Budget 2014

• Economic Survey for Increasing Share in Merchandise Exports

  India should more than double its share in world merchandise exports to at least 4 per cent in the next five years, a government document has said.

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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.

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  Budget 2014: Jaitley's Fiscal Targets Hard to Achieve, Say Rating Agencies

  Rating agencies said on Friday Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's assumption of containing fiscal deficit at 4.1 per cent of GDP is difficult to achieve given the poor outlook on the revenue front and absence of reduction in subsidies.

• Opinion: Stock Markets Optimistic of a Good Budget

  A clear majority for the NDA government has revived sentiments and sparked huge expectations that the government will deliver on reforms and come out with steps to revive India's economy. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's maiden budget is coming on the back of chances of a worst possible monsoon in the last decade and escalated crude prices triggered...

• Budget 2014: See What's Cheaper and What's Costlier

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget rings in a huge hike in the cost of cigarettes.

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  Budget 2014: Income Tax Changes Can Save You up to Rs 36,000

  Mr Jaitley also hiked the cap on long-term investments under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh. The Finance Minister also raised the tax-free cap on interest paid on housing loan from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.

• Budget 2014: Finance Minister's 'Rs. 100-crore' Club Sparks Buzz

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech today started a buzz about a series of "100-crore schemes" announced by the new government.

• Union Budget: What You Liked and Disliked Most

  Here is a list of what ndtv.com surfers listed as the best and worst parts of Union Budget 2014.

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

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a reform-minded budget, vowing to lift economic growth to rates of 7-8 per cent by promoting manufacturing and infrastructure and overhauling populist subsidies.

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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.

• Budget 2014: Tax Changes You Need to Know

  There have been high expectations from the Union Budget 2014-15 considering the unprecedented win of a single political party. The wait is over as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the Budget in Parliament on Thursday.

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  Inflation Expected to Ease by Year-end: Economic Survey

  As the new government battles stubbornly high food inflation, the pre-budget Economic Survey on Wednesday predicted that the headline inflation would ease by the end of the year, providing room to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates.

• Modi Government to Present First Rail Budget Today

  Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda will, at noon today, present the Narendra Modi government's first Rail Budget. The rail budget is traditionally seen to set the stage for the union budget - to be presented on Thursday and in which the ruling BJP will lay out its economic reform plans.

• Why India Has a Separate Railways Budget

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government on Tuesday presented its first railway budget, promising to seek increased foreign and domestic private investment to fund modernization of the country's huge but badly stretched network. The state-owned railway has suffered from years of low investment and populist policies to subsidise fares. These h...

• Modi Sarkar's Budget: 10-point Cheat-Sheet on What Economists Expect

  On Thursday, the new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present its maiden budget - its first big policy statement on how it intends to overhaul an economy saddled with slow growth and weak public finances.