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Arun Jaitley reaches Parliament to present Budget 2014

New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reached Parliament all set to present his maiden budget on Thursday. The budget may contain tax sops for the salaried, dumping of the controversial retrospective tax and spelling out of steps to revive investment and manufacturing for growth. For boosting investment, Jaitley is expected to announce tax incentives for industry. As a prelude, the government has already extended the excise duty concessions for automobile and consumer durable sectors till December. Jul 10, 2014
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Union Budget: What to Watch Out For

With just a couple of hours left before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley steps up in Parliament to lay down the future course for India's economy, expectations and apprehensions are high. Jul 10, 2014
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Congress continues protest on second day post the rail budget announcement

Bengaluru, July 09 (ANI): The lawmakers and workers of Congress party showed their resentment against the new rail budget by staging protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government on Tuesday presented its first railway budget, promising to seek increased foreign and domestic private investment to fund modernisation of the country's huge but badly stretched network. Party’s youth wing, Indian Youth Congress (IYC), also staged a protest in the Bengaluru city of Karnataka. Jul 9, 2014
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India, UK discuss ways to strengthen mutual cooperation

New Delhi, July 09 (ANI): UK Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met for the Seventh Round of The UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue and discussed ways to strengthen mutual cooperation and further boost trade and investment between the two countries. Earlier, British foreign secretary, William Hague, and Osborne met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss plans for more British investment in Indian infrastructure. Jul 9, 2014
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What Middle Class Expects from Modi's Budget

The burgeoning middle class in the country, which is estimated to have voted for the Modi government in the general elections in large numbers, will now expect favourable decisions from the government in the Union Budget. Jul 9, 2014