The Finance Minister gives with one hand, and takes away with the other. Income-tax exemption limits are raised marginally, but you will get hit on more items for service tax. And this is assuming that your food costs will drop a bit if Pranab Mukherjee's Rs 300-crore magic formula works.
Budget highlights | Full coverage | Watch video
Senior citizens are the main beneficiary in the latest budget. Mukherjee has reduced the age limit for classification as a senior citizen from 65 years to 60 years.
Unveiling the Budget proposals for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha, Mukherjee also proposed to reduce the age limit for consideration as senior citizens from 65 years to 60.
FM Pranab Mukherjee decided to maintain the standard rate of central excise duty in order to see improved business margins translated into higher investment rates.
Lower losses from Mundra facility help Tata Power post 12% higher profit after tax
Biz EOD: Govt eases winding-up rules; Cipla ready to combat coronavirus; Godrej Consumer Q3 profit grows
Social media firms may be asked to maintain database of active mobile number of users
Submit fresh report on compliance of plastic rules by Flipkart, Amazon: NGT tells CPCB
Budget 2020: Bharatiya Janata Party recommends tax tweaks to attract foreign investors
Reliance Jio Prime vs Airtel, Vodafone, Idea 4G offers
Reliance Jio plans to bring 5G internet to your smartphones
Maruti Suzuki opens online booking for Baleno RS
India Inc to get 9.5 per cent salary hike this year
Five tips to get a good salary hike this year
Motorola G8 to get modern design in 2020 but run on old 2019 chipset, G8 Power also in works
This is the Poco X2, to come with dual selfie cameras and MIUI 11
Airtel offers Google Nest Mini at1,699 but there's a catch
Users can now delete their browsing history on Facebook: Here's how
Samsung Galaxy A51 launched in India; check out price, specifications