Feb 03, 2017 08:22 AM IST Affordable housing being given Infrastructure status is a welcome move and will help in the Housing to all by 2022 mission – it is a big and positive move for developers, banks and housing finance companies.
Feb 02, 2017 03:48 PM IST The Budget has a positive tone and is in the right direction. The focus on the infrastructure and manufacturing sector will benefit lubricant manufacturers, since we expect this to boost consumer demand in the B2B and B2C market segments.
Feb 02, 2017 03:16 PM IST The Union Budget has undertaken a fine balance between fiscal prudence and spending by slightly increasing the fiscal deficit target to 3.2 percent of GDP for FY18.
Feb 02, 2017 03:16 PM IST Along with experts interpreting the budget, Girija Pande, chairman of the Singapore-based Apex Avalon Consulting Pte Ltd, also applauded the decision to abolish Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), saying it had "long outlived its utility and was a hurdle to large foreign investments into India".
Feb 02, 2017 03:14 PM IST From a macro point of view, the Budget presented by the Finance Minister is a growth-oriented one with special focus on rural, agriculture and infra sectors.
Feb 02, 2017 03:01 PM IST The Budget presented today focusses on ramping up spending on infrastructure, provides the necessary impetus to Housing for All program and continues the structural reforms initiated couple of years ago.
Feb 02, 2017 02:54 PM IST Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) keeps a close tab on elections as well as related topics, including on finances of political parties.
Feb 02, 2017 02:51 PM IST A big infrastructure push along with a substantial hike in provisions for the National Highways in the Union Budget for 2017-18 is a major takeaway and I congratulate the Finance Minister for the growth oriented approach.
Feb 02, 2017 02:42 PM IST Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget for next fiscal in Parliament yesterday in which he planned to cut fiscal deficit to 3.2 percent and 3 percent of GDP for next financial year and 2018-19 respectively. The deficit in the current fiscal is estimated to be 3.5 percent of GDP.
Feb 02, 2017 01:30 PM IST It is also changing the law to keep the identity of the donor confidential who buys the just-introduced electoral bonds from banks to make such donations.
Feb 02, 2017 11:52 AM IST Since Government‘s emphasis on defence preparedness has been the Central theme, we would have been happy if some incentives by way of tax exemption or deferment on loan payments would have been announced for domestic industry.
Feb 02, 2017 11:46 AM IST The Union Budget 2017 has focused on India‘s agriculture sector and the country's farmers to drive growth in rural India while continuing to propel the nation‘s economic engine.
Feb 02, 2017 11:44 AM IST In line with the PM‘s vision to dismantle bureaucracy, the FM‘s announcement to abolish the FIPB and further liberalize the FDI policy deserves a round of cheer! The government‘s continuous focus to bolster the digital economy is definitely applause-worthy.
Feb 02, 2017 09:20 AM IST According to Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, Finance Minister has presented a balanced Budget, underlined by the continued push to using technology to aid a digital economy.
Feb 02, 2017 09:13 AM IST Anil Sardana, MD & CEO, Tata Power is of the view that the efforts that the government has undertaken to bring a positive structure into the economy by moving towards a policy based administration with an increased focus on digitisation.
Feb 02, 2017 09:07 AM IST Gagan Banga, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Indiabulls Housing Finance is of the view that the Government is on a fast track mode - building a sustainable ecosystem for both developers and home buyers.
Feb 02, 2017 09:04 AM IST Of the total budget, Archaeological Survey of India would get Rs 924.37 crore while Rs 243.01 crore have been earmarked for centenaries and anniversaries of famous personalities, celebrations and schemes, according to the Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament .
Feb 02, 2017 09:02 AM IST The Finance Ministry has increased allocation for its ambitious Namami Gange programme from Rs 2150 crore for the on-going fiscal to Rs 2250 crore for next financial year, according to the Water Resources Ministry.
Feb 02, 2017 08:34 AM IST MSIPS provides subsidy for capital expenditure - 20 percent for investments in special economic zones (SEZs) and 25 percent in non-SEZs.
Feb 02, 2017 08:34 AM IST Besides, Jaitley has proposed to reduce the income tax for smaller companies with annual turnover up to Rs 50 crore to 25 per cent, in order to make micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) more viable and also to encourage firms to migrate to company format.
Feb 02, 2017 08:34 AM IST The Budget "provides renewed impetus to manufacturing and Make in India, export infrastructure and government e-marketplace," she said in a statement.
Feb 02, 2017 08:34 AM IST The Chief Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jaitley for granting exemption from capital gains tax to farmers, who contributed their land for building AP's new capital Amaravati.
Feb 02, 2017 07:50 AM IST "At a time of global uncertainty, Budgets can be challenging to implement but the Finance Minister has done an admirable job in creating a vision that will propel the domestic economy while remaining cognisant about foreign investors," the US-India Business Council (USIBC) president Mukesh Aghi said.
Feb 01, 2017 10:46 PM IST Budget 2017 has achieved balance between focus on investment & fiscal prudence, said Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank.
Feb 01, 2017 09:22 PM IST Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Budget speech today, proposed merging of all oil public sector units (PSUs) to create one integrated company. It a welcome move and will create synergies in the sector, said the oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
