Tag: Budget 2016

Small food clusters on the anvil

After the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in his Budget speech proposed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in food processing sector, the Central government has begun working on to establish small food clusters. Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur has said that the governmen…

Traders unhappy with budget

The Union Budget 2016-17 failed to impress local industrialists as they were hoping for more announcements to boost up the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. Industrialists feel Finance Minister Arun Jaitely had stressed on the agriculture sector and they had been neglected. Anurag…

More tax sops for small businesses expansion

The budget proposal to offer tax exemptions for small businesses with turnover of up to Rs 2 crore, twice the previous limit, will encourage them to expand and do business fairly, said experts. When SMEs expand production, they fall off the tax exemption bracket which is a major deterrent for gro…

Budget 2016 | Quotable Quotes

“Finance Minister spent a considerable amount of time in trying to address the rural distress and the difficulties being faced by the farmers. The emphasis on the budget on various schemes and ideas, which including for instance the linking of the MNREGA scheme to rural challenges, is very signif…