Union Budget 2013

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  Budget 2021: Tax Holiday for Startups Extended by 1 Year Till March 31, 2022

  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.

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  Opinion: Budget Will Be Tougher Than Government's Usual Fiscal Trapeze

  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...

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  Gold Tax Hike Fuels Smuggling Fears; May Hit Festival, Wedding Season

  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.

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  No Change In Lokpal Budget Allocation, Marginal Increase In Outlay For CVC

  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.

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  Budget 2016: Lalu Prasad Calls PM Modi A 'Dull Student'

  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".

• Highlights: P Chidambaram answers your questions on Union Budget on Google Hangout

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram, in a Google+ Hangout, is responding to citizens' questions about the Budget, and discussing the state of the Indian economy with a panel of industry leaders as well as citizens.

• After Narendra Modi, Finance Minister P Chidambaram to 'hangout' with netizens

  Have a query on Budget 2013-14? You can directly ask Finance Minister P Chidambaram as he will take questions on all proposals on Monday on Google Hangout-a multi-person online video chat.

• Budget 2013: Chidambaram's 'Robin Hood' Budget: High earners say not fair

  High-earning Indians gave a collective groan when Finance Minister P Chidambaram imposed a 10 per cent surcharge on their income in his Budget 2013 on Thursday.

• Budget 2013: How you are affected

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram's eighth Budget was not a big bang affair, but analysts said he has quietly ensured that India's finances are in shape and the economy gets back on track even as the government gets into an election mode. The markets may have been unimpressed by the Budget, but the aam aadmi walked out with a better deal.

• Budget 2013: Will Chidambaram's ambitious revenue-expenditure math add up?

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram unveiled a surge in spending on Thursday, despite expectations of an austerity budget to shore up the government's finances, imposing new taxes on the rich and large companies to fund a dash for growth ahead of an election due by next year.

• Union Budget 2013: P Chidambaram does a balancing act, markets unimpressed

  P Chidambaram, shackled by the worst economic slowdown in a decade and the political demands of an election year, served a Budget 2013 today that has been described at best as balanced and pragmatic and, at worst, as disappointing and lacking substance.

• Union Budget 2013: Finance Minister P Chidambaram explains his budget

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who presented his eighth Budget in Parliament today, held a press conference.

• Budget 2013: Carmakers reel from SUV tax hike

  A surprise hike in tax on SUVs in India risked hurting one of the only bright spots in the country's automotive market, sending industry shares falling on Thursday after a budget that offered little help for the struggling industry.

• Budget 2013: why Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approves

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hailed Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for promising to revisit criteria for special category status and said that it was a 'victory in-principle' for Bihar in view of its consistent demand for grant of such a status.

• Budget 2013: Nirbhaya Fund, with 1000-crores, to be used for women's safety

  The 23-year-old student whose fatal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi stirred national outrage and grief has inspired the government to create a special Rs. 1000-crore "Nirbhaya Fund," largely dedicated to improving women's safety, the Finance Minister said in Parliament today.