Page 8 - Budget 2017

Aakar Patel: The Budget speech as speech

I want to compare Mr Jaitley's speech to that of another finance minister's from a generation ago

Abheek Barua: The notebandi antidote

Some of its assumptions seem realistic while others are bound to raise a few eyebrows

No more gloom as Budget 2017 gives people many reasons to cheer: Know how

Budget 2017: Top Budget highlights. Arun Jaitley's budget for the common man, politicians, corporates, railway, more

Ajay Shah: A conservative Budget

But, given the economic slump, it comes up short

Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: Budget to foster move towards GST

But lack of reform in customs duty is a glaring omission

Mukesh Butani: More good, less bad, nothing ugly

The Budget tweaks tax rates to address the rich-poor divide

Akash Prakash: No news is good news

Markets were braced for bad news hence the rally

Rathin Roy: Prudent in practice, extravagant in rhetoric

Govt is aware that nominal growth is going to be much lower than projected and has accordingly been cautious

Budget in 2 minutes

A snapshot of all you need to know about key announcements in Budget 2017

USIBC welcomes Jaitley's 'admirable' budget, terms it 'forward-looking'

At a time of global uncertainty, budgets can be challenging to implement but the Finance Minister has done an admirable job: USIBC

Budget 2017: Breather for gains from property and inherited jewellery

This will bring down capital gains especially in case of property transactions

Every announcement in Budget 2017 stems from demonetisation

Sops, tighter political funding aimed at easing note ban woes

Cap on cash donations will free politics from black money: Amit Shah

Jaitley proposed to restrict cash donations to political parties from individuals to Rs 2,000

Budget 2017 for defence: Govt refuses to bite the bullet

FY18 allocation for defence accounts for 16.8% of govt spending, down from 17.1% in previous year

Income tax slab slashed to 5% for Rs 2.5-5 lakh earners

However, earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge

Budget merger can't hide rot in Railway finances

Railways' increased dependence on govt for its capital outlay has put the Union budget under stress

Giving away powers is the idea behind liberalisation, says Arun Jaitley

In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more

Download: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget 2017 speech

Here is the full text of the speech delivered by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament

Watch: Only sher-o-shayari; Budget 2017 a damp squib, says Rahul

The Congress vice-president, however, supported the proposal on political funding

Budget Nuts & Bolts

Employment generation in leather sector