Budget 2016

Union Budget 2016: Budget Yatra - Part 1

Watch the video as Budget Yatra takes you to Amritsar to ask the common man his expectations from the forthcoming budget.

Feb 16, 2016, 20:38 PM IST

Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu unlikely to hike passenger fares

Train fares may not get steeper in the coming days. Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu is unlikely to include rail fares in his ways and means for garnering revenues for the Indian Railways in Budget 2016.

Feb 16, 2016, 13:03 PM IST

Union Budget 2016: Budget Yatra - Part 3

To reach out to the masses, the Zee Business Budget Yatra will travel across the country and provide an opportunity to the local population as well as SME's from various clusters to discuss their expectations from the forthcoming budget.

Feb 15, 2016, 23:58 PM IST

Union Budget 2016: Budget Yatra - Part 2

To reach out to the masses, the Zee Business Budget Yatra will travel across the country and provide an opportunity to the local population as well as SME's from various clusters to discuss their expectations from the forthcoming budget.

Feb 15, 2016, 23:57 PM IST

Union Budget 2016: Budget Yatra - Part 1

To reach out to the masses, the Zee Business Budget Yatra will travel across the country and provide an opportunity to the local population as well as SME's from various clusters to discuss their expectations from the forthcoming budget.

Feb 15, 2016, 23:56 PM IST

Rail Budget 2016: Change in ticketing policy sought

Changes in ticketing policy such as 50 percent refund on Tatkal cancellations and no limit in ticket bookings for travellers are some of the suggestions made by the people to be incorporated in Railway Budget 2016-17 in a survey.

Feb 15, 2016, 18:14 PM IST

Budget 2016: Solar industry seeks tax sops, financial support

The government has ambitious plans for deployment of 175 GW renewable power capacities by 2022, including 100 GW of solar.

Feb 15, 2016, 17:38 PM IST

Budget 2016: Raise personal income tax exemption limit to Rs 4 lakh, demands Assocham

The industry body also demanded additional incentives for savings and higher tax allowance for expenditure on education and health, quoting findings from its Aam Aadmi survey.

 

Feb 15, 2016, 15:39 PM IST

Rail Budget 2016: Railways to slash operational cost; curb working expenses

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, gearing up to present his second Rail Budget on Feb 25, will unveil a plan to cut expenses and at the same time increase non-tariff revenue substantially to wade through the difficult phase in the public behemoth.

 

Feb 15, 2016, 15:05 PM IST

Macro data to dictate trend; stocks to see volatility

As the third-quarter earnings season comes to a close, stock markets would take cues from inflation data to be announced on Monday and are likely to see increased volatility with focus shifting to the Union Budget, say experts.

Feb 14, 2016, 17:52 PM IST

Budget 2016: Auto sector wants excise on large cars to be reduced to 20%

Automobile industry body SIAM wants the government to reduce excise duty on large cars and SUVs to 20 per cent from the current rates of up to 30 per cent in the upcoming Budget.

Feb 14, 2016, 13:37 PM IST

'Process of reforms began when Manmohan Singh became FM, but process stalled when he became PM'

The Finance Minister admitted that Manmohan Singh did initiate the process of economic reforms in the country, but added that the process of reforms fizzled out as he became the Prime Minister of the country

Feb 14, 2016, 12:07 PM IST

Rail Budget to focus on attracting more investments: Suresh Prabhu

On the new initiatives to implement projects in states, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the Union government had launched a programme to enter into partnership with states to float a Joint Venture company.

Feb 12, 2016, 22:57 PM IST

'Govt can breach fiscal deficit target to fund infrastructure'

The fiscal consolidation roadmap laid out by Jaitley had estimated fiscal deficit to come down to 3.9 percent in current fiscal and further to 3.5 percent next fiscal.

Feb 12, 2016, 22:00 PM IST

Union Budget 2016: 5 Key Expectations from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

FM’s budget announcement will be highly watched by all sectors.

Feb 12, 2016, 15:42 PM IST

Budget 2016: FinMin seeks public vote on fund allocation for social schemes

Finance Ministry has come up with fresh set of voting options to seek public opinion on prioritising funding allocation for social sector schemes in the Budget for 2016-17.

Feb 11, 2016, 22:52 PM IST

Budget 2016-17: Stocks on radar

Check out how Budget announcements are likely to impact some key stocks.

 

 

Feb 11, 2016, 17:01 PM IST

Budget 2016: Common man's expectations from FM Jaitley

The common man expects the income tax limit to be increased from prevailing Rs 250,000 to Rs 300,000.

Feb 11, 2016, 13:19 PM IST

Budget 2016 Wishlist: What India Inc expects from FM Arun Jaitley!

All eyes are on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as Union Budget 2016-17 day approaches with expectations growing higher by the day.

Feb 10, 2016, 23:23 PM IST

Vote Now! Finance Ministry seeks your opinion on focus of Budget 2016

In a first of its kind of exercise to gauge the public mood, the Finance Ministry Wednesday invited people to vote on Twitter for the group they want the Budget 2016-17 to focus more on -- farmers, middle class, women or the underprivileged.

Feb 10, 2016, 19:51 PM IST