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Category: Budget 2019–2018
‘Only 35% of farmers are covered under crop insurance’ – The Hindu BusinessLine
Tech must be used in a big way to ensure ryots get compensated quickly, says National Insurance Academy’s Srinivasan Changing rainfall patterns, droughts, flooding and
Ayushman–Policy shift – The Hindu BusinessLine
By unveiling the Ayushman Bharat scheme last September, the Centre signalled a sharp shift towards insurance-led public health. In some measure, this was necessary in
Piyush Goyal: Fiscal Deficit target of 3% is feasible as we are growing at a speed never seen before: FM Piyush Goyal
The government did not include landless farm labour in the cash transfer scheme because it does not have a proper database on them, said interim
Square pegs, round holes | The Indian Express
The interest in this year’s Union budget had been high for obvious reasons. It being an election year, there were expectations of a major spending
Jobs: Jobs plan is missing link in Modi’s Interim Budget amid drama over data – The Economic Times
by Vrishti Beniwal India’s budget provided plenty of giveaways to farmers and middle-class voters, but was short on detail on one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key
Budget analysis: Budget 2019 is the mother of all election budgets, but rates and inflation may rise–Economic Times
Swaminathan Aiyar’s take on Budget 2019 Highlights The budget showers Rs 6,000 per year on each of 120 million small farm owners. The budget will
budget 2019: Budget 2019: Did it address the key concerns of MSMEs and startups? – The Economic Times
While the goodies extended by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal this time, did warm the sector a bit, many industry stalwarts highlight the key aspects neglected
Rid Budget Math of Fuzzy Numbers–Economic Times
The Centre’s fiscal deficit has been understated in the interim budget with the government keeping some of the debt serviced out of the Consolidated Fund
Managing the stimulus | The Indian Express
Like in each of the previous two years, the run-up to the budget this year was rife with fears of significant fiscal slippage if the
Statistician: Unpalatable numbers: Statistician who rocked Indian government had to take a stand–Economic Times
P.C. Mohanan grew up in a village without electricity, studied statistics at a public university, and then spent more than three decades crunching numbers for
Budget 2019: View: Why this Budget is unethical and iniquitous–Economic Times
This is also a hugely unequal budget. This is an election budget that strays far beyond the remit of an interim budget, whose only concession
Moody: Budget gives no clarity on how to improve credit profile: William Foster, Moody’s–Economic Times
We had not expected 3.4% fiscal deficit target in FY20, The original target had been 3.1%. In FY21, the target is 3%. It is going
Welfarism and bias | Business Standard Editorials
Two of the major new initiatives in the interim Budget presented last week have met with sharply different reactions even though both were fiscally expansionary
Implementation worries | Business Standard Editorials
In the interim Budget, the government has unveiled two programmes providing economic assistance to the needy sections of society. These include the income support scheme
Govt’s shrinking fiscal space | Business Standard Column
Election year should be a time when we seriously reflect on the medium-term structure of fiscal policy. But election year also involves an interim Budget
Voters’ dilemma: Populism or inclusive growth? – The Hindu BusinessLine
There has been continuity in reforms under different governments since the early nineties. The Narasimha Rao government initiated liberalising reforms in many dimensions, NDA I
Budget’s how question | The Indian Express
The finance minister began with recounting the major economic achievements and reforms carried out by the government over the last four-and-a-half years. Inflation is controlled,
‘Filing return a must to get rebate benefit’ – The Hindu BusinessLine
Revenue Secretary Ajay B Pandey has said that one will have to file the return to get the full rebate on taxable income up to ₹5
Case for vigilance on the fiscal front–Economic Times
The Centre has overshot its budgeted fiscal deficit marginally this fiscal, with the revised estimate at 3.4% of GDP against the budget estimate of 3.3%
