BUDGET EXPECTATIONS

While presenting the interim Budget on February 1, Union Minister Piyush Goyal had allocated Rs 4,31,011 crore to the Defence Ministry

Experts say growth in the real estate sector seems stagnant and immediate solutions are not expected, however the government is urged to take steps to boost liquidity.

India has so far been rather slow in adopting green vehicles for reasons ranging from poor infrastructure, low speed to unaffordable prices.

The economy, reeling under a consumption slowdown owing to farm distress, stagnant wages and high interest costs, will be hit hard by such a weather phenomenon.

A higher depreciation rate for these batteries can help higher adoption of these batteries, which can decrease dependence on diesel for power back-up, according to the telecom tower industry body. Accelerated depreciation is a method whereby an asset loses book value at a faster rate than the traditional straight-line method.

The Interim Budget had allocated the highest-ever budgetary support of Rs 83,016 crore to the highways sector

India Budget 2019: Assocham, in its Pre-Budget Memorandum has demanded that the deductions under the Section 80C of the Income Tax act should be increased to Rs 3 lakh from existing deduction limit of Rs 1.5 lakh, among other demands on the income tax front. Assocham said the current limit needs to be revised with passage of time. A higher limit wi...

The other fiscal boosters like cheaper finance of lower interest rates and interest rate subvention can also form part of the incentives

Interim Union Budget 2019: Union Minister Piyush Goyal will on Friday present the interim budget in Parliament. This budget will be the last by the NDA government before Lok Sabha elections due by May. From a cash package for the farmer to tax reliefs for the common man, expectations are high from the annual financial statement of the current admin...

A parliamentary panel last year asked the ministry to increase the programme's wages as they were lower than those paid to farm labourers elsewhere.