Equity benchmarks fell in initial trade on Thursday, but later bounced back to trade in the positive territory, amid firm global market trends and foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex had fallen 492.46 points to 59,215.62 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty declined 170.35 points to 17,445.95 in initial trade. However, later [...]
Industry body ICEA on Wednesday said removal of duty on imports of camera lens and some other inputs as proposed in the Budget are steps in the right direction but will have no significant impact on the final price of phones. The cost impact on mobile phone's Bill of Material (BoM) will be 0.16 per [...]
Industry bodies in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday said the Budget 2023-24 provisions will boost the country's industrial development. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget in Parliament on Wednesday. "The government has proposed a capital fund of Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure development and Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways, which will give [...]
Ports-to-energy tycoon Gautam Adani has tumbled on the world's top billionaire ranking and is no longer the richest Asian or Indian. Rival business magnate Mukesh Ambani, who was richest Indian before Adani's eye popping gains in company stock prices catapulted him to top spot in April last year, has regained that position. Adani, who ranked [...]
The allocation for the civil aviation ministry in the Union Budget has more than halved to Rs 3,113.36 crore for next financial year, especially due to a sharp reduction in the amount set aside for Air India Asset Holding Ltd. For 2022-23, the revised allocation is Rs 9,363.70 crore which is lower than Rs 10,667 [...]
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended on a mixed note on Wednesday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the personal income tax rebate limit, doled out sops on small savings and announced one of the biggest hikes in capital spending in the past decade in Budget 2023-24. Investors also awaited the US Federal Reserve's interest [...]
The budget proposals aimed at encouraging the production of lab-grown diamonds (LGD) including an import duty cut for the raw material will help create a self-reliant diamond industry, industry representatives said on Wednesday. The budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a major concern of the LGD industry regarding the 5 per cent import [...]
India's digital ecosystem for skilling will be further expanded with the launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday, with the Budget laying the roadmap to train lakhs of youth in the next three years. Presenting the Union Budget for 2023-24, Sitharaman said stipend support will be provided [...]
The Union budget for 2023-24 has allocated Rs 1,258.68 crore for various heads of expenditure of the Union cabinet, including salaries, sumptuary and travel by ministers and entertainment of foreign state guests. The amount includes the expenditure for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the National Security Council Secretariat, the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor [...]
Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Wednesday criticised the Union Budget 2023-24 saying the long-pending demands of the southern state were completely ignored and that the proposals were not beneficial for people at the grassroots level. Addressing a press conference here, he pointed out that allocations in major schemes including Mahatma Gandhi National Rural [...]
