Month: February 2018

The move by the Centre to bring back Long Term Capital Gains tax on equity shares and equity-oriented mutual funds is a step in the

Kavitha Kuruganti of the Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture In his Budget speech, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government “declared minimum support

On budget days, finance ministers are trapeze artists, balancing risks with rewards, audacity with caution and tempering expectation with reality. Has Arun Jaitley succeeded in

The NDA government lost precious time in its first three years in initiating a health scheme that serves the twin purposes of achieving universal coverage

By raising the minimum support price (MSP) to 1.5 times the input cost in agriculture and allocating Rs 14.34 lakh crores for rural livelihood creation

Finance ministers have to do a bit of tight rope walking during every budget presentation. The task becomes even more difficult as elections approach. At

ग्रामीण भारताबाबत उदार अंत:करणाने बरेच काही करू पाहणारे अर्थमंत्री शहरी नोकरदार मध्यमवर्गाबाबत मात्र अर्थसंकल्पात हात आखडताना दिसतात.. सत्तेसमोर शहाणपण टिकत नाही हे खरेच. पण शहाणपण

भरपूर स्वप्ने दाखवून भारतीयांना झुलवत ठेवण्याचे काम सर्वच राजकीय पक्षांनी आतापर्यंत केले. गुरुवारी सादर झालेल्या अर्थसंकल्पात यापेक्षा वेगळे काही झाले नाही. कृषी, आरोग्य आणि कॉर्पोरेट

Terming Budget 2018-19 “defeatist” and a “big letdown”, the Congress today said the government has “thrown in the towel” and conceded that it has failed

India’s annual budget could push up inflation and prompt the central bank to raise interest rates sooner, analysts said on Thursday, raising the probability of

On budget days, finance ministers are trapeze artists, balancing risks with rewards, audacity with caution and tempering expectation with reality. Has Arun Jaitley succeeded in

Prime Minister Modi has described this budget as an example of not only ease of doing business but also as one of ease of living.

After four years of economic mismanagement, people’s expectations from Budget 2018 were mixed. Would we see more attention-grabbing announcements followed by inadequate implementation? Or would

Union budget 2018 will be remembered for its political finesse. Presenting the last full budget of the National Democratic Alliance government – 2019 will be

Calling micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) a “major engine of growth and employment generation in the country”, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley announced a

Budget 2018-19 proposes several measures, including promoting exports and supporting fixed tenure jobs, to create employment. Giving a sense of urgency to the task of

The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance presented a populist farm- and poor-friendly budget, as it prepares for key state elections this year and parliamentary polls

If the Union Budget is construed as an annual tug-of-war between populism and fiscal prudence, arguably it is the latter that prevailed in the past

Finance ministers have to do a bit of tight rope walking during every budget presentation. The task becomes even more difficult as elections approach. At