Budget 2016 Live

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Watch Prannoy Roy's analysis of the Modi government's 'pro-poor' budget which Dr Manmohan Singh says is a "mixed bag with no big idea", but is upheld by many as "transformational".

Veteran BJP leader LK Advani was today all praise for the Union Budget as he termed it "one of the best so far" and said it shows that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister have adopted an approach that promises to make India stronger and more prosperous.

The BJP-led government has once again bumped up the allocation for the rural jobs guarantee scheme MGNREGA, once described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "living proof of the Congress party's failure".

Standard & Poor's retained its sovereign rating on India despite the government sticking to its fiscal deficit target in Monday's Budget as it waited for further improvement in public finances.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not change income tax slabs in his third Budget, but he did tweak some deductions and announced multiple new cesses, which will impact tax liability for the common man.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government had unveiled a "mixed bag Budget" with no big idea.

Presenting his Budget 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that he had accepted a suggestion from Rahul Gandhi, which led to smiles in the Opposition benches.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a budget for the poor on Monday, announcing new rural aid and health programmes in a strategy shift that could boost his ruling party in coming state elections.

The scheme will provide health cover up to Rs 1 lakh per family, Mr Jaitley said.

Presenting his Budget 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that he had accepted a suggestion from Rahul Gandhi, which led to smiles in the Opposition benches.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled what was quickly called a budget for farmers and the poor on Monday, announcing a string of farm measures, rural aid and health programmes.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not raise service tax in a big relief to taxpayers, but he announced a "Krishi Kalyan" cess of 0.5 per cent, which be levied on all services.

Prices of cars, utility vehicles and luxury cars are set to go up after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed a 1 per cent cess on LPG, CNG and other cars.

Arun Jaitley announced two new measures to provide relief to small taxpayers in Budget 2016.

Apple has announced developers who sign up for Search Ads between September 20 and December 31 will get $100 of free credit to spend on ads.

Watch Prannoy Roy's analysis of the Modi government's 'pro-poor' budget which Dr Manmohan Singh says is a "mixed bag with no big idea", but is upheld by many as "transformational".

Veteran BJP leader LK Advani was today all praise for the Union Budget as he termed it "one of the best so far" and said it shows that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister have adopted an approach that promises to make India stronger and more prosperous.

The BJP-led government has once again bumped up the allocation for the rural jobs guarantee scheme MGNREGA, once described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "living proof of the Congress party's failure".

Standard & Poor's retained its sovereign rating on India despite the government sticking to its fiscal deficit target in Monday's Budget as it waited for further improvement in public finances.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not change income tax slabs in his third Budget, but he did tweak some deductions and announced multiple new cesses, which will impact tax liability for the common man.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government had unveiled a "mixed bag Budget" with no big idea.

Presenting his Budget 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that he had accepted a suggestion from Rahul Gandhi, which led to smiles in the Opposition benches.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a budget for the poor on Monday, announcing new rural aid and health programmes in a strategy shift that could boost his ruling party in coming state elections.

The scheme will provide health cover up to Rs 1 lakh per family, Mr Jaitley said.

Presenting his Budget 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that he had accepted a suggestion from Rahul Gandhi, which led to smiles in the Opposition benches.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled what was quickly called a budget for farmers and the poor on Monday, announcing a string of farm measures, rural aid and health programmes.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not raise service tax in a big relief to taxpayers, but he announced a "Krishi Kalyan" cess of 0.5 per cent, which be levied on all services.

Prices of cars, utility vehicles and luxury cars are set to go up after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed a 1 per cent cess on LPG, CNG and other cars.

Arun Jaitley announced two new measures to provide relief to small taxpayers in Budget 2016.