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Sensex Flat after Budget Presentation after Fluctuations during the Session

Fluctuating both ways while the budget was being presented in parliament, the Sensex traded flat just after the budget presentation got over

Feb 28, 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Finance, Jayant Sinha along with the team at North Block before going to Parliament to present the Union Budget in New Delhi on Feb. 28, 2015.

Union Budget 2015: Jaitley Seeks to Boost Investment, Ensure People Benefit

Jaitley said growth would accelerate to between 8 and 8.5 percent in the fiscal year starting in April

Feb 28, 2015

Nirbhaya Fund Doubled to ₹2,000 Crore

The Rs.1,000 crore Nirbhaya Fund was announced in 2013 by the previous Congress-led UPA government

Feb 28, 2015

A customer hands a bundle of Indian Rupee currency notes to a teller at a financial institution in Mumbai

Direct tax Collection: ₹14.49 lakh crore Estimated for Fiscal 2015-16

Budgetary estimates of expenditure for 2015-16 are pegged at Rs.17.77 lakh crore.

Feb 28, 2015

Ashoka Chakra Gold Coin Likely to Help Internal Gold Recycle

Arun Jaitley proposed to produce gold coins domestically with the Ashoka Charka emblem to help the government recycle gold internally.

Feb 28, 2015

Two 'game changing reforms' in the Pipeline: Arun Jaitley

A state-of-the art indirect tax system the GST (Goods and Services Tax) and the JAM to be implemented

Feb 28, 2015

Economy Better Placed, Credibility Re-established: Arun Jaitley

He also said a double-digit growth was now feasible.

Feb 28, 2015

Union Budget 2015: Will Achieve Fiscal Deficit Mid-Term Target of 3%, Says Jaitley

The FM has confirmed that he will stick to the 3% fiscal deficit, but would spread it out over the next three years.

Feb 28, 2015

BSE Jumps 225 Points Ahead of Union Budget 2015

Jaitley met President Pranab Mukherjee, who was himself a finance minister, and was also present at the customary meeting of the cabinet.

Feb 28, 2015

Shah Rukh Khan at the India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun press conference

Budget 2015: What Bollywood Expects from Modi Government

Bollywood hopes that this year Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will take the film industry into consideration.

Feb 28, 2015

Defence Allocation: Strategic and Fiscal Review Key Factors

The primary objective of the defence allocation is to enhance India's composite military capability in a tangible manner

Feb 28, 2015

Union Budget 2015 Belies Hopes of Tax Slab Revision

Jaitley abolishes wealth tax. Corporate tax slashed from 30% to 25%.

Feb 28, 2015

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Dow, Nasdaq winners fourth straight week

Mixed data Friday suggests the economy is slowly improving. But it didn't keep stocks from sliding on the day. Still, the Dow and Nasdaq rose for the fourth straight week. U.S. economic growth

Feb 28, 2015

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Low gas prices, yes, spending, no

Tumbling gas prices equate to virtual pay raises. But many Americans don't seem to be spending that that new found cash. Retail sales have been relatively flat and the savings rate is up. So what

Feb 28, 2015

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Despair in Donetsk over rising prices

Plenty of food - but for some, no way to buy it. In war torrn Ukraine, food prices are rising rapidly. For many residents in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, food items once considered staple - are

Feb 27, 2015

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