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Finance : The Ministry of Finance clarified that claims regarding monetisation of temple gold holdings or issuance of gold bonds to temples ...
Finance : The Supreme Court ruled that vicarious liability under the NI Act cannot arise solely from holding an office in a society or compa...
Finance : The Supreme Court refused relief to borrowers who defaulted from the very first instalment after availing an ₹8.09 crore loan. T...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
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Finance : IFSCA has consolidated multiple regulations and circulars into a single Master Circular for Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporati...
Finance : IFSCA has introduced a standardized ACAR and ACAC reporting framework for Capital Market Intermediaries in IFSCs. The circular aim...
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Finance : The International Financial Services Centres Authority clarified that existing ASPs and TechFin entities continuing operations und...
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There is a ground-swell of expectations for the Union Budget for2010/11, the second since UPA returned to power in May 2009, to be presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee on February 26. Unlike last year, when the country was still in the grip of slowdown triggered by the global crisis,
* No hikes in passenger fares and freight tariff. 52 new train services to meet increasing demand of passengers, increase in frequency of 12 train services, extension of 21 trains and introduction of some special trains. Railways will not be privatized, but private sector participation welcomed through PPP route. A Special Task Force to clear proposals for investments within 100 days to be set up
There will be no increase in the passenger fares of any class or category of trains. Freight tariffs will also remain the same for 2010-11. Service charges for e-tickets and freight charges for food-grains will be reduced. This was announced by the Minister of Railways, Ms. Mamata Banerjee in Parliament today while presenting Railway Budget for the new financial year.
When the developed economies were in busy in formulating policies for catching up the falling hand of economies in to the well of recession, emerging economies were making a paradigm shifts in its domiciles of production plants. China is again the leader in its first step towards this paradigm shift of its production base.
The government will not defer plans to sell stakes in public sector undertakings (PSUs), required to bridge its yawning fiscal deficit, despite a poor response to two of its recent sales, a finance ministry official said. The government has raised Rs 12,740 crore via divestment in PSUs since May 2009.
What is evident in the CSO data for GDP growth and fiscal deficit forecast for the current year, it appears certain fiscal deficit management and measures to push growth beyond 7% will be on top of the agenda. This could mean policy makers shall take a hard look at concessions, an impact thereof on the macroeconomy and of course, strategies for greater tax revenue mobilization.
What is the Budget? Why is it so important? Why does it affect all of us? And, above all, how does one interpret the budgetary lingo flying around? Union Budget is the annual report of India as a country. It contains the government of India’s revenue and expenditure for the end of a particular fiscal year, which runs from April 1 to March 31.
Union Budget is the Annual Financial Statement of India presented every year on the last working day of February. This time, however, the Union Budget will be presented on February 26, as February 28th is a Sunday. Also, since the stock market is closed on Saturday (Feb 27), the finance ministry decided that the Budget should be presented on a day when the markets are open so as to gauge the reaction of the market players. Thus, Budget will be presented on February 26 this year.
In this era of increasing fees, the education of children has become a major component of financial planning. It is important that parents start planning early to ensure that there are no hiccups at the final stages of there child’s education. And that implies planning well in advance. Some points that will help in this planning are as given below:
