Budget: 'Fiscal deficit to be capped at 4.9 pc of GDP' Motilal Oswal has come out with its report on Budget preview. The research firm expects fiscal deficit to be restrained within 4.9 per cent of GDP in FY14. Signs of improvement in the fiscal situation are visible. Tax collections remain robust. Significant expenditure cuts have also been effected. We estimate fiscal deficit at 5.4 per cent of GDP for FY13. ...  
02:54 PM, Feb 25, 2013

Govt removes taxes on non-subsidised LPG cylinders New Delhi: In a major relief to the common man, the Centre on Friday removed all taxes on non-subsidised LPG cylinders. Announcing the decision, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that there will zero customs duty and VAT on non-subsidised cylinders. The FM also welcomed the decision by some of the states to raise the cap on maximum number of subsidised LPG cylinders a family can buy in a year from...  
12:49 PM, Sep 21, 2012

Infographics: Union Budget 2012-13 Graphical representation of the highlights of Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget for 2012-13. ...  
03:32 PM, Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012: Full text of Pranab Mukherjee's speech Budget 2012-2013 Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance March 16, 2012 Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2012-13. For the Indian economy, this was a year of recovery interrupted. When one year ago, I rose to present the Budget, the challenges were many, but there was a sense that the world economy was on the mend. The Budget was presented in the first glimmer of...  
01:19 PM, Mar 16, 2012

Adani MD arrested for evading customs duty Nine customs officials have also been booked by the CBI. ...  
04:58 PM, Feb 27, 2010

Budget 2009: Duties on life-saving drugs reduced UPA reduced basic customs duty on influenza vaccine and other life-saving drugs. ...  
02:05 PM, Jul 06, 2009

Customs probe business tycoons' jets for duty evasion Gary Ballance led the Yorkshire chase with 64 not out. The English team reached 149 with 7 balls to go. ...  
01:32 AM, Jul 06, 2008

Duty rejig to bring down prices of imported liquor Additional customs duty on all imported liquor other than wine has been done away with. ...  
11:52 PM, Jul 04, 2007

 SIT: Govt revenue slips on marble The marble industry defrauds the Government of customs duty, amounting to hundreds of crores. ...  
02:00 PM, Mar 05, 2007

Inflation impact: Customs duty cut Govt tries to make cement, raw materials, capital goods cheaper to lower manufacturing cost. ...  
11:39 PM, Jan 22, 2007