India Budget 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announces a 2018/19 budget that allocates billions of dollars for rural infrastructure and unveils a health insurance programme for around 500 million poor.

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With elections coming up, India's government will aim to woo rural voters

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Factbox: Expectations for India's 2018/19 budget

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Budget 2018: Bollywood wants tax break to boost theatre numbers

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Budget to test investors' faith in Modi's government

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India's oil ministry seeks cut in excise duty on petrol, diesel in budget

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Indian gold demand wanes as jewellers expect import tax cut in budget

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Pre-budget expectations - Healthcare

Dr S. Gurushankar, chairman, Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu says: The upcoming budget needs to offer incentives to encourage and empower healthcare entrepreneurs to build hospitals in rural areas. Three steps can be taken - a 10-year tax holiday for new hospitals in villages and rural areas, accelerated depreciation (100% in the first year itself), and zero GST for life-saving medical equipment used in setting up rural hospitals.

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Pre-budget expectations - Education

Dr. P Venkat Rangan, vice chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu says: Budget should empower top private Deemed to be Universities and create a level funding playing field. This is essential if they have to compete, innovate and contribute to meeting the challenges of Make in India, and also adapt to the needs of a rapidly growing, information-centric population.

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Pre-budget expectations - Real Estate

Tushad Dubash, director, Duville Estates says: From a builder stand point, one remains hopeful of a further reduction of GST on under-construction projects to help accelerate demand. There should also be incentives for construction of green buildings, keeping in mind the challenges to the environment - government should offer higher FSI and exemptions to promote green sustainable developments. Very few developers are building with sustainability to keep costs low and these incentives will help build better cities.

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Pre-budget expectations - IT and ITES sector

Rajeev Bhardwaj, Vice President, HR, Sun Life Financial Asia Service Centre says: The government should also take a view on promoting skilling and re-skilling initiatives and setting up institutions to cater to demand from the IT and ITES sector in light of the great digital wave that swept across the country promoted by Digital India initiatives.

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Sensex trades 116 points higher ahead of Union #Budget2018

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley begins 2018/19 budget speech

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Structural reforms will help Indian economy achieve stronger growth in the medium and the long term: Arun Jaitley

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Estimates 2017/18 GDP to grow at 7.2 to 7.5 percent in second half of current fiscal year: Arun Jaitley

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Exports are expected to grow at 15 percent in 2017/18: Arun Jaitley

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India is now a $2.5 trillion economy: Arun Jaitley

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India is already the 7th largest economy in the world, and will become the 5th largest economy very soon: Arun Jaitley

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Government is ensuring benefits are reaching eligible beneficiaries directly: Arun Jaitley

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Our emphasis is on generating higher income for farmers: Arun Jaitley

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India’s Direct Benefit Transfer is the biggest such exercise in the world, has reduced corruption: Arun Jaitley

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Government to look at cluster-based growth model in agriculture: Arun Jaitley

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470 APMCs have been connected to eNAM so far, rest are expected to be connected by March 2018: Arun Jaitley

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National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

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Food processing sector growing at 8 percent per annum; allocation being doubled to 14 billion rupees in 2018-2019: Jaitley

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BUDGET EFFECT: Sensex extends early gains, soars 0.7 percent, or 250 points, to 36,213 points.

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Minimum support price (MSP) of all crops to be increased to at least 1.5 times of production cost: Arun Jaitley

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has benefited the poor; 60,000,000 toilets built so far: Arun Jaitley

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Government to spend 14.34 trillion rupees on creation of rural infrastructure in 2018/19: Arun Jaitley

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Minimum support price of all crops to be increased to at least 1.5 times the production cost: Arun Jaitley

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Special schemes to be implemented for governments around Delhi to address air pollution: Arun Jaitley

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Government to invest 1 trillion rupees in development of premium education infrastructure over next four years: Arun Jaitley

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Government to launch flagship national health protection scheme to protect 100 million families; will provide coverage of up to 500,000 rupees per family per year: Arun Jaitley

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Export of agricultural commodities to be liberalized: Arun Jaitley

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Government estimates 1.38 trillion rupees expenditure on health, education and social security for 2018/19: Arun Jaitley

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India Budget 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announces a 2018/19 budget that allocates billions of dollars for rural infrastructure and unveils a health insurance programme for around 500 million poor.

Latest Reuters story | Highlights | Expert views | Budget 2018 coverage

Factbox: What to expect | Budget coverage | Economic Survey highlights

Pre-budget expectations - Healthcare

Pre-budget expectations - Education

Pre-budget expectations - Real Estate

Pre-budget expectations - IT and ITES sector

Sensex trades 116 points higher ahead of Union #Budget2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley begins 2018/19 budget speech

Structural reforms will help Indian economy achieve stronger growth in the medium and the long term: Arun Jaitley

Estimates 2017/18 GDP to grow at 7.2 to 7.5 percent in second half of current fiscal year: Arun Jaitley

Exports are expected to grow at 15 percent in 2017/18: Arun Jaitley

India is now a $2.5 trillion economy: Arun Jaitley

India is already the 7th largest economy in the world, and will become the 5th largest economy very soon: Arun Jaitley

Government is ensuring benefits are reaching eligible beneficiaries directly: Arun Jaitley

Our emphasis is on generating higher income for farmers: Arun Jaitley

India’s Direct Benefit Transfer is the biggest such exercise in the world, has reduced corruption: Arun Jaitley

Government to look at cluster-based growth model in agriculture: Arun Jaitley

470 APMCs have been connected to eNAM so far, rest are expected to be connected by March 2018: Arun Jaitley

National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

Food processing sector growing at 8 percent per annum; allocation being doubled to 14 billion rupees in 2018-2019: Jaitley

Minimum support price (MSP) of all crops to be increased to at least 1.5 times of production cost: Arun Jaitley

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has benefited the poor; 60,000,000 toilets built so far: Arun Jaitley

Government to spend 14.34 trillion rupees on creation of rural infrastructure in 2018/19: Arun Jaitley

Minimum support price of all crops to be increased to at least 1.5 times the production cost: Arun Jaitley

Special schemes to be implemented for governments around Delhi to address air pollution: Arun Jaitley

Government to invest 1 trillion rupees in development of premium education infrastructure over next four years: Arun Jaitley

Government to launch flagship national health protection scheme to protect 100 million families; will provide coverage of up to 500,000 rupees per family per year: Arun Jaitley

Export of agricultural commodities to be liberalized: Arun Jaitley

Government estimates 1.38 trillion rupees expenditure on health, education and social security for 2018/19: Arun Jaitley

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