BudgetSpeak #15: Arun Firodia: Need to lay down a roadmap for next five years
By Arun Firodia The forthcoming Budget should lay down a roadmap for next five years (if not for next 10 years). The main priorities before the government are reducing food inflation, job creation,...
View ArticleBudgetSpeak #16: Roopam Asthana: We expect a Budget that will overall...
By Roopam Asthana This Budget has to be one that generates hope. The primary objective must be boosting of business confidence across different segments of services, manufacturing and agricultural...
View ArticleHighlights of the Union Budget 2014-15
While making his maiden Budget Speech in Parliament today, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that India has a strong urge to grow and free itself from the curse of poverty. The people are...
View ArticleBoost for community radio, FTII and Satyajit Ray institute turn institutes of...
By A Correspondent The Centre has proposed to launch a pan India Programme called “Digital India” to further bridge the divide between digital “haves” and “have-nots”. This would ensure broadband...
View ArticleKisan TV announced for farms and agri sector
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting his maiden Budget announced Kisan TV, dedicated to the interests of the agriculture and allied sectors will be launched in the current...
View ArticleService tax on ads in digital media, print spared [updated]
By A Correspondent The Budget spells bad news for the digital media in India. To broaden the tax base in Service Tax, sale of space or time for advertisements in broadcast media has been extended...
View ArticleIndustry captains on the Budget [updated, with more reax]
By Shobhana Nair Atul Hegde, CEO, Ignitee Digital I do not think that the service tax implication will have an adverse impact on digital advertising budgets. Investments in digital advertising were...
View ArticleA Balanced and Growth-Oriented Budget: Rakesh Jariwala, EY
Rakesh Jariwala By Rakesh Jariwala On an overall basis, the Modi Budget seems to be a balanced and a growth oriented budget. The Budget has announced the setting up of a fund to provide finance as...
View ArticleBudget announcements welcome: Smita Jha, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Smita Jha By Smita Jha We welcome the announcements made in the Union Budget 2014 in the E&M sector especially those relating to budgetary allocations for the sports sector and the National...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Tax proposals in the Budget. Expert view by Ernst & Young
The devil, as they say, is in the details. We don’t have the fine print yet but here’s a Tax Alert for the M&E sector from leading consulting firm Ernst & Young (now referred to as EY)...
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