Get personal tax exemption of additional Rs 30,000 from Friday
Those earning up to Rs 5 lakh a year will now get a tax relief of Rs 5,000, up from Rs 2,000 previously.
Apr 01, 2016, 09:41 AM IST
Jewellers protest against excise duty in Ghaziabad
Jewellery traders numbering over a thousand on Saturday stopped a train at Ghaziabad Junction protesting against the excise duty imposed on gold and diamond jewellery in union budget 2016.
Mar 26, 2016, 16:35 PM IST
Retrospective tax not fully addressed in Budget: UK investors
The Indian Budget has received a positive response from the UK-based Indian business community but the issue of retrospective taxation was flagged as a concern by them.
Mar 03, 2016, 22:48 PM IST
Budget 2016 is credit positive, uncertainties on few fronts: Fitch
It said the policy agenda for reform and consolidation are credit positive, but implementation risks remain significant.
Mar 01, 2016, 19:59 PM IST
Kejriwal hits out at Centre, says common man taxed while black money holders get 'amnesty' on EFP
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the Budget proposal to make the EPF partially taxed.
Mar 01, 2016, 12:11 PM IST
What transpired in Sonia, Rahul's unexpected meeting with LS Speaker before Budget presentation?
Just minutes before the Union Budget 2016 was tabled in the Lok Sabha yesterday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had an expected meeting with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, which has become viral on the social media on Tuesday.
Mar 01, 2016, 10:03 AM IST
Post Budget, NDA MPs attend parliamentary party meet to chalk out counter-strategy to foil Opposition attack
NDA MPs are attending a parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, which has been convened a day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2016 in the Lok Sabha.
Mar 01, 2016, 09:24 AM IST
Union Budget 2016: Govt to create higher education financing agency
Creation of a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) to finance educational institutions to ensure 20 such places of learning emerge as world class was among the announcements of the Union Budget 2016-17 presented on Monday.
Feb 29, 2016, 22:22 PM IST
Budget 2016: Corporates who win or lose from India's budget
India unveiled a fire-fighting budget on Monday that seeks to win back support among rural voters for Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s government and sustain growth against a grim global backdrop - all without borrowing more.
Feb 29, 2016, 19:25 PM IST
Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2016-17: Five Takeaways
Possibly too keenly aware of the BJP being seen as corporate friendly and, possibly, deriving lessons from the Bihar drubbing, the government has most conspicuously given an agri and rural push.
Feb 29, 2016, 19:18 PM IST
Impact of Budget 2016 on Infrastructure
Impact of Budget 2016 on Infrastructure
Feb 29, 2016, 18:42 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts to Budget 2016
The Prime minister of India says that the budget has well been able to deliver the necessary steps to usher the economy of the country as well as to boost the development of country in rural India
Feb 29, 2016, 18:30 PM IST
Impact of Budget 2016 on Auto sector
Impact of Budget 2016 on Auto sector
Feb 29, 2016, 18:24 PM IST
Budget 2016: Final burden of pay hike of central govt employees yet to be assesed, says FM Jaitley
Zee Media Bureau
Feb 29, 2016, 17:20 PM IST
Budget 2016: Air travel to become expensive
Fliers will have to shell out more with the government proposing a hike of 6 percent in excise duty on jet fuel but it would not be applicable to the proposed Scheduled Commuter Airlines (SCAs) under the regional connectivity scheme.
Feb 29, 2016, 17:09 PM IST
Budget 2016: Air India to receive Rs 1,713 crore
National carrier Air India, which is expected to slash its net losses by around 40 percent this fiscal, will receive Rs 1,713 crore government funding for the next fiscal.
Feb 29, 2016, 17:07 PM IST
Budget 2016: 'It's about the dreams of people' - PM Narendra Modi's reaction; what all he said
Congratulating Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his team for Union Budget 2016-17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that this budget is about the dreams of the people.
Feb 29, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Economists, experts reaction on Budget 2016
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a budget for the poor on Monday, announcing new rural aid and health programmes in a strategy shift that could boost his ruling party in coming state elections.
Feb 29, 2016, 14:17 PM IST
Have your say: Will FM Arun Jaitley's Budget bring cheers for common man?
Facing challenges from both domestic and global fronts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented Budget for financial year 2016-17.
Feb 29, 2016, 14:16 PM IST
