Expectations

Updated : Jan 29, 2019

Budget 2018: Provide separate tax exemption of up to Rs 50,000 for life insurance

Income tax benefit continues to be at the top of the mind for almost everyone who is in that taxable income range.

Updated : Feb 1, 2018

Budget 2018: Emphasis should be given to education, skill development

This year's budget is the most awaited announcement since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the incumbent government's last budget of this term.

Updated : Jan 31, 2018

Business Confidence Survey: Hopes are high

Business confidence takes a turn for good with business leaders pinning hope on the annual Budget, finds the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey.

Updated : Jan 31, 2018

Union Budget 2018: Expectations in infrastructure

The 2017 Budget proposed a specific mechanism to streamline institutional arrangements for resolution of disputes in public utility contracts, construction contracts and PPP.

Updated : Jan 25, 2018

Budget 2018: Oil & gas industry seeks infra status, lower taxes

It also wants inclusion of natural gas in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime at the earliest to boost the use of environment friendly fuel and help transition to a gas-based economy.

Updated : Jan 19, 2018

Budget 2018: 'GST has made hotel rooms expensive; levy tax on actual tariff'

Despite the short-term hurdles presented by demontisation and GST, the travel and tourism industry continues to be bullish on future growth and opportunities.

Updated : Jan 18, 2018

Union Budget 2018: How sops to housing, tax rates cut can revive infra sector

Infrastructure companies hope the Union Budget 2018 will provide a boost to the housing sector, especially low-cost housing projects, with some sops.

Updated : Jan 18, 2018

Budget Expectations: Micro-lenders seek deepening of reforms and levy rationalisation

The budget this year, microfinance sector players hope, will see some re-thinking from a taxation perspective that would make government an enabler for growth.

Updated : Jan 16, 2018

India plans to boost tourism, travel in annual budget: Report

India's tourism sector grew over 10 percent in the six months ending September, compared to near 8 percent in the year-ago period. According to an industry report, tourism employs 40 million people in India and could add 10 million jobs in a decade.

Updated : Jan 16, 2018

Budget 2018: Govt may opt for fiscal deficit range, says ICRA

The narrower-than-expected win in Gujarat and upcoming polls in other states will lead to a reorientation of priorities for the government with a greater focus expected on the farm and small businesses sectors, the head of a domestic rating agency has said.

Updated : Jan 16, 2018

Budget 2018: Healthcare needs more specialists, boost to device-makers

Each year during pre-Budget time, the Indian healthcare industry points to the one statistic that refuses to change: government spending on healthcare stays put at around one per cent of the GDP.