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Budget 2018: Govt may relax fiscal deficit target, says Icra's MD Takkar

He says, The government will realign its priorities and with a desire to see early results, start spending as well

Budget 2018 needn't be populist

The finance minister will have more opportunities later in the year to woo voters by doling out freebies

Hitting the bottom

The silver lining is that growth can only improve from here

Budget 2018: How rising oil prices impact govt and aviation industry

The benchmark Indian crude oil basket crossed $66 a barrel last week

Safety of Aadhaar data: More focus likely on cybersecurity in the Budget

Allocation to digitisation might go up only a bit

Statsguru: India's GDP growth is losing steam or gaining momentum?

A key concern, given the lower than expected growth, is the adverse impact on fiscal deficit

Budget 2018: Larger tax breaks for health insurance premiums on cards

The government is willing to consider the demand, since health insurance costs have moved centre stage in the policy circles

Budget 2018: Larger institutional financing possible for animal husbandry

The dedicated funds are likely to focus on fisheries, poultry, and other animal products

T N Ninan: Tax, don't frighten, investors

There are demands that the FM look for revenue sources like long-term capital gains on shares, but such a tax will have risks - besides obvious stock market impact, it could scare overseas investors

Govt plans to boost Rs 13-trn tourism, travel sector in Budget 2018

India's tourism sector grew over 1% in the six months ending September

Budget to focus on infrastructure, rural sectors, says Arun Jaitley

In another event, he said improved macroeconomic fundamentals had placed India on the growth trajectory of 7-8 per cent

Remove long-term capital gains tax exemption: BSE

Bourse says exchequer could be losing Rs 49,000 cr a year

India has standardised itself for 7-8% growth rate, says Arun Jaitley

India is getting closer to a situation where the country can spend what it earns, and borrows relatively less: Jaitley

Fiscal deficit reaches 96% of FY18 target at October-end

During the same period of 2016-17, the deficit stood at 79.3 per cent of the target

Fiscal deficit crosses 96% of Budget estimates at the end of October

Apr-Oct fiscal deficit at Rs 5.25 lakh cr, compared with Rs 4.2 lakh cr in the same period a year earlier

Pre-Budget meetings to begin from December 5

The ministry will over December and January also meet other central government departments to finalise spending estimates for the next year

Budget 2018: Will Arun Jaitley do a Jaswant Singh?

The fifth Budget of any finance minister is usually important from an electoral point of view, keenly watched for what it doles out for voters

Budget deficit may rise in FY18 but will improve in years ahead: Moody's

Finance ministry is scheduled to review the deficit target for the current financial year next month

April-Oct fiscal deficit at 96% of Budget Estimate

The deficit for April-October last year was 79.3 per cent of the 2016-17 full-year target

Economy may grow by over 6.5% in FY18 as inflation eases: Arvind Panagariya

Reversing a 5-quarter slide in GDP growth, the economy bounced back from 3-year low to expand by 6.3% in July-Sept