Budget 2019

Budget 2024: Key highlights of last 5 Budgets under FM Nirmala Sitharaman

From crypto tax to the introduction of PM-Kisan scheme, here are the highlights of the last 5 Union Budget (2019-2023) announcements under first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2024: Highlights of education budget under Modi govt since 2014

The National Education Policy, introduced in 2020, states that 6% of the country's GDP should go towards education. Here is a look on how the country has fared in over a decade of education

Govt to give special family pension to soldiers who get re-employed

The government has been receiving grievances from various quarters for grant of dual family pension including special or liberalised family pension for armed forces personnel on lines of government

From liquidity to stress fund: Real estate, homebuyers' Budget expectations

Experts say the liquidity crisis is a major factor preventing completion of over 560,000 stalled units across top seven cities

Budget: Here's a look at how 'winners' from last year's fiscal plan fared

The slump in consumption has hit the rural sector hard

Top events of the day: FM to address RBI meet, UCC plea hearing, and more

From Nirmala Sitharaman addressing post-Budget RBI board meet to Delhi High Court plea hearing on Uniform Civil Code, here are top events of the day

Budget 2019 fails to address real estate sector's most pressing concerns

Experts say the govt missed the bus on ITC benefit under GST, industry status and single-window project clearance

Rental boost

The model law can help fix a struggling housing market

Budget 2019: Finance Bill seeks to address carry over of losses, MAT norms

These two amendments were long-pending demands of industry and insolvency professionals

Budget 2019: FM hikes Dept of Space outlay, pushes for commercialisation

New Space India Ltd, the commercial arm of Isro, gets a mention in Budget Speech

Year in Review: From job data to growth woes, India's 'shrinking' feeling

A list of events and policy decisions that made the biggest impact on Indian economy during the year 2019

Needed: A white paper on the Indian economy

Economic sentiment is as important as the actual data on the economy

Flip side of corporate tax bonanza: Fiscal deficit may rise to 3.7% of GDP

Centre may have to go for spending cuts and off-Budget borrowing

What more must be done

For the last one month the finance ministry, faced with a severe resource shortage, has been coping as best as it can

Advance tax mop-up posts dismal growth, rises by just 6% in H1FY20

Direct tax collection needs to grow by about 27% from here on to meet FY20 Budget target

100 days of Modi 2.0: Glut of bad news on economy belies reform hopes

Days after the new Modi government was sworn-in, the benchmark indices climbed to all-time highs

Govt may exempt FPIs from super-rich tax to reverse economic slowdown

Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed increasing the effective tax rate on individuals with taxable annual income of above Rs 2,000 cr by about 3%, and for those earning above Rs 5,000 cr by 7%

Visa talks tough on govt's move towards no-fee debit card transaction

Visa critical of India's move towards no-fee debit card transactions

15th Finance Commission may cut number of centrally-sponsored schemes

The Centre, not the Finance Commission, is deciding the evaluation of the schemes and the sub-schemes to be pruned

Why the case for foreign currency sovereign borrowing is not tenable

The Budget proposal will bring little benefit to the country, writes V K Sharma.