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What is Budget at a Glance

Budget at a Glance

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What is Budget at a Glance

Budget at a Glance explains all the data related to the Union Budget in a reader-friendly manner. It’s a document that explains the gist of all broad aggregates and estimates in a form easier for readers to comprehend. It shows all receipts, expenditures, Fiscal Deficit, Revenue Deficit, Primary Deficit of the Government of India.
 
The Budget is a list of expenditures and receipts of the government, and lays out the ways and means in which the government will be allocating its resources. It is presented as the Finance Bill, Appropriation Bill under Article 112 of the Constitution and has to be passed by the Lok Sabha before April 1 for its implementation in the current financial year. 
 
Budget at a Glance presents a pictorial account of sources of receipts, their applications, details of debts, and deficit indicators, composition of important budgetary variables through charts and graphs.

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2022-2023

Latest Updates on Budget at a Glance

Budget 2023 LIVE updates

Catch all latest updates on Union Budget 2023-24 here as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the last full Budget of the government before General Elections 2024

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Updated On : 25 May 2023 | 10:42 AM IST

Budget 2023 LIVE updates: FM Sitharaman presents her fifth Union Budget

Catch all latest updates on Union Budget 2023-24 here as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the last full Budget of the government before General Elections 2024

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Updated On : 16 Jan 2024 | 1:46 PM IST

LIVE: Test Live Blog Budget 2023

FM Nirmala Sitaraman Presents Budget 2023

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2023 | 3:27 PM IST

LIVE: Test Live Blog FM Nirmala Sitaraman Presents Budget 2023

Budget 2023 LIVE updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the annual Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament today. Follow Business Standard for Budget highlights

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2023 | 11:56 AM IST

The end of budget day carnival?

In India, the average length of a budget speech is about 13,600 words and takes over two and a half hours to complete

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Updated On : 25 Feb 2022 | 2:56 AM IST

Capital expenditure aid to states may be regular Budget feature

The amount is part of the Centre's Rs7.5 capex outlay for the next year.

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2022 | 6:07 AM IST

Centre's GDP deflator forecast for FY23 is 3-3.5%: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Based on Sitharaman's statement, the finance ministry's own real GDP projection is closer to that of the Reserve Bank of India

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2022 | 2:10 AM IST

Budget 2022: Some musings

The worrisome issue of fiscal consolidation remains a major concern

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2022 | 10:56 PM IST

Story in Numbers: Uttarakhand sees highest allocation for health

In 2021-22, Uttarakhand allocated 5.12 per cent of its total Budget (Rs 3,438.84 crore) to health

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2022 | 1:14 AM IST

It's clear a country can't regulate crypto on its own, says Sanjeev Sanyal

'There are a lot of claims about how important the sector is, but nobody really knows. So it's only when we begin to tax it will we get the scale of it', he said

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2022 | 6:08 AM IST

Confusion in the crypto universe: Budget leaves many unanswered questions

Budget announcements on taxing digital assets and creating a digital rupee involve complex issues that need to be addressed first

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2022 | 6:04 AM IST

Fuel prices will be raised a day after election results, says P Chidambaram

'A finance minister under Manmohan Singh would in 2022-23 have crafted a Budget emphasising the three Ws - work, welfare and wealth', he said

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2022 | 1:59 PM IST

Union Budget 2022: How the India's social sector gets short shrift

Government allocations on health and education do not meet its targets and consistently fall short in terms of actual spending

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 6:05 AM IST

Finance Ministry's real FY23 GDP forecast lower than in Economic Survey

The last time India's real GDP was at 8 per cent-plus was in 2015-16 (8 per cent) and 2016-17 (8.3%)

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 6:03 AM IST

Time to focus on project execution

'The status of mega projects under the control of state governments is not available', says the author

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 2:56 AM IST

A bigger, not better, defence budget

Even as the total allocation has increased, it has fallen as a percentage of GDP

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 4:17 PM IST

Lower allocation

Budget for rural India may need to be revisited

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2022 | 11:42 PM IST

Next steps on privatisation

Budget detaches the programme from fiscal needs

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2022 | 11:36 PM IST

Budget 2022: Emphasis on asset creation over direct income enhancements

The government has enhanced its capital expenditure significantly with specific focus on infrastructure in areas of railways, roads, and logistics

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2022 | 10:55 PM IST

Budget 2022: Virtual digital assets are here to stay, says expert

'We are left with some open issues which need clarifications on the VDA', said Aravind Srivatsan

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2022 | 9:48 PM IST