Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered the election-year budget many expected.
Moody's rates India at "Baa2" with a "stable" outlook
The outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24.42 trillion for 2018-19
Reduction of a woman's contribution to 8% increases her take-home pay; standard deduction of Rs 40,000 offered
Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech was more on the expenditure side, with higher allocations being announced for infrastructure and social services
Finance Minister Arun Jailtey laid the plan for the coming year. He said that there would be no changes in income-tax brackets
Starting April 1, 2018 all the listed shares held for more than one year will suffer a 10% tax
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the launch of National Health Protection Scheme to insure the secondary and tertiary care expenses of 100 million poor families
The e-assessment will transform the age-old assessment procedure of the I-T department and the manner in which they interact with taxpayers and other stakeholders, says Jaitley
The finance minister said the Indian economy is getting more formalised post note ban as more and more transactions now happen digitally
From impact of budget 2018 on the market to stock movements, all that happened in the market today
The minister also said the government has begun strategic disinvestment in 24 public sector units (PSUs), including national carrier Air India
The mid-and-small-cap segments will be impacted heavily as these two were the main segments where investors made the most money.
Delhi's share in central taxes has remained static at Rs 3.25 billion since 2001-02
Gains above Rs 100,000 made on sale of mutual funds and listed stocks will be taxed at 10% after a year
Jaitley delivered his Budget 2018 speech on Thursday, with the government focusing on the agricultural sector and farmers' income
Budget 2018's 10% long-term capital gains tax has not upset the mutual funds industry
Fifteen airline and helicopter operators will operate on 502 routes connecting 70 airports and heliports
For Indian Railways, Jaitley said the government has allocated capital expenditure of Rs 1.48 trillion for 2018-19
Titagarh Wagons and Kernex Microsystems were down 5%, while GMR Infra, IL&FS Engineering, GVK Power & Infra and L&T up more than 2% on BSE.