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Budget 2018: What's in it for startups?
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a series of proposals in his Budget for 2018-19 that generated considerable interest within ......
Healthcare
Budget 2018: Govt announces world's largest health scheme, to benefit 500 mn poor
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, announced the flagship National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which aims to provide an annual ......
General
Just one in five active listed firms to benefit from corporate tax cut
Ahead of this year’s budget, the media was agog with speculation that finance minister Arun Jaitley will give companies something ......
General
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 ......
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 while offering reasons to cheer for ......
General
Can the humble Aadhaar Pay slay digital wallets?
More than two months after it demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, the government is now reportedly pushing to ......
General
Economy round-up: Railways to retain autonomy; govt sets up war room for GST rollout
Even as the government moves to merge the railway and the Union budgets, the railways will retain its autonomy when ......
Consumer
India mulls decontrolling urea import
To ensure an uninterrupted supply of urea, the most commonly used fertiliser by farmers in India, the National Democratic Alliance ......
Consumer
Divide among jewellery associations deepens as partial strike continues
The fissure, among various Indian jewellery associations and individual jewellers, is widening as many standalone jewellers are still reluctant to ......
