Tag: union budget
Drop In Economic Activity Due To Demonetisation Is Transient: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the drop in economic activity due to demonetisation was only transient and its effect would not spill over to the next financial year.....
Highlights From The Railway Budget 2017-18
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday tabled the Railway Budget 2017-18 along with the General Budget in the Parliament.....
Jaitley Lists 3 Global Challenges To India's Growth In 2017
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the sluggish growth in the current fiscal will be replaced by a higher trajectory in 2017-18 as India's macroeconomic stability was sound, though the global scenario could pose three major challenges.....
Government Slashes Anonymous Political Funding, Opposition Calls It Hogwash
To ensure greater transparency in political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday sharply cut the cash donation a political party can accept and announced "electoral bonds" to promote legitimate funding of parties.....
Modi Hails Jaitley For Presenting 'uttam' Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for presenting an "uttam" (excellent) Budget and said it will give new strength to the economy while also focused on eliminating corruption.....
Budget Disappoints RSS Labour Wing
The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Wednesday described the union budget as disappointing, saying the workers, salaried class and poor were overlooked.....
Make The Tax Payer Feel Special
Every year tax payers wait with baited breath hoping for a fair and better deal from a system which has been showing hardly any mercy on them. The tax-paying community feels like the modern day oppressed class which is bearing all the brunt silently. They have no voice but they are pivotal to the system which cannot do without them. ....
Some Think India Became Free Due To One Family: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the Congress over the role of "one family" in the freedom struggle and said they had neglected the contribution of others.....
Jaitley Moves Demonetisation Bill For Passage In Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday moved the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill for passage in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes a law, which includes provision of penalty for holding the demonetised notes.....
Lok Sabha Passes Budget Without Debate
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker's podium.....
