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Financial services sector to benefit from enhanced expenditure
The Union Budget has unveiled several measures that would positively impact the overall economy. However, the financial services sector would ......
General
Jaitley removes uncertainty over tax for limited partners, PE funds
Offering foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) a respite, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley exempted them from the purview of indirect transfer provisions.“In ......
Infrastructure
Affordable housing gets infra status, more tax relief for real estate
Finance minister Arun Jaitley showered largesse on the realty industry after the prime minister spooked the sector with demonetisation three ......
General
Feel good for janta, disappointing for corporate India
Finance minister Arun Jaitley almost replayed his last year’s Union Budget speech on Wednesday, if not in words then in...
Infrastructure
Will Arun Jaitley's $59 bn infra push pay off?
India will invest as much as Rs 3.96 lakh crore to boost it’s the infrastructure sector in FY2017-18, Finance Minister ......
Consumer
Rural India holds key to consumer sector's fortunes
Although big-bang measures to shore up discretionary spending were conspicuous by absence in finance minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech, the ......
Pharmaceuticals
Cheer for medical devices, pharma; industry largely disappointed
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday significantly raised the budget allocation for healthcare expenditure for FY2017-18...
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Who said what
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s fourth budget drew mixed reactions on Wednesday. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised...
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Highlights
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday eased the government’s fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 as he proposed higher...
