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Income Tax slabs for Financial Year 2013-14

Union Budget 2013-14 presented by P Chidambaram today kept Income Tax rates unchanged in view of rising fiscal deficit. Here is the ready reckoner of tax slabs for the Financial Year 2013-14 which will help you while filing ...

Tax credit of Rs 2,000 for persons with income up to Rs 5 lakh

Giving a small relief to tax payers, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today announced a tax credit of Rs 2,000 for persons with income up to Rs 5 lakh. The proposal, he said, will benefit 1.8 crore tax payers entailing a ...

Union Budget 2013; Highlights

Here are highlights of the Budget 2013-14 presented by P Chidambaram. Finance Minister makes three promises: to women, youth and the poor. Nirbhaya Fund to empower women and to keep them safe and secure. ...

Highlights of Union Budget 2013-2014

It's the last Union Budget for UPA II, with some populist measures likely, given General Elections next year. But, with the fiscal deficit very high, can P Chidambaram afford populist measures? Get live Union Budget 2013 updates here: Refresh ...

Union Budget 2013: Tough choice between reforms and austerity

Salaried people are very much concerned about the small changes that maybe implemented in the Union Budget 2013 because most of them fall in middle-income level. With increasing inflation level, it's hard to survive if the tax limits, and exemptions are ...

Will Budget 2013 take the shine off Gold?

The Indian government has been tinkering with gold import duties, ever since the huge import quantities of the precious metal caused significant trade imbalances. Heavy rise in imports has become a cause for concern, and time and again it has been ...

Higher taxes on super rich to affect sentiment: Assocham

Industry chamber Assocham today said any move to impose higher taxes on super rich will hit business sentiment amidst economic slowdown. The government should focus more on high growth as the higher levy on super rich could affect the investors' ...

Budget 2013: Will common man be able to save more?

Year after year increasingly Budget for the common man is all about looking forward to answer one question- Will I be able to save more? Before we put in our expectations a quick glance at some of the numbers Finance Minister ...

Budget 2013: What are the expectations from the common man?

The common man is expecting a lot from this year's Union Budget given that inflation and a low economic growth in almost a decade has hit him badly. As is the case, the common man is expecting some relief on ...

Sectoral expectations from Union Budget 2013

This year's Budget is critical for the Indian markets and the economy as a whole as the Finance Minister is likely to chalk out steps towards fiscal consolidation and policy measures to kick start activities in the infra space. Also, ...

Budget 2013: Why the FM has to ignite the capital markets?

With exactly a week left for Finance Minister P Chidambaram to deliver his last Budget speech as Finance Minister of UPA II, marketmen are keenly awaiting what is expected to be a big bang budget. Clearly, the one thing that ...

Budget 2013-14: Focus to be on fiscal consolidation

It's slightly more than a week before Finance Minister P Chidambaram delivers the last Union Budget under UPA II. Expectations are already running high given the push for reforms the government has initiated since September last year. The one thing ...

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