Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focussed on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The residential realty market is expected to look up post-RERA and other consumer-friendly provisions, but the loopholes are hurting

With Q1 GDP growth slumping to 3-year low of 5.7 per cent due to destocking by manufacturers prior to GST (Goods and Service Tax), the Modi government is weighing a stimulus package to boost economic activity in the country.

Work on India's first post-GST Union Budget 2018-19 will start next week with the finance ministry issuing timelines for different processes that will culminate with its presentation in February.

After implementing GST (Goods and Service Tax) on July 1 and last year's demonetisation move, a change in fiscal year could further add to the confusion for the India Inc.

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One of the high points of the last Union budget speech was the statement by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley which said that the \"government has prepared an action plan\" to eliminate Kala-Azar and Filariasis by 2017, Leprosy by 2018, Measles by 2020, tuberculosis by 2025.

Public sector banks, including SBI, Bank of Baroda and IDBI Bank, plan to raise Rs 58,000 crore through equity dilution during the current fiscal to meet Basel-III norms and clean up their balance sheets.

Disappointed with the marginal increase in their salaries by the 7th pay commission, central government employees are expecting any increase in allowances to lead to heftier paychecks.

The Union Budget 2017-18  has clearly left the public sector banks (PSBs) to fend for themselves by allocating a meagre Rs 10,000 crore for recapitalisation.  Under the 'Indradhanush' Plan  unveiled in August 2015, the BJP-led NDA government allocated Rs 70,000 crore capital over four years  till 2018-19.

 Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who feels the Union Budget for 2017-18 is \"aimless and directionless\", says the government should immediately cut indirect taxes across the board to revive the sagging economy.

Since introduction of transfer pricing (TP) provisions almost a decade and a half back, Indian TP landscape has been constantly evolving in order to keep pace with the economic realities of the world as well as the international best practices.

The first Budget since demonetisation has been a careful exercise by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It caters to the core constituency - farmers and lower income people - while not introducing anything that hurt industry.

In last week's budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley set a Rs 72500 crore ($10.76 billion) target for divestment in the 12 months from April 1, up from a revised Rs 45500 crore  goal in the current fiscal year.

Indian retail is set to script a turnaround after years of weak demand and sluggish growth.

The FM in his speech acknowledged the expectations of the common man and keeping this in view, he has made several proposals to mobilise additional revenue and undertake rationalisation measures. 

The Nirbhaya Fund was set up in 2013 in the aftermath of the December 16 Delhi gang-rape. This year, Delhi Police were allocated Rs 6,378.18 crore that was earlier  Rs 5,913.74 crore.

RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh today said the Union Budget fails to meet its own stated objectives to transform, energise and clean India.

It was a budget which seem to be finally stating action in the healthcare sector. Finance minister Arun Jaitley, many in the sector felt, began well when he said: \"Action plan has been prepared to eliminate Kala azar, Filariasis by 2017, leprosy by 2018, measles by 2020 and elimination of tuberculosis by 2025.\"