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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

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

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

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

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

The initial market response to the Budget was negative. While the major indices did not fall much, the sell-off came later and across the board,

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

Thrust is on ways to achieve 8% growth; sector-specific reforms likely in next Survey The Economic Survey is all about focussing on the “big picture”

The Survey recommends an investment-led growth model as a panacea for India’s economic ills India’s annual Economic Surveys once pedantic tomes that very few folks