GoM to take call on central government schemes

Even if the budget session of Parliament was cut short on Wednesday, the finance ministry looks firm in its resolve to carry on with reforms, especially those which can be taken through executive action. The ministry is also contemplating hastening ...

MUMBAI In introducing the federal budget for 2013-2014 on Feb. 28, Indias finance minister increased the excise tax on domestically produced SUVs from 27% to 30%. Nicknamed the SUV tax, it is the highest excise-tax bracket. The tax is aimed at SUVs ...

Finance minister P Chidambaram did not offer much to the salaried class in his budget but his ministry on Wednesday increased the interest rate on provident fund by 0.25%.

Washington: India has a USD 1 trillion infrastructure deficit over the next five years, Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram has told the World Bank, which wants private sector participation to bridge the funding gap. Mr Chidambaram met World Bank ...

The Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, did spring a surprise by presenting the Central Budget for 2013-14 which far exceeded the expectations of the ailing [...] The post Budget bid for industry revival appeared first on Textile Magazine .

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday ruled out levying wealth tax on farmland, two months after the Budget proposed a 1 per cent tax on such land falling within an eight km radius from urban areas. He also announced changes in tax laws to attract ...

Have a query on Budget 2013-14? You can directly ask Finance Minister P Chidambaram as he will take questions on all proposals today on Google Hangout - a multi-person online video chat. Related Stories Pakistan Prime Minister to make first visit to India ...

The Government will keep the fiscal deficit below 4.8 per cent in 2013-14, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. Addressing The Economist magazine's India Summit here on Wednesday, Chidambaram said, "We are determined to go back to the path of ...

After a passionate display on Google Plus by host and Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, his son Karti explains it was Google that approached the Government for the Budget Hangout that took...