Category: Budget

Dharmakirti Joshi, chief economist at Crisil,  the Indian arm of one of the world’s biggest rating agency Standard & Poor’s, talks to Pawan Bali about the various

On February 1, 2018, the finance minister during his Budget speech declared, “I am pleased to announce two major initiatives as part of ‘Ayushman Bharat’…

Rupa Rege Nitsure Against the backdrop of India achieving the lowest growth in the past five years in 2017-18 (FY18) and posting a sustained fall

This government’s last full year budget was entirely predictable in parts. But it also threw up a couple of surprises. First, the predictable parts. Finance

The Budget has announced an ambitious, state-funded healthcare scheme that would take care of hospitalisation expenses up to a limit of Rs 5 lakh per

The Narendra Modi-led government is using the Finance Bill 2018 to insert provisions in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, in a move

The government has not been able to adhere to its fiscal deficit targets for 2017-18. This was not unexpected. The bond markets had factored in

The finance minister has presented a very workmanlike Budget which does not really break any new ground or deliver anything radical. However, neither does it

The Budget of 2018-19 had given ample opportunity to the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance to rationalise the customs duty structure because the other

Partnership firms and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will be put at a disadvantageous position by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Budget announcement to cut corporation tax

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government was committed towards consolidation of banks and privatisation of IDBI Bank. “I stand by both these

The finance ministry said on Friday it will try to convince rating agencies on India’s commitment to fiscal consolidation, within hours of Fitch Ratings saying

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