Health budget 'unclear', 'under-funded': Experts
1 Feb 2017 5:40 PM GMTEven as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 48,853 crore to the health sector, and assured of adding 5,000 post graduate medical seats every...
Law on anvil to confiscate assets of offenders fleeing India
1 Feb 2017 5:37 PM GMTIn order to prevent loan defaulters like liquor baron Vijay Mallya from fleeing the country, the government plans to bring a law to confiscate the...
MHA allocated Rs 97,187 cr
1 Feb 2017 5:36 PM GMTThe Union Home Ministry has been allocated Rs 9,7187.17 crore in the 2017-18 Union Budget, a steep hike of 5.1 per cent, with most of the funds...
Budget windfall for Tourism, Aviation sectors
1 Feb 2017 5:34 PM GMTTourism which acts a prime source of revenue income for the country witnessed a promising growth in the budget session held on Wednesday. Finance...
Budget will usher in new era of progress, says Shah
1 Feb 2017 5:33 PM GMTHailing the budget, BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said it is aimed at all-round development with sops for the youth, women, farmers, the poor...
PM calls Budget 'futuristic'
1 Feb 2017 5:31 PM GMTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described the Budget as "futuristic" with an aim on fulfilling the "dreams" of every section, including the...
Rs 544 cr may be allocated for nuclear units 5&6 at Kudankulam
1 Feb 2017 5:02 PM GMTThe Indian government may allocate around Rs 544 crore for the setting up of next two 1,000 MW atomic power units - number 5 & 6 - at Kudankulam...
Civil aviation's budgetary allocation increased to over Rs 5,000 crore
1 Feb 2017 4:54 PM GMTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday proposed to allocate Rs 5,167.60 crore to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the 2017-18 fiscal.The...
Customs duty cut on inputs to reduce costs
1 Feb 2017 4:39 PM GMTThe Budget for 2017-18 proposes to reduce customs duty on inputsAand raw materials to reduce costs, said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on...
Bengal industries hope budget to revive economy, create jobs
1 Feb 2017 4:24 PM GMTIn view of reviving sagging economy, Bengal industries are betting big on the budgetary announcements as higher expenditure in infrastructure, focus...
Budget will steer nation in right fiscal direction: Andhra CM
1 Feb 2017 4:19 PM GMTAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the union budget will steer the nation in the right fiscal direction.In his reaction to the...
Budget pushed ahead to hide ill-effects of demonetisation: Anand Sharma
1 Feb 2017 3:40 PM GMTCalling the Union Budget 2017-18 "misleading and directionless", senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday said that...
