Parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets

In a conversation with ET NOW, Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary talks about the latest Cabinet decisions, railway autonomy and much more. Edited excerpts. What is are your views on advancement of the Budget date? This had been under discussion ...

09:40 PM IST The Union government is reportedly considering doing away with the practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget. In response to the recommendation made to this effect by a committee headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy, the ...

The merger of Rail Budget with the general budget means an instant bonanza of Rs 9,700 crore for the Railways as now it won't need to pay the central government a dividend on the capital at charge, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said in an ...

al for the Union Budget's overhaul, including merging the Railway Budget with it and pre-poning the date of its presentation to January-end, will be taken up by the Cabinet next week, while the Budget Session may be advanced by a month to January 24 ...

As the government readies plan to merge railway budget with the general budget and switch to January-December financial year, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal today said the move will benefit the industry and exporters. "What do you ...

s Budget promise, Railways is all set to run an intercity Humsafar trains between important cities. The first Humsafar is likely to be introduced between New Delhi and Gorakhpur shortly. However, the journey in this exclusive AC-III tier coaches is ...

nister Arun Jaitley may do away with the age-old practice of reading out lengthy proposals on new railway lines and trains once the 92-year-old colonial practice of a separate Railway budget is scrapped and merged with the general Budget. ...

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Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha says the incumbent should present his budgetary proposals to Parliament as plans and not as the final Budget September 20, 2016: The Central government has embarked on a major fiscal reform. The Cabinet ...