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Budget 2018: Corporate income tax rate cut to 25 pct for companies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday proposed to cut the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent for companies with a turnover of up to Rs. 250 crore.
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Govt announces 12% EPF in wages of new employees across sectors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government announced a contribution of 12 percent in Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) in new employment across all sectors, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.
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Budget' 18: Govt. proposes law to revise MPs salaries
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said there will be an automatic revision of emoluments of the MPs every five years, indexed to inflation
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Budget 2018: Defence industrial corridors on the card
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): While announcing the Union Budget in the Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed setting up two defence industrial corridors in the next fiscal.
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Jaitley recognises MSMEs as 'engine of growth, employment'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday claimed that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are an engine of growth and employment.
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Budget 2018: Special scheme to tackle air pollution
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Delhi's air pollution found a special mention in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's fifth budget as the minister on Thursday announced a special scheme to tackle stubble burning.
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Jaitley revises FY18 fiscal deficit estimate at 3.5%
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday revised the fiscal deficit at 3.5 percent of GDP for 2017-18 and projected 2018-19 deficit at 3.3 percent of GDP.
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Jaitley announces world's largest health insurance program
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced two new measures under the government's Ayushman Bharat scheme, which are expected to take healthcare to greater heights.
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Budget '18: Move from blackboard to digital board proposed
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, while presenting the Union Budget 2018, proposed a gradual move from the traditional blackboard to the 'digital board'.
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'Government doesn't consider crytocurrencies as legal tender': Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech stressed that the Government does not consider cryptocurrencies as legal tender, and will take measures to eradicate use of crytocurrencies for illegitimate activities.
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Budget 2018: Key benefits to education sector
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced a number of schemes and measures that are expected to benefit the education industry and also improve infrastructure in the sector.
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Budget '18: Subsidy on LPG to 8 crore women
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday proposed to increase the target of providing free LPG connections to 8 crore women living below the poverty line.
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