Budget 2013

Faced with criticism for her latest Budget not doing enough for the poor, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 2013 comment of poverty being a state of mind.

In the used-car space, procuring a vehicle, within a budget is not too difficult, only if you know where to look. So, we have compiled a list of a few vehicles that you can buy under Rs. 3 lakh.

We check out a few cost-effective used diesel cars under Rs. 5 lakh.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Budget 2021 announced that tax holidays for startups will be extended by 1 year till March 31, 2022. The capital gains exemption given to startups will also be extended by another year.

India's federal budget Monday will be a much tougher balancing act than New Delhi's regular annual fiscal trapeze. For one thing, the pandemic has upset business-as-usual calculations of how much to spend, on what, and how to finance it. For another, an impatience to make up for lost time has to be weighed against a shrinking of policy space in eme...

Japanese automaker Nissan has officially discontinued the Datsun budget auto brand in Indonesia. The company has closed production of all Nissan and Datsun cars in the South East Asian country and will continue sales of Datsun vehicles till existing stocks are cleared with the dealers. The automaker sold the Datsun GO, GO+ and Go Cross models in th...

Power demand rose 1.1 per cent in 2019, the smallest rise since 2013, data compiled by the Central Electricity Authority showed.

India, the world's biggest consumer of gold after China, increased the import tax on the precious metal for the first time since 2013, spurring domestic prices to a record. Shares of jewelers slumped.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, provides for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayuktas for the states to inquire into allegations of corruption against public functionaries.

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the 'sangam' city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013, making the mega pilgrimage perhaps the costliest ever.

In the last state budget before the assembly elections later this year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has announced the setting up of 'Nandi gaushalas' or shelters for bulls at a cost of Rs 16 crore. But this cattle outreach is not entirely philanthropic. Since the BJP government came to power in 2013, trade in cattle has taken a huge do...

From 2013 to 2017, the Rs 3,000 crore in the Nirbhaya Fund has remained almost entirely unspent. In 2016 and 2017, the Finance Minister didn't even mention women's safety in his Budget speech. It's back to normal.

Criticising the four-month compliance window announced for domestic black money holders in the Union budget, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad today called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "a dull student" who has been rusticated for "cheating and lying".

The rupee had hit its all-time closing low of 68.80 per dollar on August 28, 2013 after touching 68.85 during the intra-day trade on the same day.

As the Lok Sabha debated Dalit Student Rohith Vemula's suicide and the circumstances that led to it on Wednesday, the Home Ministry told Parliament that crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) had shown a "rising trend" between 2013 and 2014.

Faced with criticism for her latest Budget not doing enough for the poor, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 2013 comment of poverty being a state of mind.

In the used-car space, procuring a vehicle, within a budget is not too difficult, only if you know where to look. So, we have compiled a list of a few vehicles that you can buy under Rs. 3 lakh.

We check out a few cost-effective used diesel cars under Rs. 5 lakh.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Budget 2021 announced that tax holidays for startups will be extended by 1 year till March 31, 2022. The capital gains exemption given to startups will also be extended by another year.

India's federal budget Monday will be a much tougher balancing act than New Delhi's regular annual fiscal trapeze. For one thing, the pandemic has upset business-as-usual calculations of how much to spend, on what, and how to finance it. For another, an impatience to make up for lost time has to be weighed against a shrinking of policy space in eme...

Japanese automaker Nissan has officially discontinued the Datsun budget auto brand in Indonesia. The company has closed production of all Nissan and Datsun cars in the South East Asian country and will continue sales of Datsun vehicles till existing stocks are cleared with the dealers. The automaker sold the Datsun GO, GO+ and Go Cross models in th...

Power demand rose 1.1 per cent in 2019, the smallest rise since 2013, data compiled by the Central Electricity Authority showed.

India, the world's biggest consumer of gold after China, increased the import tax on the precious metal for the first time since 2013, spurring domestic prices to a record. Shares of jewelers slumped.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, provides for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayuktas for the states to inquire into allegations of corruption against public functionaries.

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the 'sangam' city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013, making the mega pilgrimage perhaps the costliest ever.

In the last state budget before the assembly elections later this year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has announced the setting up of 'Nandi gaushalas' or shelters for bulls at a cost of Rs 16 crore. But this cattle outreach is not entirely philanthropic. Since the BJP government came to power in 2013, trade in cattle has taken a huge do...

From 2013 to 2017, the Rs 3,000 crore in the Nirbhaya Fund has remained almost entirely unspent. In 2016 and 2017, the Finance Minister didn't even mention women's safety in his Budget speech. It's back to normal.

Criticising the four-month compliance window announced for domestic black money holders in the Union budget, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad today called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "a dull student" who has been rusticated for "cheating and lying".

The rupee had hit its all-time closing low of 68.80 per dollar on August 28, 2013 after touching 68.85 during the intra-day trade on the same day.

As the Lok Sabha debated Dalit Student Rohith Vemula's suicide and the circumstances that led to it on Wednesday, the Home Ministry told Parliament that crimes against members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) had shown a "rising trend" between 2013 and 2014.