Union Budget live

FM says inflation contained; corpus of Rs 900 crores for Price Stabilisation Fund

The Price Stabilisation Fund has been provided with a corpus of Rs.900 crore to support market interventions.

Feb 29, 2016, 13:21 PM IST

Arun Jaitley flaunts suave fashion sense at Budget 2016-17

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who presented India`s national budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha on Monday, gave every bit of a competition to the fashion savvy Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a suave light blue Nehru jacket.

Feb 29, 2016, 13:11 PM IST

India pledges billions for farmers in `make-or-break` Budget

India pledged to spend $5.2 billion dollars to double the income of struggling farmers and also boost a rural employment scheme as it unveiled its annual budget on Monday under pressure to balance much-needed spending with fiscal prudence.

Feb 29, 2016, 13:07 PM IST

Union Budget 2016-17 Live Updates: No change in Income Tax slabs, rent relief increased to Rs 60,000

Jaitley also proposed to increase the limit of deduction of rent paid from Rs 24,000 per annum to Rs 60,000 spelling respite to those who don’t own any house and live in rented accommodation.

Feb 29, 2016, 13:05 PM IST

Watch Union Budget 2016 LIVE STREAMING

Watch Union Budget 2016 LIVE STREAMING

Feb 29, 2016, 08:16 AM IST