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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley talks with Onno Ruhl, Country Director World Bank as Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman looks on at the opening session of Launch of Start Up India in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: No mega deals for start-ups this year

Start-ups require government initiatives to create conducive environment rather than tax holidays, experts opined.

2 Feb 2017 7:15 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

Universal Basic Income fails to find place in budget

UBI fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

2 Feb 2017 7:14 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outside Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Union Budget 2017: Fiscal deficit target on track

Fiscal deficit in 2017-18 was earlier targeted to be brought down to 3 per cent from 3.5 per cent in the current fiscal.

2 Feb 2017 7:12 AM IST

Telangana IT minister K.T. Rama Rao

Construction of outer ring road around Warangal to complete by 2018

The notification for the new master plan to place Warangal among the top cities is going to be released soon.

2 Feb 2017 7:09 AM IST

Authorities have issued a high danger avalanche warning in hilly parts of snow-bound Kashmir Valley in view of fresh snowfall. (Photo: Indian Army)

Army Jawan who died in avalanche laid to rest

District collector Vivek Yadav and a few others paid homage to deceased Nagaraju.

2 Feb 2017 7:05 AM IST

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said that the plan is to integrate all functional PACS in the country with the core banking system of district cooperative banks, effectively bringing them under RBI control.

Major blow to cooperatives in Kerala

Budget 2017-18 has made it subtly clear that primary credit cooperative societies (PACS) will not be exempt from the...

2 Feb 2017 7:04 AM IST