2014 Budget

• Budget 2014: Cigarettes to Get Expensive, TVs to Become Cheaper

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his first budget gave some relief to income tax payers. He also sharply hiked the prices of tobacco products while making some goods like footwear, TV and soap cheaper.

• Budget Terms Demystified

  Here is a glossary of commonly used terms and trivia on the Budget.

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  Budget 2014: Do Not Expect Big Spending, Says Religare

  The Indian economy is exposed to "shocks" on account of high fiscal deficit and the country's credit outlook will depend on government's initiatives in the next month's budget to contain expenditure and reduce exposure to global commodity prices, rating agency Moody's said on Thursday.

• Opinion: Arun Jaitley Should Offer More Tax Sops for Real Estate Sector

  Maadhav Poddar of EY says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should provide both fiscal and non-fiscal measures to give a boost to the sector.

• Top 10 Budget Restaurants, Bars and Cafes in Glasgow

  Refuelling will be important at the Commonwealth Games and not just for the athletes. Updating his 2010 budget eats guide to Glasgow, Tony Naylor chooses 10 places where you can eat well for under £10Riverhill Coffee BarAlmost slap bang by Central Station,...

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  No Contradiction in Being Pro-Growth and Pro-Poor: Arun Jaitley

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is responding to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha.

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  REITs: A New Alternative for Real Estate Investors

  You can soon own some office space even with a small sum just like the owning a share gives you a small bite of the company.

• Opinion: Economic Growth Agenda in Budget to Drive Auto Sector

  Though overall there is not much in the budget specifically for auto sector, the new government's industry friendly outlook should hopefully provide automotive industry a new lease of life, writes Chetan Kakariya.

• Real Estate Investment Trusts May Fetch $10 Billion This Fiscal Itself: Experts

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced in the Budget that REITs (real estate investment trusts) will get pass- through entity status and other incentives, including exemption from long-term capital gains tax.

• Opinion: No Significant Boost Given to Oil & Gas Sector in Budget

  There is a need to enhance domestic production and India's energy security, says Sanjay Grover.

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  Budget Only Beginning, I Did Whatever I Could Do: Arun Jaitley

  Mr Jaitley, who presented his maiden Budget on July 10, is being criticised by rating agencies for not repealing the retrospective tax amendment and not providing enough sops for the industry.

• IDFC Seen Benefiting the Most From Government Budget

  IDFC shares were up 11.6 per cent for the week as of 2:51 p.m. after hitting their highest in nearly 14 months on Thursday, marking the biggest weekly gain since a 15.4 per cent surge in the week ended on May 23, 2014.

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  India Unveils Budget to Lift Economic Growth

  In a speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley vowed to lift economic growth to 7 or 8 percent within three years and to limit the budget deficit to 4.1 percent of gross domestic product, a goal some analysts have called unrealistic.

• Budget 2014: Government Allocates Rs 100 Crore for Madrassa Modernisation

  The BJP-led government today allocated Rs 100 crore for modernisation of Madrassas and announced the decision to launch a special programme for the upgrdation of skills of minorities in traditional arts and crafts.

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  Budget 2014: Regret Not Being Able to Give More to Taxpayers, Says Arun Jaitley to NDTV

  In his two-and-a-quarter hour Budget speech, one sans preambles or poetry, Mr Jaitley left tax rates and slabs unchanged, but raised the minimum income level at which people start paying tax and hiked levies on cigarettes and soft drinks.