https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/interim-budget-2024-25-conservative-consistent-and-inclusive-124020101894_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/interim-budget-2024-25-conservative-consistent-and-inclusive-124020101894_1.html The numbers assumed in the Budget are conservative and chances are high that the government will do better Listen to This Article
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Interim Budget 2024-25: A confident and optimistic report
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-confident-and-optimistic-report-124020200002_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-confident-and-optimistic-report-124020200002_1.html In a Budget celebrating the achievements in the last decade, there are few announcements with any fiscal magnitude attached Illustration: Ajay Mohanty
Interim Budget 2024-25: Fiscally responsible, not populist
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/fiscally-responsible-not-populist-124020200009_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/fiscally-responsible-not-populist-124020200009_1.html It is conservative in its arithmetic and will help lower interest rates Illustration: Binay Sinha The Finance Minister (FM) must be commended
Interim Budget 2024-25: A turning point for investment treaties
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-turning-point-for-investment-treaties-124020200011_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/a-turning-point-for-investment-treaties-124020200011_1.html This judgment opened the floodgates, and various similar claims were raised against the government asserting the investor’s rights under other BITs India,
Interim Budget 2024-25: Higher tax-to-GDP ratio needed
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/higher-tax-to-gdp-ratio-needed-124020200014_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/higher-tax-to-gdp-ratio-needed-124020200014_1.html The Finance Minister clearly mentioned that the government will rely less on market borrowings and, thereby, facilitate more credit availability for the
Interim Budget 2024-2025: From Amrit Kaal to Kartavya Kaal
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/interim-budget-2024-2025-from-amrit-kaal-to-kartavya-kaal-124020101807_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/interim-budget-2024-2025-from-amrit-kaal-to-kartavya-kaal-124020101807_1.html In the ongoing phase of transformation health care stands as a foundational element The Interim Budget reflects a strong commitment to developing
Interim Budget 2024-25: Striking a middle path
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/striking-a-middle-path-124020102029_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/striking-a-middle-path-124020102029_1.html Such prudence also seems to have influenced the Finance Minister’s fiscal consolidation efforts Independent India has by now witnessed the presentation of
Interim Budget 2024-25: Strategic thinking in public finance
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/strategic-thinking-in-public-finance-124020102016_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/strategic-thinking-in-public-finance-124020102016_1.html We need to attain sustained small primary surpluses Illustration: Binay Sinha Given the limitations of GDP measurement in India, measures such as
Macro balancing act in 2024
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/macro-balancing-act-in-2024-124012901136_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/macro-balancing-act-in-2024-124012901136_1.html The imperatives for 2024 are more nuanced: Nurturing recovery while ensuring public debt is stabilised and financial exuberance contained Illustration: Binay Sinha
Modi 2.0 expenditure: Govt spend on education, health remains low
https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/modi-2-0-expenditure-govt-spend-on-education-health-remains-low-124012900745_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/modi-2-0-expenditure-govt-spend-on-education-health-remains-low-124012900745_1.html Interest payments, subsidies account for big chunk of outlays Illustration: Ajay Mohanty Listen to This Article The Narendra Modi government 2.0 allocated
Banking on the Budget
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/banking-on-the-budget-124012800481_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/banking-on-the-budget-124012800481_1.html With India’s inclusion in global bond index, big fat annual market borrowing programme may not be a headache for government anymore. Let’s
Tax breaks could spur infra credit – The Hindu BusinessLine
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/tax-breaks-could-spur-infra-credit/article67773416.ece Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/tax-breaks-could-spur-infra-credit/article67773416.ece Tax schemes for infrastructure bonds, housing loans can be considered Over the years the interim vote on account Budgets have been lacklustre
Interim Budget likely to assume peak crude oil price at $85 per barrel
https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/govt-likely-to-assume-peak-crude-price-at-85-for-interim-budget-2024-124011100814_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/govt-likely-to-assume-peak-crude-price-at-85-for-interim-budget-2024-124011100814_1.html Brent crude prices moved up on Thursday, ending at $78.9 per barrel Listen to This Article The Ministry of Finance is likely
Health sector’s Budget wishlist: Increase spending to 2.5% of GDP
https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/health-sector-s-budget-wishlist-increase-spending-to-2-5-of-gdp-124011100382_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/health-sector-s-budget-wishlist-increase-spending-to-2-5-of-gdp-124011100382_1.html Key demands include rationalising GST rates, investment in skilling professionals, building local capabilities Hospitals hope for continuity of policies | Illustration: Binay
Budget and electoral tailwinds
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/budget-and-electoral-tailwinds-124010901188_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/budget-and-electoral-tailwinds-124010901188_1.html With limited fiscal space, the Budget needs to take advantage of the ruling party’s recent electoral wins Illustration: Binay Sinha In the
Slowing nominal growth poses a challenge to the Centre – The Hindu BusinessLine
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/slowing-nominal-growth-poses-a-challenge-to-the-centre/article67719504.ece Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/slowing-nominal-growth-poses-a-challenge-to-the-centre/article67719504.ece High nominal GDP growth gives the Centre headroom to stay within its fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP targets even if its spending overshoots
GDP growth data suggests a robust recovery
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/gdp-growth-data-suggests-a-robust-recovery-124010600008_1.html Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/gdp-growth-data-suggests-a-robust-recovery-124010600008_1.html Economy-wide modelling while facing multiple exogenous shocks is clearly a task that is challenging and risky The First Advance Estimates (FAE) for