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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government gave opportunity to people to come clean about their accounts held abroad. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Budget 2018: Govt misses fiscal deficit target; higher at 3.5 pc in...

Fiscal deficit has a bearing on sovereign rating of the country as well as the debt market.

1 Feb 2018 1:21 PM IST

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday criticised the Election Commission saying that by not announcing the Gujarat poll schedule, it has authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the dates at his last rally, after all freebies for the state were doled out. (Photo: PTI)

Chidambaram jibes at Centre over state of economy

The tweet came minutes before the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget in the Parliament.

1 Feb 2018 1:07 PM IST

Bitcoin is a type of digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds.

Cryptocurrencies not legal, will eliminate their use: Jaitley

RBI has not given any licence to any entity/company to operate such currencies.

1 Feb 2018 12:45 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the focus is on low-cost farming, higher MSP. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Budget 2018: Govt to pay full MSP even if farmers sell below price

The finance minister said the agricultural output of the country is at a record high and wage of farmers will be doubled...

1 Feb 2018 12:37 PM IST

As per the first estimate released by the Agriculture Ministry, onion production is pegged at 197.13 lakh tonnes for 2016-17 crop year

Govt to take steps to promote agri commodity exports: Jaitley

India's agri exports potential is as high as USD 100 billion against a current export of USD 30 billion.

1 Feb 2018 12:31 PM IST

To improve ease of doing business, a new scheme of self-assessment-based duty-free procurement of inputs required for exports has been introduced.

Union Budget 2018 predicts exports to expand by 15 per cent this year

The country's merchandise shipments rose 12.36 per cent to USD 27.03 billion in December 2017.

1 Feb 2018 11:59 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: AP)

India USD 2.5 trillion economy, set to be 5th largest in world:...

Finance Minister said in Budget speech that India will grow 7.2-7.5 per cent in second half of current fiscal.

1 Feb 2018 11:53 AM IST

Chinese workers make machinery at a factory in Wenzhou city, east Chinas Zhejiang province. (Photo: AP)

India factory growth cools to 3-month low in Jan on weaker demand

Economy is still struggling to recover from a weaker demand trend seen since ban of high-value currency notes in Nov...

1 Feb 2018 11:22 AM IST

Budget 2018: Relief for the salaried, standard deduction back of Rs...

There were hopes ahead of Budget that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would make the middle class happy.

1 Feb 2018 10:54 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley addresses the media after the 22nd meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley to break tradition, will deliver Budget in Hindi

Sources in the know said that the main idea is to establish a direct connect with the rural populace.

1 Feb 2018 10:54 AM IST

Bombay Stock Exchange

Despite long-term capital gain tax, markets steady but what does...

The 30-share BSE index, which had lost 318.23 points in the previous two sessions, recovered 171.38 points to 36,136.40.

1 Feb 2018 10:28 AM IST

According to sources in the finance department, the GST collection was not expected to be so high and hence it had asked the Centre for a compensation of Rs 6500 crore.

Budget 2018: GST revision concerns retailers

Gold jewellery retailers said they prefer old tax of one per cent on ornaments instead of three per cent.

1 Feb 2018 10:23 AM IST