Budget 2017-18

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said the state government has spent Rs 67,101 crore on children between 2013-14 and 2017-18 out of Rs 80,972 crore earmarked in the state's budget for them.

Personal tax kicks off on income above Rs 2.5 lakh a year, levied at 5 per cent. Top marginal tax rate in India is 42.74 per cent for income above Rs 5 crore.

In 2018-19, the government raised Rs 84,972 crore from CPSE disinvestment, while in 2017-18, the figure was Rs 1,00,056 crore

The IT-BPM industry grew by 8.4 per cent in 2017-18 to US$167 billion and is estimated to have reached US$181 billion in 2018-19.

A yet-to-be-released report that says the country's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year-high in 2017-18 is "not verified" and the "veracity of the data is not known", NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. The clarification came as the government faced opposition attacks over the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)'s periodic labou...

The Ministry of Statistics said that GDP growth according to the First Revised Estimate stood at an upwards revised 7.2 per cent in 2017-18, as against the Provisional Estimate of 6.7 per cent in May 2018.

The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...

A series of vote-catching measures planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than Rs 1 lakh crore, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

On Wednesday, the government reported a fiscal deficit of Rs 7.2 lakh crore ($110.42 billion) for April-February, which was 120.3 per cent of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year.

In Budget 2018, the Finance Minister proposed no change in income tax slab and tax rates for individuals for FY 2018-19.

EPFO had announced an 8.65 per cent rate of interest on deposits for 2016-17, a tad lower than 8.8 per cent in 2015- 16.

During April- January 2017-18, crude steel production was 84.42 mt, a report said.

In October last year, the government had announced a Rs 2.11 lakh crore bank recapitalisation plan spread over two fiscals, 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the government's fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 to 3.5 per cent of the GDP.

The Centre has released more than Rs 51,600 crore to states under rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA till January 31 in financial year 2017-18

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said the state government has spent Rs 67,101 crore on children between 2013-14 and 2017-18 out of Rs 80,972 crore earmarked in the state's budget for them.

Personal tax kicks off on income above Rs 2.5 lakh a year, levied at 5 per cent. Top marginal tax rate in India is 42.74 per cent for income above Rs 5 crore.

In 2018-19, the government raised Rs 84,972 crore from CPSE disinvestment, while in 2017-18, the figure was Rs 1,00,056 crore

The IT-BPM industry grew by 8.4 per cent in 2017-18 to US$167 billion and is estimated to have reached US$181 billion in 2018-19.

A yet-to-be-released report that says the country's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year-high in 2017-18 is "not verified" and the "veracity of the data is not known", NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. The clarification came as the government faced opposition attacks over the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)'s periodic labou...

The Ministry of Statistics said that GDP growth according to the First Revised Estimate stood at an upwards revised 7.2 per cent in 2017-18, as against the Provisional Estimate of 6.7 per cent in May 2018.

The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...

A series of vote-catching measures planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than Rs 1 lakh crore, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

On Wednesday, the government reported a fiscal deficit of Rs 7.2 lakh crore ($110.42 billion) for April-February, which was 120.3 per cent of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year.

In Budget 2018, the Finance Minister proposed no change in income tax slab and tax rates for individuals for FY 2018-19.

EPFO had announced an 8.65 per cent rate of interest on deposits for 2016-17, a tad lower than 8.8 per cent in 2015- 16.

During April- January 2017-18, crude steel production was 84.42 mt, a report said.

In October last year, the government had announced a Rs 2.11 lakh crore bank recapitalisation plan spread over two fiscals, 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the government's fiscal deficit target for 2017-18 to 3.5 per cent of the GDP.

The Centre has released more than Rs 51,600 crore to states under rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA till January 31 in financial year 2017-18