Category: Economy

When Nirmala Sitharaman presented the government’s Budget for the current fiscal year in July 2019, this columnist had argued: “The revenue projections are unrealistic. …The

The Budget estimates for the next fiscal year, to a large extent, depend on achieving an ambitious disinvestment target. It intends to raise a massive

One of the headline initiatives in the Union Budget for 2020-21 was a proposed change to personal income tax applicable in particular to income below

The Budget of aspiration, economic development and care for all is behind us. Let’s focus on the next big event — the last bimonthly meeting

A closer look at the expenditure numbers presented in the Union Budget for 2020-21 offers fresh insights on how the Union government has tried to

Until Saturday, there seemed to be a consensus among businessmen and financial sector experts that this Union Budget will do something truly innovative and big

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepared the Union Budget for 2020-21 while labouring under multiple constraints. The economy has slowed sharply. Tax revenue is lower than

Ever since FM Nirmala Sitharaman took over, there have been a series of measures aimed at kick-starting a sluggish economy that threatened to go into

In the backdrop of high expectations, the finance minister has provided a significant impetus to investors by addressing some of their long-pending concerns. Abolishing the

I’m a proponent of simple Budgets. For me, that means few or a single tax rate with limited or no deductions that are uniformly applied

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the new tax regime proposed in her second Budget would ultimately lead to lower rates with simple structure.

The GDP growth and tax revenue forecasts announced in the Budget are realistic and conservative, Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty told Arup Roychoudhury in an

केंद्रीय अर्थमंत्री निर्मला सीतारामन यांनी शनिवारी मांडलेला अर्थसंकल्प संपूर्ण दिशाहीन आणि आर्थिक, सामाजिक क्षेत्रांना प्रोत्साहन देण्यात अपयशी ठरला आहे. आजच्या घडीला देश ज्या आर्थिक संकटातून

Macroeconomic stability and fiscal prudence were the basic principles in the FY21 Budget design. The Budget proposed measures are natural extensions of the progressive liberalisation

New income tax scheme will give people the option to decide how to save, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman At the post-Budget press conference, Finance

Challenges to fiscal consolidation from slower growth remain; LIC IPO to lead disinvestment thrust, generate revenue; Unimpressed Sensex closes nearly 2.43%, 988 points down. Union

Facing one of the steepest slides in growth and just into the first year of its second term, the NDA-2 government decided to play safe when