Category: Budget

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

In a pre-election Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley serves up a mix of populism and prudence With a clear eye on the Lok Sabha election,

Any which way you look at it, elections appear written all over Budget 2018. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has focussed on the distressed sections of

In what could be seen as adopting a middle path – bit of politics as well as economics – the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Budget

The budget’s focus on health and education will go a long way in enhancing the human capital of the country. The four broad themes of

Suits and boots now finally know whose sarkar this is: the government is for garib (poor) and gram (rural). Poor and rural voters are both

A house with a gas connection, electricity and a toilet for the poor is a clear poll promise from the finance minister.  This was the

The Budget delivered on expectations by committing to broadbase India’s economic growth, while ensuring that the benefits of a sustainable recovery proliferate evenly across all

India will get the world’s largest government funded national health programme, according to the Budget announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday. The mega

Job creation will come only out of new investment. This Budget for 2018-19 had to be presented against a background of rising expectations. There were