BUDGET LIVE: Budget on schedule, Cabinet meeting to be held shortly

• 10:47 AM

  Saddened by E Ahamed ji's demise but Budget will be presented. We have to keep in mind that Budget is a constitutional obligation, will have to be presented: Sumitra Mahajan
  
  

• 10:46 AM

  Budget will be presented today, says Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

• 10:44 AM

  Arun Jaitley will present Budget 2017-18 at 11 am today
  
  

• 10:40 AM

  Hits & Misses: Five key capital market announcements from the previous Budget CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY
  
  

• 10:37 AM

  Hits & Misses: Five key capital market announcements from the previous Budget CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY
  
  

• 10:36 AM

  BUDGET EXPECTATION: On the tax revenue front, the government could provide some personal income tax relief to lower income brackets to compensate for the economic slowdown post demonetization, and could also reduce corporate tax rates. In the FY16 budget, the government had announced a lowering of the average corporate income tax rate to 25% from 30% over four years -- GOLDMAN SACHS