Interim Budget 2014

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  Interim Budget 2019: This year, the government will present an interim budget February 1. Unlike a full-year budget, an interim budget covers a smaller period of time, usually few months. An interim budget also contains key details such as where money comes from (revenue) and where it is spent (expenditure), as well as projections of growth and fi...

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  Government Expects Rs. 45,471 Crore Revenue From Communication Services

  The estimated receipts from communication services in the Budget for 2014-15 are higher than revenue projected in the interim budget earlier.

• Budget 2014: Modinomics Gives Big Boost to Defence Services

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced that he was providing Rs 5000 crore over and above the amount earmarked in the interim budget for the purchase of modern weapons and equipment

• Budget 2014: Jaitley May Revise Fiscal Deficit Target Upwards, Says Report

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may revise upwards fiscal deficit target for 2014-15 to 4.42 per cent up from 4.1 per cent projected in the interim budget, according to a report by State Bank of India's Economic Research Department.

• Budget 2014: Jaitley May Announce Big Divestment Target

  In the interim budget for 2014-15, his predecessor, P. Chidambaram, had estimated to realise from Rs 36,925 crore from divestment.

• Libya Adopts Budget After Delays Over Crisis

  Libya's interim parliament on Sunday adopted the 2014 budget worth some $48 billion, after long delays due to political chaos and unrest that has plagued the oil-rich nation.

• Finance Ministry Asks DoD to Complete Work for PSU Stake Sale: Report

  The government is expected to retain the disinvestment target of Rs 36,925 crore proposed in the interim budget for 2014-15 when it presents the final budget next month.

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  Automobile Dealers Demand Tax Sops in Budget

  The stimulus by way of a cut in excise duty on passenger vehicles announced in the interim budget should be retained in the regular Union Budget, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) has said.

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  Sports Authority of India Seeks Extra Rs.80 Crore From Ministry for CWG and Asian Games

  A total of Rs 1219 crore was earmarked for sports in the interim budget announced in February.

• RBI More Conscious About Both Growth, Inflation Says Chidambaram

  He said the total capital requirement for state-run banks is Rs 45,500 crore ($7.6 billion) in 2014/15 fiscal year, much lower than the Rs 11,300 crore provided for recapitalisation in the interim budget in February.

• Government set to miss disinvestment target for 4th year

  In the interim Budget 2014 presented in Parliament yesterday the revised disinvestment target for current fiscal was estimated at Rs 16,027 crore, lower than the original estimate of Rs 40,000 crore.

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  Chidambaram hits out at critics, says have pulled back economy

  Rejecting description of his interim Budget as populist, he said over the last couple of years the government was trying to do a "rescue act" like every other government in the world was doing.

• Chidambaram has met deficit target but fiscal position weak: Moody's

  Global rating agency Moody's today said India's interim budget is in line with the policy assumptions that underpin the government's Baa3 rating with a stable outlook.

• Gems & Jewellery industry disappointed with the budget

  The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) today expressed disappointment and shock at the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and requested the government to bring down the import duties on gold to curb smuggling.

• Duty cut to help sector; higher cut required: construction gear companies

  Facing a severe drop in demand due to slow execution of infrastructure projects, construction equipment industry today hailed the two per cent cut in excise duty announced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the interim budget.