AAI has also suggested to the government to increase import duty on 'aluminium scrap' at par with primary aluminium metal to 10 per cent from the present 2.5 per cent
A major concern for the finance department of the railways is the decline in internal resources
Miners through Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi), have stressed on exemption of the steep export tax since there were hardly any takers for baser grade ore within the country
Terming the economic situation as 'very bad,' Sen said that post 2016-17 India's economic statistics measuring GDP growth were 'largely guess work'
The Union Budget will be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in February 2020.
Though non-tax revenues, including borrowings, account for 40% of the Budget, there seems to be little focus on boosting these or reducing borrowings by saving on expenditure, writes T N Ninan
Non-plant grade bauxite has limited avenues of usage in India and thus it was mostly exported but the duty on its export hampered business
The telecom department plans to formally write to the Ministry of Finance in the first half of January, post the meeting
The budget session generally has a break of about a month during which the department related standing committees discusses the demand for grants
Besides, sources said, banks may also look for divesting or selling their non-core business as part of fund raising exercise during 2020-21
She also said that GST collection, which crossed Rs 1 lakh crore per month mark during the last two months, will remain "good" in coming days
Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani, Tata group patriarch Ratan Tata, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal, billionaire Gautam Adani, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra were among those who attended
NSO sees investment growth at 0.97%, lowest in 15 years
If the fiscal deficit for the year can be maintained at Rs 7.04 trillion, the deficit as a percentage of GDP will slip to 3.44 per cent
India's investment activity growth is also estimated to touch a 17-year low in FY20
Former chief statistician Pronab Sen said economic revival depends on what the government does in the Budget
Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings, said the problem of low investments could be blamed on surplus capacity in the private sector
NAREDCO National President Niranjan Hiranandani told the media that the finance ministry has been apprised of the demands of the industry to meet the challenges
The company has an approval to raise around Rs 1250 crore through primary and secondary markets
They said the first phase of the session will be from January 31 to February 11 and the second will be from March 2 to April 3