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The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: File/Representational)

Budget for Railways: Bengaluru, Mumbai big gainers

Bengaluru will get a corpus of Rs 17,000 crore for the local rail network. Karnataka goes to polls this year.

1 Feb 2018 2:24 PM IST

$Arun Jaitley informed the Parliament \Transformative measures have to be undertaken to make Indian Railways competitive,$ India

Budget 2018: Railways gets Rs 1.48 L Cr for world-class trains

New world-class train sets, dedicated freight corridors are coming up and electrification is being taken up as a...

1 Feb 2018 2:13 PM IST

Health regulation has several pieces, of which self-regulation by the private sector is an important one. Private players in the health sector are indeed quite diverse.

Union Budget 2018 unveils healthcare for 500 million of India's...

The government currently provides 30,000 rupees towards healthcare for poor families.

1 Feb 2018 2:11 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Govt to soon announce steps to tackle NPAs of MSMEs: Jaitley

MUDRA Yojana launched in April 2015 has led to a sanction of Rs 4.6 lakh crore in credit to some 10.38 lakh MUDRA loans.

1 Feb 2018 1:48 PM IST

Phones are become an extra limb to the human body today, and the over use of smartphones is presently having a serious effect on social health and psychological activity of an individual.

Union Budget 2018: Increased import taxes to make mobile phones deerer

The union budget for 2018 increases the customs duty levied on mobile phones from 15 per cent to 20 per cent.

1 Feb 2018 1:25 PM IST

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

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

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