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Service tax levy on spectrum to increase tariff rates: COAI

Proposal to declare spectrum allocation as service tax will result in tax burden of Rs 77,000 crore and will take a toll on users' tariff, the telecom body said

Budget 2016: 5-fold hike for funding start-ups

For the next fiscal, government has increased the overall funding to startups from Rs 40 crore to Rs 200 crore

Arun Jaitley rolls back proposal to tax provident fund

The Finance Minister withdrew the proposals in para 138 and 139 on his budget speech

EPF tax withdrawal big victory for 2.5 lakh people: Change.org

An online petition, to withdraw EPF tax, started by finance professional Vaibhav Aggarwal had got support of 2.5 lakh people

Govt provides for OROP, pay panel despite earlier doubts

Allocates Rs 1.06 lakh crore more for defence and civilian govt employees' pay, allowances and pension from the revised estimates for 2015-16

The offbeat in Budget

The threshold limit for deduction of tax at source has been raised for unusual income such as winnings from horse race, commission

Budget package on agriculture not enough

FM has also left largely unattended the long-overdue fertiliser subsidy reforms

Withdrawing EPF tax will be grave mistake

It's unfortunate the govt seems close to bowing to pressure from a limited section of the public

Congress protests for withdrawal of EPF tax proposal

Congress chief Ajay Maken said an employee will have to invest 60% of the PF in annuity to avoid paying tax during retirement

Real Estate Bill to be reality in Budget session itself: Naidu

Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu stressed that the law would be a 'regulation and not strangulation'

Export organisations say proposals for Budget not heeded by Centre

Feel government could have announced more steps in the recent Budget to stem the slide in exports

Devangshu Datta: Comfortable only for the time being

The Budget soothes FPI fears over fiscal deficit and addresses rural and farm issues. The projections are optimistic in terms of tax buoyancy too. But the impact of these actions will be known in the

Govt can't waive tax on Vodafone, Cairn: Adhia

UK oil explorer Cairn Energy is facing a tax demand of Rs 10,247 crore and Vodafone over $11 billion of 67% stake acquisition

A K Bhattacharya: The influences on the Budget

The impact the Economic Survey had on the Budget proposals and the influence the Prime Minister wielded on them deserve close attention

Debashis Basu: EPF tax - Saving private savers

Shreekant Sambrani: Throwing money at problems

In spite of Budget's rural focus, the government has consistently stumbled in agriculture

Information overload

Towards shorter and better Budget speeches

Budgetary allocations for PSUs squeezed in 2016-17

Budgetary support for Plan investments in public enterprises is now projected to grow at a mere 0.4% to Rs 1.04 lakh crore in 2016-17

China's vocational training 16 times India's: Can Budget push help?

Finance Minister announced in Budget his plans to establish 1,500 multi-skill training institutes across India

AIBEA asks government to cancel proposal reduce stake in IDBI Bank

Says the decision, which will effectively lead to privatisation, is a breach of assurance made in the Parliament