.3 pc of the GDP for 2019-20.

7 July 2019 5:57 PM IST

Budget\s infra push to boost demand for steel: IndustryBusiness
Budget-'s infra push to boost demand for steel: Industry

Announcement of streamlining multiple labour laws into -'four labour codes-' is a progressive step, said TV Narendran.

7 July 2019 4:49 PM IST

Highest personal I-T rate in India still lower than in China, US, South AfricaBusiness
Highest personal I-T rate in India still lower than in China, US,...

Following increase in surcharge, effective income tax rate for individuals with income of Rs 2-5 crore will go up to 39...

7 July 2019 3:57 PM IST

Govt assessed smuggling dimension while raising import duty on gold: Finance SecyBusiness
Govt assessed smuggling dimension while raising import duty on gold:...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hiked import duty on gold and other precious metals in Budget to 12.5 pc from 10 pc.

7 July 2019 1:44 PM IST

Kharif sowing hit by deficit rains; acreage down 27 pc so farBusiness
Kharif sowing hit by deficit rains; acreage down 27 pc so far

Rice, the main kharif crop, was sown in 52.47 lakh hectare till last week, down from 68.60 lakh hectare in the year-ago...

7 July 2019 12:16 PM IST

Budget ignoring plantation sector is shocking: UPASIBusiness
Budget ignoring plantation sector is shocking: UPASI

Other points flagged by UPASI were safeguarding the rubber growers from surge in imports and increasing the allocation...

7 July 2019 5:42 AM IST

Govt working as an accountant for every taxpayer: CBDT ChairmanBusiness
Govt working as an accountant for every taxpayer: CBDT Chairman

The CBDT Chairman said he is confident of achieving the Rs 13.35 lakh crore target for direct tax collections in...

6 July 2019 5:17 PM IST

Budget clean break from past, sets out agenda for Modi 2.0 govt: Rajiv KumarBusiness
Budget clean break from past, sets out agenda for Modi 2.0 govt: Rajiv...

Narendra Modi government had exempted people with earnings of up to Rs 5 lakh from payment of income tax.

6 July 2019 4:30 PM IST

Budget lays down roadmap for India to get back on high growth track: JaitleyBusiness
Budget lays down roadmap for India to get back on high growth track:...

India-'s economic growth slowed to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in the January-March quarter.

6 July 2019 12:29 PM IST

Budget 2019 puts onus on RBI to spur growthBusiness
Budget 2019 puts onus on RBI to spur growth

In the fourth quarter of the fiscal year to last March 31, economic growth slumped to 5.8 per cent, the slowest pace in...

6 July 2019 12:24 PM IST

Budget 2019: Little done to address economic slowdown, says FICCI KarnatakaBusiness
Budget 2019: Little done to address economic slowdown, says FICCI...

FICCI felt there was little done to address the economic slowdown while health and education did not get the required...

5 July 2019 7:57 PM IST

Forex reserves hit new high of USD 427.67 billionBusiness
Forex reserves hit new high of USD 427.67 billion

In the previous reporting week, the reserves had surged by USD 4.215 billion to USD 426.42 billion.

5 July 2019 7:43 PM IST

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