For a middle-class salaried person, a simple dream is to own a house, a comfortable car and the ability to earn livelihood. With the budget for this fiscal year, two of these three have become really out of reach, despite the fact that the budget has made prov...
In this part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on new taxes proposed on rare minerals, incentives for MRO industry, domestic set top boxes, domestic sericulture, reduction of exemptions on steel and coal industry, custom duty on...
All eyes will be today on the Finance Minister. It will be the eight budget for P Chidambaram and the last budget of UPA 2. Here is a look at the importance of this budget, that comes just a few months ahead of the 2014 general elections.
Centre Stage | After a massive hike in petrol prices countrywide, the government is mulling a hike in excise duty on diesel cars. Diesel cars, including small ones, could cost upto Rs 1.7 lakh more. Will this duty be implemented? Will diesel cars pinch your po...
Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana presents himself before the CBI for interrogation into his role in the land scam by Nimmagadda Prasad-promoted VANPIC.
The jewellers association has ended the strike, called to protest hike in excise duty on gold 20 days ago, after a delegation met Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee.
A group of jewellers led by RJD leader Lalu Prasad met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to press their demand to roll back the one percent excise duty imposed on unbranded jewellery.
Jewellers from across the country gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, demanding rollback on hike in excise duty on gold, and imposition of duty on unbranded jewellery.