Chopping and changing tax proposals should be avoided Markets tanked on Monday in response to the Budget’s tax proposals, being spooked in particular by the
Category: Economy
Manufacturing sector: Struggling to take off – The Hindu BusinessLine
Addressing the credit needs of MSMEs and hiking public investments are crucial for the revival of manufacturing For the past decade and a half, revival
All you need to know about…Buyback tax – The Hindu BusinessLine
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget, proposed to levy a tax on buybacks by listed companies. The tax, at 20 per cent, may
Budget unlikely to lift the farm sector – The Hindu BusinessLine
Budget 2019-20 must have been somewhat of a dampener for those expecting significant proposals or a roadmap to bring about a resurgence in the beleaguered
Simple prescriptions – The Hindu BusinessLine
India’s annual Economic Surveys once pedantic tomes that very few folks read, have received a fresh lease of life in recent years. Chief Economic Advisors
A business-like approach – The Hindu BusinessLine
For an economy that is undeniably in slowdown mode, it does come as a surprise that the first Budget of the Modi 2.0 government has
How far did Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget advance the goal set by the Economic Survey? | The Indian Express
Five years ago, when Dr Arvind Subramanian, then Chief Economic Adviser, presented his first Economic Survey (2014-15), he said, “India has reached a sweet spot — rare
Welcome initiative on rental housing–Economic Times
The Budget announcement to unveil reforms to promote rental housing is welcome. Rental housing is of paramount importance in rapidly urbanising India. Millions of migrants
The name is bond, corporate bond–Economic Times
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech contains several welcome policy measures to induce an active and thriving corporate bond market. A functional bond market is
MSME: Budget 2019: Government’s continued commitment to help MSMEs–Economic Times
A major one in the Budget is the announcement of pension for traders with turnover less than Rs 1.5 crore with a potential to impact
Budget 2019 shows right intent, now appropriate execution must follow – The Financial Express
By SajJid Z Chinoy Budget 2019 India: The first Budget of the government’s second term was always going to be a delicate balancing act. The
Budget 2019 fulfills many wishes of banking and finance sector, says ex-SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya – The Financial Express
By Arundhati Bhattacharya Budget 2019 India: A lot was expected of this budget, and the question being hotly debated is how far it came up to expectations.
Economic Survey | Budget 2019: Resolution of twin balance sheet problem, bankruptcy law led to investment turnaround, says Economic Survey
Measures taken to reduce the twin balance sheet problem and the insolvency and bankruptcy code have led to an improvement in the investment climate within the economy,
Taxing the super-rich | Business Standard Editorials
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman struck the right chord in the very beginning of her Budget speech when she stated that the government does not look
The good, the not-so-good and the tricky | Business Standard Column
Writing on Union Budget two days after it was presented is a predicament akin to that of Larry Fortensky, the US construction worker — seventh and last
A political Budget | Business Standard Column
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last Friday made rural India the centrepiece of her first Budget’s political narrative. “At the centre of everything we do, we keep ‘gaon,
Shekhar Gupta: Robbing the middle class to pay the poor? | Business Standard Column
One key headline-point from the Narendra Modi government’s latest Budget is the raising of top tax rates for the rich earning more than Rs 2
Repair and reform | Business Standard Editorials
Nirmala Sitharaman has done a good repair job on the fiscal front while announcing some potentially far-reaching financial innovations as well as changes in the definition
Budget 2019 is impressive in clarity on both the destination and direction | Business Standard Column
The Budget is impressive in its clarity on both the destination and the direction. The long-term economic goal to reach $5 trillion by 2024 has
Sitharaman’s maiden Budget is high on policy and expenditure allocation | Business Standard Column
The maiden budget of our first woman FM is high on policy and expenditure allocation but low on complex changes in income tax provisions. With