Page 14 - Budget 2017

Budget 2017: Analysts hail tax certainty, rue high corp tax rates

Pranay Bhatia of BDO India welcomed the extension period for claiming MAT credit to 15 years

Budget 2017: Partial withdrawal from NPS not to be taxed

The upper limit of contribution to NPS by self-employed raised from 10-20% of gross total income

Nabard hails higher fund allocation for irrigation, dairy

Budget has hiked the corpus of long-term irrigation fund by another Rs 20,000 crore

Budget 2017 is for long-term growth, say CII members

Industry hopes that thrust on rural job creation, agriculture growth may boost consumption

Govt slashes expenditure on AMRUT, crop insurance schemes

Funds for Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has been cut to Rs 1,040 crore from Rs 2,135 crore

CBI gets marginal increase of 8.31% in budgetary allocation

CBI has been allocated Rs 695.62 crore, an increase of Rs 53.38 crore from last year

Higher infrastructure spends may spur private capex by FY18

The noteworthy areas of spending were roadways, railways and rural electrification

High net worth NBFCs can access capital markets via IPOs: Jaitley

Govt will introduce a common application form for registration, opening of bank and demand accounts

Budget allocation to Women and Child Development Ministry hiked by 26%

Total money climbed to Rs 22,095 crore from Rs 17,640 crore last year

Only 76 lakh Indians showed income of over Rs 5 lakh, says Jaitley

In 2015-16, 99 lakh showed annual income below Rs 2.5 lakh and 1.95 crore showed income between Rs 2.5-5 lakh

Govt spend to lead infrastructure sector, private investment to wait

The total allocation for infrastructure development in 2017-18 stands at Rs. 3,96,135 crore

Online mechanism for market intermediaries registration: Jaitley

Besides, commodities and securities derivative markets would be further integrated

Andrew Holland: Markets enjoying lack of negatives in Budget

Expert take on Budget 2017

Govt gives tax break to MSMEs, little news for start-ups

FM Jaitley reduced the income tax rates for such enterprises as part of his budget announcements

Sports budget hiked by Rs 350 crore to Rs 1,943 crore

Hike comes in wake of India's dismal showing at Olympics where it won just two medals

In Budget 2017, Jaitley allocates 25.4% higher capex for FY18

Jaitley pegged the total expenditure for FY18 at Rs 21.47 lakh crore

Will private players look at regional airports now?

Government envisages PPP model for regional airports, allows commercial development of land

FM is betting big on an economic upturn: U R Bhat

Expert take on Budget 2017

Housing industry gets a budget balm: Nilesh Shah

Expert take on Budget 2017

Budget to have positive impact on job market, say Experts

As the focus on infrastructure & ease of doing business is with the govt's vision of job creation