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A survey done by Adobe revealed that a surprising 83 per cent of Indian office workers love their jobs, and access to cutting-edge technology emerged as the top contributor to their overall satisfaction, above perks like food and slick office design.

Digital focus can help create jobs, better rural lives: Industry

Budget proposal to double allocation to Digital India initiative to Rs 3,073 cr is a fine booster to transform digital...

1 Feb 2018 5:16 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI/File)

Jaitley raises MUDRA lending target to Rs 4 lakh crore for FY'19

Of the total loan accounts, 76 per cent are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to SCs, STs and OBCs.

1 Feb 2018 4:45 PM IST

Arun Jaitley addresses the media in New Delhi on Tuesday

Budget 2018: IIT Chennai to help govt establish 5G centres

Arun Jaitley has announced Rs 10, 000 cr for expansion of telecom infrastructure under various govt projects.

1 Feb 2018 4:16 PM IST

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year. (Photo: AP)

Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

1 Feb 2018 4:11 PM IST

TRAI in draft amendment of the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and Dipping Charge Regulations has proposed that the Per Port Transaction charge shall be Rs 4 .

Govt expects Rs 48,661.42 crore from telecom sector in FY19

Government had made a provision of Rs 44,342.2 crore revenue from telecom services in 2017-18.

1 Feb 2018 3:35 PM IST

While unveiling UDAN scheme last month, the ministry had said viability gap funding (VGF) would be based on different stage lengths as well as the type of fixed wing aircraft.

UDAN to connect 56 unserved airports, says Jaitley

Govt has proposed expansion of airport capacity by more than five times to handle a billion trips a year under a new...

1 Feb 2018 2:54 PM IST

Indian railways

Budget for Railways: Bengaluru, Mumbai big gainers

Bengaluru will get a corpus of Rs 17,000 crore for the local rail network. Karnataka goes to polls this year.

1 Feb 2018 2:21 PM IST

Healthcares latest buzz word is personalised medicine. (Photo: Pixabay)

Union Budget 2018 unveils healthcare for 500 million of India's...

The government currently provides 30,000 rupees towards healthcare for poor families.

1 Feb 2018 2:08 PM IST

Govt to soon announce steps to tackle NPAs of MSMEs: Jaitley

MUDRA Yojana launched in April 2015 has led to a sanction of Rs 4.6 lakh crore in credit to some 10.38 lakh MUDRA loans.

1 Feb 2018 1:46 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday once again hinted that there is scope for lesser slabs under the Goods and Services Tax. Photo: ANI| Twitter

Union Budget 2018: Govt misses fiscal deficit target; higher at 3.5...

Fiscal deficit has a bearing on sovereign rating of the country as well as the debt market.

1 Feb 2018 1:19 PM IST

The Bitcoin concept will help in promoting a cashless society. The crypto currency model can be used for groups involved in microfinance projects under the Development of Women and Children in Rural Area, for better accountability

Cryptocurrencies not legal, will eliminate their use: Jaitley

RBI has not given any licence to any entity/company to operate such currencies.

1 Feb 2018 12:43 PM IST

Chilli stock awaits buyers at the Enumamula Agriculture market yard in Warangal on Sunday. (Photo: Deccan chronicle)

Govt to take steps to promote agri commodity exports: Jaitley

India's agri exports potential is as high as USD 100 billion against a current export of USD 30 billion.

1 Feb 2018 12:28 PM IST