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
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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
Sitharaman’s maiden Budget leaves big economic questions unanswered | Business Standard Column
This was an unremarkable Budget from a government that knows it has time, and will have more opportunity to tweak its finances and its outlook.
Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget is good, but there’s room for more | Business Standard Column
The first Budget of a government with a five-year mandate was expected to do two things: (a) maintain continuity of action undertaken in the earlier
Why we need to take fiscal deficit of 3.3% with a pinch of salt – The Hindu BusinessLine
The bond markets have rejoiced. The yield on the 10-year G-Sec has fallen by 10 basis points, cheering the 3.3% fiscal deficit number retained for
Union budget of India: Focused reforms show the way forward: Arvind Virmani, former CEA – The Economic Times
Let me start with the Economic Survey. It has two messages. One, it has indicated that the focus will be on private investment and growth because
Nirmala Sitharaman: Budget has set targets that are imminently achievable: Nirmala Sitharaman – The Economic Times
Highlights I did not realise well after I finished my speech that I missed out on reading it. Normally, the last bit would have been
Budget 2019 reaction: Swami’s first reaction: No bold step, no vision; at best an incremental Budget – The Economic Times
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman made her maiden Budget Speech today and presented the Union Budget 2019-20 before the Parliament. The
budget 2019: View: Budget speech was long on vision, but short on detail – The Economic Times
By R Jagannathan Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden budget struck all the right chords by addressing all the pain points of the economy. Big numbers were bandied
The caravan of reforms keeps moving in full pace: Arvind Panagariya – The Economic Times
By: Arvind Panagariya, Professor, Economics, Columbia University, US As an economist, I am grateful that the PM hasn’t given up the path of fiscal rectitude. Rejecting
Nirmala Sitharaman: Budget 2019: Full speech of FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha – The Economic Times Video | ET Now
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget Speech on Friday announced sops for various sectors. Sitharaman, who became the first full-time women Finance
budget 2019: View: Budget scores high on promises, low on numbers – The Economic Times
The budget is positively disappointing when it comes to import duties. Some have been slashed, some, raised. In the name of Make in India. It
black money: Budget 2019: New NRIs in focus as government goes after black money – The Economic Times
Black money continues to be a bee in the government’s bonnet. It will change the law to go after Indians who have settled abroad to get
Budget 2019: Congress slams budget as ‘insipid’ and ‘opaque’, says it’s old wine in new bottle – The Economic Times
The Congress on Friday dubbed the Union Budget as “insipid” and an “opaque exercise” prepared without listening to the voices of either ordinary citizens or knowledgeable economists
economic survey 2019: Swaminathan Aiyar’s take on Economic Survey 2019 – The Economic Times Video | ET Now
India’s economic growth will rebound from a five-year low this year, but would need a huge boost in spending and reforms to accelerate higher rate
Home Loan: Budget 2019 hikes tax break on interest paid on loan for affordable housing by Rs 1.5 lakh
This will translate in to benefit of Rs 7 lakh to the middle class home buyers over a loan period of 15 years. Budget 2019 proposes
MSME: Budget 2019: 15 key takeaways for the MSME sector
Presenting the Budget 2019-20 in Parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a slew of initiatives and new provisions to tackle issues related to the MSME sector in the country. From widening
budget 2019: Budget with many positives, yet actual implementation holds the key: MSME Inc – The Economic Times
As a result of the government’s move on the corporate tax, 99.3% of the companies operating in the country would benefit, the finance minister said
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