-The Indian Express At Davos, India needs to outline its vision to make growth inclusive Earlier this month, the external affairs ministry announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lead the “largest ever” Indian contingent to Switzerland during the four-day World Economic Forum 2018 in the Swiss Alps town of Davos on January 23. This made headlines since he is the first Indian PM to be attending Davos in over two...
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SBI's Budget 2018 pitch: Increase income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh
-PTI NEW DELHI: With rise in personal disposable income post 7th Pay Commission, the income tax exemption limit needs to be raised by Rs 50,000 to Rs 3 lakh, a SBI report said on Monday. The move will benefit around 75 lakh people, it said. The SBI's Ecowrap report further said that if the exemption limit of interest payments under housing loan is increased to Rs 2.5 lakhs for existing home loan...
More »To reduce rural distress, Narendra Modi government to raise agri credit target by 20 pct
-The Financial Express Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce agricultural credit target of Rs 12 lakh crore for 2018-19, up 20% from the level for the current year, as he lends focus to addressing rural distress in the coming Budget. While the farm credit targets have been overachieved in recent years, the disbursal by October end this fiscal was 67% of the annual plan. The government is confident of exceeding the...
More »If it's a farm budget from Arun Jaitley, then it needs to be a smart one
-The Economic Times Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given ample hint that Budget 2018 is going to be a farmer's Budget. Jaitley has said the agriculture sector is the top priority for the government because the country's economic growth is not justifiable and equitable unless the benefits were clear and evident in the farm sector. After launching options trading in guar seed on commodity exchange NCDEX yesterday, Jaitley said, "We see in...
More »Jaitley may lend an ear to farm sector -TV Jayan
-The Hindu Business Line Lingering distress in the sector may force the govt to think innovatively New Delhi: Agriculture sector, which suffered badly despite higher production in the last two years, may be a key focus area for the NDA government, when it presents its last full-fledged Union Budget before the 2019 general elections. Attending a function recently in the Capital, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unequivocally said that that the farm sector...
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