The government should consider increasing the tax deduction limit for housing loans, especially for buyers in metropolitan cities.

Tinkering with the tax rates or tax provisions before the release of the report will lead to avoidable controversies.

Centre actively calling for Pre-Budget recommendations from reluctant industry bodies; but there is precedent of populism in Vote-On-Account in UPA II.

While a large upmove from the current Nifty levels of 10887 on Jan 15, 2019 seems unlikely, Nifty can still attempt to rise to 11,200-11,300 levels before correcting. In the process, a lot of stocks and sectors may sequentially undergo upward correction of the recent fall.

An Interim Budget is set by a government, which will soon be going through changes, meaning a budget that is passed by the ruling government prior to the end of their term

The expectations for some radical or path breaking policy announcements are dim, largely because it is to be a vote-on-account budget. On healthcare, major concerns revolved around Goods and Services Tax.

Jaitley may double the income tax exemption threshold for the salaried from Rs 2.5 lakh currently to Rs 5 lakh and reinstate tax-free status for medical expenses and transport allowance.

Five of the six parameters -- optimism for net profit, new orders, volume of sales, inventory and selling price -- also registered a decrease compared to fourth quarter of 2018.

China is both the biggest manufacturer and the biggest market for cars globally. But the car sales fell in 2018 by about six per cent to 22.7 million units for the first time in 20 years.

Discoms of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu owe the major portion of dues to the power generating companies.

The chamber has also suggested revision in the tax slabs for the individual taxpayers with the top 30 per cent rate to be applied beyond Rs 20 lakh annual income.

The merger emphasises on consolidating and integrating smaller banks with bigger banks.

The Bill has focused on enforcing the consumer rights along with timely and effective administration of consumer disputes.

While previous governments have avoided introducing major changes in an Interim Budget, the regime at the Centre has often used this opportunity to woo voters and outline its economic policy vision for the next five years should India vote to keep it in power.

Infosys announced a special dividend of Rs 4 per share. The company also announced a share buyback worth Rs 8,260 crore under open market route at a maximum price of Rs 800 per share.

A slowdown is in the pipeline and a weaker fiscal profile does not augur well as India faces speed bumps at home and abroad.

In 2019, we hope to deepen the scheme and hope that that the three remaining states that have not yet joined - Delhi, Telangana and Odisha - will also come on board, said Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat mission.