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Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)

Japan passes $240 billion virus package including cash handouts

Prime minister Shinzo Abe was forced into a U-turn on cash handouts, reversing an initial plan to offer means-tested...

30 April 2020 4:37 PM IST

Debt management, tax planning, investment options, budget repositioning, insurance review and reward point redemption are some of the aspects you should consider looking at before the current year ends.

It's time for the yearly cleanup

It is always good to start putting things in place when you have a few months in hand.

29 Nov 2016 4:10 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

EC gives nod to Budget on Feb 1 but with riders

EC decision came after SC observed that there is nothing in law to bar Centre from presenting the Union Budget on...

24 Jan 2017 9:14 AM IST

Sweeping changes in direct tax regime likely

Sweeping changes in direct tax regime likely

Research desk at SBI said that it expects an increase in personal income tax exemption limit from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3...

24 Jan 2017 5:17 AM IST

Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.

Now, ministries told to put cap on expenditure

Ministries will have to specify schemes and non-schemes instead of plan and non-plan.

24 Jan 2017 1:11 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Budget will be held as scheduled on February 1: SC

Election Commission had on January 4 come out with the schedule of assembly elections in five states, including Uttar...

24 Jan 2017 12:46 AM IST

Sudhir Mungantiwar

Maharashtra government merges budget, like Centre

Terming this a historic decision, finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said it would bring a huge change in the budget...

19 Jan 2017 3:31 AM IST

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

Deficit limit may be tinkered

FRBM review committee to recommend a range of 3-3.5 per cent as target.

16 Jan 2017 3:05 AM IST

The government has laid out ambitious plans of connectivity and logistics support to set up industrial clusters that can create jobs for the aspirational youth in India.

Monetise PSU assets, build infra

Poor demand and the deep stress in the banking sector only added to the woes in the sector.

16 Jan 2017 1:50 AM IST

BMC budget may see tax hikes for bigger houses

The proposed tax system is expected to make a big dent into the municipal revenues.

29 March 2017 4:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Take war on black cash to next level': PM Narendra Modi

The Prime Minister also touched upon cleanliness, wastage of food and fighting depression during his radio address.

27 March 2017 1:07 AM IST

The expected land revenue was Rs 3,200 crore while only Rs 1,500 crore was collected.

State revenue falls short of expectations

Due to the deficit, latest budget figures revealed that the state's borrowing went up to Rs 3.71 lakh crore for the...

21 March 2017 2:23 AM IST