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Budget 2018-19 Live Key challenges Multiplicity of laws & regulations governing the sector Lack of industry status for retail Lack of clarity and understanding of regulations/guidelines governing...

Budget 2018 On February 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Budget 2018, his fifth and the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s final full Budget in the...

Union Budget 2018 The government is likely to increase the budget allocation for farm education, research and extension by up to 15 per cent to around Rs 80 billion (Rs 8,000 crore) in 2018-19 fiscal...

Budget 2018 The government will reduce its additional borrowing to Rs 200 billion from the bond markets in the financial year 2017-18, from Rs 500 billion announced last month, Economic Affairs...

Budget 2018 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which completed three years in August last year and was credited by Finance Minister Arun...

Budget 2018 India has cut its additional market borrowing requirement by more than half for the financial year ending in March to Rs 200 billion ($3.13 billion), Economics Affairs Secretary S C Garg...

Budget 2018 India's oil ministry is pushing for a cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel in the upcoming 2018/19 budget to cushion the impact of rising oil prices on its vast consumer base, two oil...

Budget 2018 Reeling from a continued fall in export growth and marginal refunds on the goods and services tax (GST), the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has written to the government, seeking...

Budget 2018 Global oil prices have been hovering near a three-year high of $70 per barrel recently, propelled by production cuts by Opec and Russia. Recovering international crude prices has raised...

Budget 2018 Ahead of the budget, the stainless steel industry has asked the government to remove import duty on ferro-nickel and stainless steel scrap. In its pre-budget wish list, the Indian...

Budget 2018 India’s recent jump of 30 positions on the ease of doing business ranking by the World Bank is definitely a welcome trend. But still much has to be done; further cut in red tape, taking up...

Budget Key challenges Small landholding: Since the bulk of farmers have less than 2 hectares of land, there is a difficulty in getting the benefits of ‘economics of scale’ Limited access to technology...

Budget 2018 Trade Unions want the government to allocate more funds in the Union Budget for employment generation and claimed that opening up the retail market to foreign players would lead to further...

Budget Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all set to present Budget 2018 on February 1. While Budget expectations and Budget wishlist have started coming from all quarters and sectors, what the...

Budget 2018 It is believed that investment in India’s infrastructure industry would yield more impact if all related projects are planned and delivered on the same timeline. This is seen as key to the...