Government to soon announce measures to address bad loans of small and medium enterprises: Arun Jaitley
Propose to set up 3 trillion rupees plan for lending under Mudra scheme in 2018/19: Arun Jaitley
Government to bring out industry-friendly defence production policy in 2018/19: Arun Jaitley
One trillion rupees raised from disinvestment in 2017/18: Arun Jaitley
Consumer durables index slip 2.1 percent, metals index loses 1.1 percent, TECk index falls 0.6 percent, power index drops 0.44 percent.
RBI Act being amended to provide central bank with leeway to manage excess liquidity: Arun Jaitley
Government to formulate a comprehensive gold policy, revamp gold monetisation scheme: Arun Jaitley
Government estimates 2017/18 fiscal deficit at 3.5 percent of GDP: Arun Jaitley
5 million youth to be awarded scholarships by 2020: Arun Jaitley
71.5 billion rupees allocated to textile sector: Arun Jaitley
No change in personal income tax structure: Arun Jaitley
Long term capital gains above 100,000 rupees to be taxed at 10 percent: Arun Jaitley
Health and education cess raised to 4 percent: Arun Jaitley
Government proposes to raise import tax on mobile phones to 20 percent from 15 percent: Arun Jaitley
Gross market borrowing seen at 6.06 trillion rupees in 2018/19; net market borrowing seen at 4.62 trillion rupees
India 2018/19 budget expenditure announcements seem to be on productive investments; credit positive on medium-long term: Moody's analyst.
Defence budget at 2.83 trillion rupees
Food subsidy for 2018/19 seen at 1.69 trillion rupees