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Infrastructure
Jaitley walks a tightrope to fund infrastructure
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union budget had a theme—Transform India. And while reading out the budget speech, Jaitley termed ......
TMT
A mixed bag, say startup backers
India’s leading seed investors have welcomed the government's move to simplify the company registration process and reduce the term for ......
General
Measures related to capital markets
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not make any new friends on Dalal Street as he hiked the securities transaction tax ......
General
Explaining the numbers
Finance minister Arun Jaitley proposed to expand government spending almost 11 per cent in 2016-17 compared with the revised estimates ......
General
What's there for PE, VC funds
While the entrepreneurs and investors are celebrating, Union Budget 2016 has not given much reason to cheer for the private ......
Manufacturing
Protective measures for domestic aluminium and zinc producers
In what may provide relief to domestic miners such as Anil Aggarwal-owned Vedanta Resources and state-run National Aluminium Co. Ltd ......
General
What's in it for banking & financial services
The Union Budget sought to ease concerns about the state of bad loans at public-sector banks by allocating a large ......
TMT
A faithful follow-up to Startup India Action Plan, say techpreneurs
The Union Budget 2016 remained faithful to the Startup India Action Plan announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. ......
Consumer
FMCG industry cheers rural income push; cars, e-readers to cost more
The government made its political priority clear while presenting its second full-year Budget with a big section of the announcements ......
General
After promises galore, it's time for implementation, says India Inc
Based on nine pillars, finance minister Arun Jaitley's Union Budget saw a few sectors getting the government's support as well ......