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Banking sector looking at full tax exemption in budget
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.31 (ANI): The banking sector is expecting a reduction in tax rates as well as liberalisation in the FDI policy, as the country prepares for the announcement of the Union budget proposals for 2017-18, which will be announced tomorrow by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitl
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Bengaluru, Jaipur are collecting no more than 5-20 per cent of their prope
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New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): "Every Indian city faces serious challenges related to water and power supply, waste management, public transport, education, healthcare, safety, and pollution due to large infrastructure deficits, inadequate finances, and poor governance capacities&quo
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Apparel and leather industry key to generation of formal and productive jo
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New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): Apparel, leather and footwear sectors are integral to creating employment opportunities, the Economic Survey 2016-17 presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in parliament today says.
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Centre announces sale of floating rate bonds, govt. stock
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre on Monday announced the sale of floating rate bonds and government stock, as per the Economic Survey presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament.
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RRT should be significantly linked to fiscal, governance efforts on part o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan. 31 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2016-17, which was presented today in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, states that Redistributive Resource Transfers (RRT) should be significantly linked to fiscal and governance efforts on the part of the states.
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Economic Survey says fiscal activism embraced by advanced economies not re
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday, while presenting the Economic Survey 2016-17 in Parliament, observed that India's economic experience shows that the fiscal activism embraced by advanced economies- giving a greater role to counter-cyclica
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Economic Survey says set up of centralised public sector asset rehabilitat
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New Delhi [India], Jan.31 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday called for establishing a centralised Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA) that could deal with largest and most difficult cases of non-performing assets, and also make politically tough decisions to
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Jaitley launches India Post Payments Bank, terms it as taking banking to e
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, along with Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha, on Monday launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) at two pilot branches at Raipur and Ranchi through video conferencing from Delhi.
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Arun Jaitley faced with excessive hopes on 'Solve-All' Budget: A
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New Delhi [India], Jan.28 (ANI): Meeting excessive expectations riding on the forthcoming Union Budget in the aftermath of demonetisation could be a challenging task for the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, a pre-Budget assessment by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (A
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FRBM Committee present report to Arun Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 23 (ANI):The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Committee, headed by N.K. Singh, former Revenue and Expenditure Secretary and former Member of Parliament, presented its report to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday in his office in North
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Jaitley releases BJP's manifesto for Punjab, says alliance with SAD t
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Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Jan. 22 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who today released the BJP's manifesto for the Punjab Assembly polls, said the alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal will continue like before and added that his party would expand developmental activities if given an
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Amritsar unfortunate to have had 'absentee MP' Navjot Sidhu: Aru
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Amritsar [India], Jan. 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday fired a salvo at cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Congress, and said the city of Amritsar has had the misfortune of having an
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