Budget 2017
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IT industry has little to cheer and complain about
The Union budget for 2017-18 largely had a neutral impact on the Indian IT industry, which has been jolted by ......
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 ......
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 ......
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 while offering reasons to cheer for ......
General
Who said what
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s fourth budget drew mixed reactions on Wednesday. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the budget for ......
General
Stocks climb as investors cheer tax sops, higher spending
Indian stocks jumped to over three-month highs on Wednesday after finance minister Arun Jaitley proposed measures to boost spending in ......
General
Highlights
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday eased the government’s fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 as he proposed higher spending on ......
General
Universal Basic Income: Will every Indian get free money from the government?
At least two recent news reports in the foreign press seem to suggest that the Indian government could soon consider ......
General
The painful journey to a ‘new equilibrium' begins
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has long been aware that the ‘nationalism’ plank can deliver limited results and the ......
