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New expenditure classification in the Union Budget

Budget 2017 to classify the government's spending as revenue expenditure and capital expenditure

Pre-Budget wish list 2017-18

A snapshot of changes in tax laws and rules that Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Budget may boost job creation, consumption

To encourage consumption, the Budget can be expected to increase liquidity

Railways seeks gross budgetary support of Rs 50,000 cr for FY'18

Finance Ministry is likely to agree for only Rs 40,000-45,000 cr, says a senior government official

T N Ninan: States are at the centre

State budgets, which once were smaller than the central budget, are now about a third bigger

Opposition slams PM Modi's 'budget' speech on New Year eve

The Congress hit out at Modi and said that the 45-minute speech was much ado about nothing

Railways might miss capex target by over 20%

But rail officials expect to achieve at least last year's actual, which is close to Rs 1 lakh crore

Budget 2017: Railways to get Rs 1 lakh crore for safety on tracks

Finance Ministry has given the Railways Rs 55,000 crore for 2017-18 as Gross Budgetary Support

Prez Pranab Mukherjee okays change in rules for rail budget merger

The government will present the Union budget 2017-18 on February 1

SC to hear plea to postpone Union budget on Jan 23

Central govt should be restrained from declaring 'any relief programme' until state polls are over: PIL

In Pics | Budget 2017 document printing begins with halwa ceremony

Lock-in which follows the ceremony is observed to maintain the secrecy of the Budget preparation process

FRBM panel report likely on Monday

Committee may recommend fiscal deficit target relaxation

EC seeks govt's response on procedure followed to delay Budget

The Election Commission has sought fresh details from the Cabinet Secretariat, including the procedure followed by the government to delay the presentation of the Union Budget in 2012. In another letter to the Cabinet Secretariat written yesterday, the Commission has asked for a response by tomorrow morning, sources said. The poll watchdog has also sought details on the process involved in preparing and presenting the Union Budget. When the opposition had objected in 2012 during the Assembly polls to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur, Goa, the then UPA government had accepted their stand and postponed presentation of the Union Budget from February 28 to March 16. On January 10, the government had replied to the Commission on the opposition complaint against presenting the Union Budget before Assembly elections, defending its decision to advance the budget session for the purpose. The Commission had asked the Cabinet Secretariat to respond to a representation by ...

Budget 2017: IBF seeks 'Infrastructure Status' for brodcasting industry

The sector is expected to contribute Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 35,000 crore by 2020

Budget 2017 should focus on preventive, promotive healthcare: Mehta of PwC

Mehta was responding to questions during the Business Standard live chat

Budget 2017 wishlist: Five expectations from infrastructure sector

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might announce a third straight year of record capital spending

Civil aviation ministry seeks cut in excise duty on jet fuel

Rising fuel cost is a concern for the airline industry

Arun Jaitley likely to take the stimulus route to economic growth

Investment demand in the economy is expected to contract in 2016-17

Budget 2017 may roll out pilot on income transfer scheme

Economic Survey likely to have a chapter on it; Budget focus likely to be on rural sector

Basic income transfer or UBI?

This Budget may see a shift from social welfare schemes to basic income transfer for BPL households