Month: February 2020

The government on Saturday proposed a new levy of one per cent TDS (tax deducted at source) on e-commerce transactions, a move that could increase

The economic growth slowdown has appeared to have bottomed out and is expected to pick up in 2020-21, according to Budget documents. The document further

Here is the full text of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech. Hon’ble Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2020-2021. Introduction In

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the government intends to remove all Income-Tax exemptions in the long run. The announcement came at a press

With the finance minister delivering the much-awaited Budget 2020-21, the focus is now on what will be its impact in reviving economic growth. First, the

NEW DELHI : Those with high salaries might soon have to shell out income tax on employers contribution under employees’ provident fund (EPF), National Pension

करदिलासा? की आवळा देऊन कोहळा काढला? नवीन टॅक्स स्लॅबची निवड केल्यास सुमारे ७० प्रकारच्या करसवलती व करवजावटींवर पाणी सोडावे लागणार लोकसत्ता ऑनलाइन | नवीन इन्कम

The insurance cover for bank deposits has been raised to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced in her

The fine print of the Union Budget for 2020-21 notwithstanding, the central strategy of the government seems to be to boost the disposable incomes of

Union Budget 2020 highlights: #1. Between 2006-2016, 271 million are out of poverty and we should be proud of it, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

It sets in motion a trigger mechanism for deviation; target for the next year is pegged at 3.5% of the GDP The government has decided

In her second Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought to find a balance between fears, and negative sentiments on one side, and harsh realities on

In the age of T20 cricket, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s two-hour-forty-minute-long 2020 Union Budget speech, handily beating her own last year’s record by 23 minutes,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her second Union Budget in the Parliament today (Feb. 1, 2020). The Budget, which tried to put money in people’s

A good part of the borrowings for the financial year 2020-21 would go towards Capital expenditure of the Government that has been scaled up by

The first reactions to Nirmala Sitharaman‘s Budget have come in, and quite a few experts have already termed it as a ‘reasonable’ budget. But quite

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that a task force will be appointed to examine the issue about the age of girls

Everybody was looking for a caffeine shot to boost the consumption part and investment. Has the finance minister delivered on that short-term hope of giving