Page 10 - Budget 2017

Saurabh Shrivastava: Start-ups get a leg-up

Entire thrust towards digitisation and digital payments is good for the start-up sector

Tax for small firms reduced to 25%

Jaitley reduced income tax for small companies to 25% having annual revenue of up to Rs 50 crore

Sanjay Sethi: Sops short of expectation

There is not much clarity around foreign direct investment

S Mahendra Dev: Social sector needs more than just allocations

The measures on infrastructure will improve employment

Satya Poddar: An inclusive and reformist Budget

The Budget has introduced many technical changes to provide relief to the taxpayers

My Budget: Pullela Gopichand

A short interview with Gopichand to gauge how Budget will impact people from various walks of life

Fiscal Deficit: Jaitley sticks to fiscal discipline

Fiscal Deficit set at 3.2% of GDP as FM targets higher capital expenditure

Subsidies grow marginally

The overall subsidy burden will go up marginally by 5% in FY18

My Budget: Ritu Beri

A short interview with Ritu Beri to gauge how Budget will impact people from various walks of life

FM acts tough on political funding

Tries to convey message that Modi government no 'suit-boot ki sarkar', but one for the poor

Soumya Kanti Ghosh: Budget for everyone

The agriculture sector has also received specific focus in the Budget

Rail PSU listing 'shocks' Railway Board

Railway Board's surprise is principally the listing proposal for Ircon and RITES

Madan Sabnavis: Still walking on the FRBM road

Two areas that need to be observed are consumption and savings

Omkar Goswami: I've got to admit it's getting better

Total allocation for agriculture and the rural sectors in 2017-18 is Rs 187,223 crore

Excise duty changes for solar modules inputs, PCB, tobacco and its impact

Excise duty changes on solar modules inputs, PCB, tobacco and its impact

Mood in Treasury benches damp after death of MP, protests in House

As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled, the Congress said it smelt a conspiracy in Ahamed's death

Budget hints at roll-out of GST on July 1

GST would subsume central and state levies like excise duty, service tax and VAT

Ravi Uppal: Core sector concern ignored

The MD & Group CEO, Jindal Steel & Power said, sadly, corp tax rates for large cos were not reduced

Govt spend to lead infrastructure sector, private investment to wait

The decision to set up an integrated oil major company is expected to boost economic activity

Budget engine chugs on, despite a death, protests and a walkout

The government wanted to go ahead with the Budget; Opposition wanted to stall it, citing convention