Government will continue to use the ETF route for disinvestment of PSUs

Prabhu spoke about priority being given to safety and need for more funds for railways to move ahead

Centre to launch ambitious job scheme on Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his second budget is likely to focus on steps to accelerate economic growth

Real annual GDP accelerated in Jul-Sept to 7.4% from 7%. But, growth of nominal GDP slowed sharply to 6%

Wants patient treatment, which is currently exempt from service tax, to continue to enjoy this sop under GST for 10 years

Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets

In this special feature "My Budget" we aim to walk together with our readers on planning their 'budget'.

What is the best thing about the Budget?I am glad the government is coming down hard on black money and the illegal accumulation of money. It will be good to see if they can really track all this money and use it for the benefit of the country.And ...

The model terms the Budget as pro-growth

Says it would have been great if the Budget had provided tax holidays to international sporting events

The noted ad film maker says investment in infrastructure - power, roads and more - is commendable

What is the best thing about the Budget?The allocations made for the new AIIMS facilities will provide better access to health care. I am also intrigued to see how the government will provide basic sanitation, as I know that access to hygienic ...

What is the best thing about the Budget?One of the most positive things is the encouraging reforms for start-ups and the fall in the corporate tax. Start-ups in India are largely dependent on private investments. These reforms will give a boost to ...

The fashion designer says the new 'Benami' transaction bill sounds good on paper. It will work if it's like the voluntary disclosure scheme introduced earlier

The artist says the Budget is comprehensive and futuristic

What is the best thing about the Budget?One, the finance minister seems really serious about bringing black money back. The second is the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana scheme that offers coverage of Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 12.And the worst?The ...

It's disappointing to see that there is no allocation or subsidy for sports as we are working towards the Olympics to be held next year

Expectations were built up that the minister will increase the minimum tax deductible slab from Rs 2.50 lakh, but no such thing was done.

As poverty in Karnataka acquires a larger urban face, municipal administrations must reorient themselves to meet basic needs, says Kathyayini Chamaraj.

Newspapers' coverage of the Union budget left little doubt where their class interests lie. The majority of those covering the budget had no clue what it all means for the aam aadmi, or even who this mythical creature might be. Naturally, their hapless readers too were left similarly wondering, writes Ammu Joseph.

The government's understanding of an 'inclusive' Budget is simply that it ought to be the provider of welfare for the lower income groups. The evidence so far suggests that this is an attempt doomed from the start, since the government is not very good at administering such programmes. Ashwin Mahesh says that there are better options.

The hike in defence spending is one of the reasons Budget 2004 did not do enough justification for development expenditure, says Pavan Nair.

Allocations in the annual budget are the real indicators of the government's priorities. It is by studying these that we can really judge how committed the administration is to the goals proclaimed publicly. Jacob John examines Budget 2005 and finds a yawning gap between promises made and the money approved to achieve them.

It is time for the Union Budget 2013. Shankar Jaganathan argues why, in an economy such as India, despite the general public vote against taxes, raising the tax-to-GDP ratio is more critical than restraint in fiscal spending.

The excitement leading up to the budget was almost feverish, but it turned out to be a staid affair in the end. Here's a round-up of some of the key provisions of Arun Jaitley’s maiden budget, presented in Parliament on 10 July.

Expansion of social security benefits, a focus on infrastructure, easing of fiscal deficit targets and rationalisation of the tax structure - these were some of the most prominent features of Arun Jaitley's budget. A look at some of the provisions.

As has been the historical trend, most of the budget announcements on agriculture this year, too, are geared towards benefitting agribusiness rather than augmenting farm income, writes Devinder Sharma.

What could the taxes, allocations and schemes in Arun Jaitley’s budget ultimately mean for the country and its people? Shankar Jaganathan takes a bird’s eye view of the government’s most anticipated annual document for the year.

Maybe the pro-farmer claim was a typing error. This is a budget crafted for, and perhaps by, the corporate farmer and agribusiness, writes P Sainath.

India currently does not count the costs of defence pensions, para military forces and the defence ministry itself as part of budgeted defence expenditure. Correcting for this and converting to purchasing power terms, we are the third largest spender on defence in the world next only to the US and China, writes Pavan Nair.

Geeta Seshu reports on a recent study that recently looked at decreasing funding for women specific schemes.

करवा चौथ शॉपिंग (Karva Chauth Shopping): आइए आज आपको बताते हैं कुछ ऐसे बाजार जहां से आप अपने बजट में मनपसंद शॉपिंग कर पाएंगे.

The presidential address to Parliament on June 9, 2014 had focussed nearly exclusively on projects and schemes, eschewing policy. Therefore, many had eagerly awaited the budget speech for a policy vision of the new government. Unfortunately, it too left observers guessing on whether the government would tackle tough reforms or rely principally on better implementation.

Chief Economic Adviser K Subramanian said policy making in India happens throughout the year, coming up with a separate budget may only be a legal way to go about it.

Here are some of the best budget laptops, some running Windows 10 and some Google Chromebook options, which you must add to your arsenal of work from home tools.

Slim laptops pretty much define themselves, whereas convertibles are those that have hinge mechanism that allows you to push the display all the way back into a tent, presentation mode or a tablet mode.

F1 teams have agreed verbally to lower the 2021 budget but some are pushing for further cuts to reflect the global financial crisis caused by Covid-19.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said taxpayers' money was being used to renovate "Lutyens' Delhi", adding for the same amount at Rs 30 per meal, they could have fed two meals a day to 1.85 crore Indians for the next six months..

Mother's Day is just around the corner and the lockdown due to COVID-19 might leave you disappointed as you cannot purchase gifts for your lovely mom this time. However, you can gift budget smartphones to your mother this year once the

PC gaming is always a stress buster for everyone, especially now when most of the people are facing the lockdown situation across the globe and bored with the monotonous working hours. Most of the time we buy a laptop, we try

For a while now, rumours have been rife about Jr NTR joining hands with KGF director Prashanth Neel. Well, we have good news for the fans as an official confirmation about the project will be made on May 20th, i.e., on

Ponniyin Selvan, the historical drama directed by the veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam, is one of the most anticipated upcoming projects of the Tamil film industry. The project, which is being made with a massive budget, is produced by the popular banner

This year on 27 October, Diwali will be celebrated with great pomp and splendour. Diwali begins with Laxmi Puja. In Hinduism, Goddess Laxmi symbolizes wealth, peace and prosperity. She is worshipped to bring good luck and fortune. Here are a few budget-friendly

The 92-year-old habit of presenting a separate Railway Budget has finally come to an end. Railway Budget has been merged with Union Budget. The government has also advanced the date for Budget presentation and having just one head of expenditure by merging both plan and non-plan expenditures.

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday accepted the NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy-initiated and Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu-backed proposal to merge the Rail and General Budgets. Here’s a quick take on the benefits and drawbacks of the merger.

Once the circular is issued Budget exercise will kick off, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa told CNBC-TV18. Under the contours of the merged Budget, gross budgetary support to Railways Ministry will continue, so will the commercial arrangements of Railways Ministry, he said.

With plans to remove classification according to plan and non-plan expenditures, Shaktikanta Das says the government has already started conducting dry runs of a budget without plan and non-plan expenditures.

The Cabinet decision to bring forward the presentation of the union Budget and merge the Railway budget with it, along with a likely roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax from April 1 next year, could well make 2017 a breakout year for policy-making.

At a press briefing, Jaitley announced that the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to scrap nearly a century old practice of having a separate railway budget and merging it with general budget.