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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

FM walks the talk, honestly and judiciously, but very diffidently

ore reassurance comes from the fiscal deficit target for 2018-19 set at 3.3 per cent of GDP.

2 Feb 2018 4:58 AM IST

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018-19: More sleight of hand

The government has announced that it will fund eight crore new stoves and cylinders on getting a gas connection.

2 Feb 2018 4:56 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament.

A tame exercise: Has govt run out of steam?

The Make in India, Start-Up India, Digital India and Skill India programmes seem to have fallen by the wayside.

2 Feb 2018 4:51 AM IST

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Budget strikes the right note, it's realistic & well-balanced

The Budget offers a bold agricultural and rural thrust to give a stimulus to equity and economic growth.

2 Feb 2018 4:50 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Parliament. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Finally, rural India gets some attention

Jaitley's real game-changer was the National Health Protection Scheme, covering 10 crore poor families or 50 crore...

2 Feb 2018 4:53 AM IST

The survey also revealed that citizens want the government to widen the tax base and create better awareness about paying income tax.

India wants Budget to focus on rural sector, says survey

Around 25 per cent of the respondents were in favour of reducing the peak income tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per...

1 Feb 2018 7:07 AM IST

Mr Jaitley, show us the money

Mr Jaitley, show us the money

Experts hope that the Centre will give Bengaluru a chance to revive its flailing attempts at infrastructural growth.

1 Feb 2018 3:29 AM IST

Scheme will provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8 per cent per annum for ten years.

Standard deduction allowed for pension

The standard deduction was discontinued from the assessment year 2006-07, but was re-introduced in 2018-19 Budget.

6 April 2018 5:00 AM IST