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  • Union Budget 2025: Credit Guarantee Cover For MSMEs To Be Enhanced, Says Nirmala Sitharaman

    Union Budget 2025: Credit Guarantee Cover For MSMEs To Be Enhanced, Says Nirmala Sitharaman

    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said in her eighth Budget speech that the credit guarantee cover limits for the MSME sector will be enhanced. For micro enterprises, the MSME credit guarantee cover will be doubled from ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore leading to additional ₹1.5 lakh crore credit in the next 5 years. Sitharaman said that customised credit cards with a limit of ₹5 lakh will be started for small businesses registered on the Udyam Portal.

  • Budget 2024 Highlights: Defence Ministry gets Budget boost, govt spending on DRDO sees upward revision too

    Budget 2024 Highlights: Defence Ministry gets Budget boost, govt spending on DRDO sees upward revision too

    Budget 2024 Highlights: Ministry of Defence has received a robust budget of Rs 6,500 crore for Border Roads Organisation in the financial year 2024-25, marking a 30% increase from the previous fiscal year, the Defence Ministry said. DRDO's Budget saw a boost to Rs 23,855 crore and the Indian Coast Guard’s budgetary allocation increased this year by 6.31 percent to Rs 7,651 crore.

  • Budget 2021: Rebuilding India

    Budget 2021: Rebuilding India

    What's the economic roadmap? What does budget 2021 mean for your money? What does budget 2021 hold for you? Find all the details on one platform - www.moneycontrol.com

  • Budget 2013: Panel to monitor business cost is welcome, says DHL Express

    Budget 2013: Panel to monitor business cost is welcome, says DHL Express

    The decision by the government to establish a panel to monitor the costs of doing business in India is a welcome move. Logistics companies will hope that this would lead to bold initiatives to reduce transaction costs of trading across India‘s international as well as state domestic borders

  • Budget Analysis: Emphasis on infra spend is limited, says Essar Ports

    Budget Analysis: Emphasis on infra spend is limited, says Essar Ports

    The budget has a high focus on social sector, while nothing new has been done specifically to spur infrastructure spending

  • Budget Analysis: Zero excise duty to cheer shipping cos, says Essar

    Budget Analysis: Zero excise duty to cheer shipping cos, says Essar

    The Budget announcement on shipbuilding being exempted from excise duty, with resultant removal of CVD on import of ships, is a positive for the Indian shipping industry, says A.R Ramakrishnan, Managing Director, Essar Shipping

  • Budget Reactions: CII not too very happy; mixed bag for economy

    Budget Reactions: CII not too very happy; mixed bag for economy

    CNBC-TV18 catches up with an elite panel of CII members for their first reaction on Budget 2012-13.

  • Budget Reactions: Budget was on expected lines, says HP Ranina

    Budget Reactions: Budget was on expected lines, says HP Ranina

    For corporate tax lawyer HP Ranina the Budget was on expected lines. The only thing new in the Budget according to Ranina was, Rs 10,000 exemption on savings banking interest.

  • Budget 2012: Aviation stocks down after FM announces ECBs for the sector

    Budget 2012: Aviation stocks down after FM announces ECBs for the sector

    Shares of Jet Airways and SpiceJet lost around 2% and 5% even as the Union Budget 2012-13 highlighted external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of $1 billion which could be used towards their working capital requirements.

  • All is well... let's now focus on execution: Nilesh Shah

    All is well... let's now focus on execution: Nilesh Shah

    Indian Budget is presented in a tone of 'All is well'. Let’s hope that this attitude is with a view to face the problems staring at us with a positive mind set rather than an Ostrich like behaviour of not recognising them.

  • Market last indicator to a good budget: Yashwant Sinha

    Market last indicator to a good budget: Yashwant Sinha

    With Budget 2011-12 being announced, a number of impacts and implications are yet to be demystified. In CNBC-TV18’s special show Budget Tonight, Karan Thapar with Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Former Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha analyse Pranab Mukherjee’s sixth budget presentation.

  • Union Budget 2011: India Inc assesses the math

    Union Budget 2011: India Inc assesses the math

    In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Menaka Doshi, an illustrious panel of business leaders including Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank, Harsh Mariwala, CMD, Marico, Baba Kalyani, CMD, Bharat Forge, GV Prasad, Dr Reddy's and YM Deosthalee, Whole-Time Director and CFO, L&T, assess the math of the budget.

  • FM has put out a balanced budget, Ahluwalia applauds

    FM has put out a balanced budget, Ahluwalia applauds

    Commending Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on putting out a balanced budget, Planning Commission's deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said FM has been able to meet our hopes for key ministries. "Individual ministries need to implement and spend money well," he said.

  • LLP proposal in budget to propel infra investments: PwC

    LLP proposal in budget to propel infra investments: PwC

    Suresh Swamy, Executive Director and Hemen Asher Senior Manager, PwC India said that the budget has certain proposals that affect the private equity world.

  • Budget 2011 falls short of expectations: Inno Group

    Budget 2011 falls short of expectations: Inno Group

    We welcome the raising of housing loan limit for priority sector lending to Rs 25 lakh and the move to further liberalise FDI policy.

  • Expect manufacturing policy soon: Anand Sharma

    Expect manufacturing policy soon: Anand Sharma

    Anand Sharma, Commerce Minister, in an exclusive interview with CNBC-TV18’s Shereen Bhan says that his ministry has had consultation talks with the prime minister and the finance minister on the manufacturing policy. “As soon as there is consensus will move cabinet with manufacturing policy,” he says.

  • Budget 2011: No major tax proposal for banking industry

    Budget 2011: No major tax proposal for banking industry

    Sunil Gidwani Executive Director at PwC India said, "Though in terms of fiscal measures, there is no significant proposal in the Finance Bill that could impact the tax regime for the banking industry."

  • Budget 2011 growth oriented, says CII

    Budget 2011 growth oriented, says CII

    Hari Bhartia, President, CII says, the budget is very growth oriented.

  • Union Budget 2011: A reformer's budget, says Sunil Munjal

    Union Budget 2011: A reformer's budget, says Sunil Munjal

    Sunil Munjal, Chairman, Hero Corporate Services says, it is a reformer’s budget.

  • Expert view: Budget good, but will it deliver, execute?

    Expert view: Budget good, but will it deliver, execute?

    Nilesh Shah, market participant, in an interview on CNBC-TV18 gave his views on how he read the budget presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for financial year 2011-12.

  • On DTC and GST, this was sort of incubation budget: Expert

    On DTC and GST, this was sort of incubation budget: Expert

    Rohan Shah, Managing Partner, Economic Laws Practice, in an interview on CNBC-TV18 gave his views on how he read the budget presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for financial year 2011-12.

  • Budget 2011:  Impact on Service Tax

    Budget 2011: Impact on Service Tax

    The Government of India introduced service tax in the year 1994 and presently it constitutes a major source of revenue for the Government. Budget 2011 estimated collection of services tax was at Rs. 68,000 Crores in 2010-11 as compared to Rs. 2072 Crores in 1999-00.

  • Budget leads market rally: Will it have prolonged impact?

    Budget leads market rally: Will it have prolonged impact?

    Indian equity benchmarks marked gains on the back of the better-than-expected details revealed by the finance minister in the big bang event - Union Budget 2011. However, the indices could not retain the initial euphoria set by the budget as concerns over rising crude oil prices erased most gains towards the end.

  • Nothing material for oil and gas space in budget: StanChart

    Nothing material for oil and gas space in budget: StanChart

    Ratnesh Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, Standard Chartered Capital Markets, in an interview on CNBC-TV18 gave his views on how he read the budget presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for financial year 2011-12.

  • EXCLUSIVE: FM says reforms must be real, not just headlines

    EXCLUSIVE: FM says reforms must be real, not just headlines

    Amidst hopes of fixings the 3 'D's (fiscal deficit, current account deficit and government deficit), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced the Union Budget 2011-12 on Monday.

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