The government on Thursday indicated it will present the budget for 2012-13 on February 29, the assembly elections in five states notwithstanding.

"Legally there is no impediment in presenting the b

With assembly elections scheduled to be completed by February 28 in all the states except Goa, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi does not see any problem in presentation of the general budget

In its first budget since coming to power, the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today increased levies on liquor, paan masala, luxury cars and buildings but spared the common man of any heavy

The first budget presented by the Congress-led United Democratic Front has sops for the Kerala diaspora by way of a rehabilitation scheme, a legal aid cell and a 24-hour helpline.

A new centre will

New Delhi: Net direct tax collections grew by 20.75 per cent to Rs. 3,36,117 crore during the April-February period of the current financial year.

Direct tax collections stood at Rs. 2,78,411 crore i

New Delhi: In a Women's Day gift, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced free monthly seasonal tickets - for local travel - to girls till their college level education.

"All girl up to

The food inflation accelerated slightly in mid February on rising prices of milk and fruits, amid expectations the government may announce fresh measures to rein in inflation in the Budget.

Thiruvananthapuram: Economist turned politician and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) leader Thomas Issac on Thursday presented his sixth consecutive state budget with special emphasis on

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan presented a revenue surplus interim budget on Saturday for fiscal 2011-12, wiping out the revenue deficit of Rs.3,129 crore expected for the current

New Delhi, Oct. 3: The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has said that domestic stock markets have an appetite for more foreign investments as FII inflows were still at moderate levels. He