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Page 46 - Latest Updates on Nirmala Sitharaman

Non-protectionist but non-performing Budget

Budget is good but not good enough to live up to the FM's promise of getting rid of "socialist baggage"

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:36 AM IST

A driver of economic revival

The finance minister must be appreciated for resisting the temptation to increase taxes

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:32 AM IST

Budget 2021: We have spent, we have spent and we have spent, says FM

She also said increased spending and high market borrowings led to a significant widening of the fiscal deficit

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:27 AM IST

Investors have little to complain

The government shows its intent to continue with reforms

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:26 AM IST

Budget 2021: It's business as usual

There are several welcome standalone reforms but these do not add up to a coherent strategy to achieve a $5 trillion economy

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:22 AM IST

Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi 'bahi khata' with tablet

Sitharaman walked into the House several minutes before 11 am and placed the tablet on the podium

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:13 AM IST

Union Budget 2021: Need to move beyond the chant for real effect

What sort of grand policy produces the opposite result of the one that it sought to achieve? What failed and how would this be corrected?

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:58 AM IST

Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman announces launch of Deep Ocean Mission

On Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of over Rs 4,000 crore over the next five years for the Deep Ocean Mission

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:58 AM IST

Finance Commission keeps tax devolution for states at 41% in FY22

With grants, the transfer is roughly 50-50 of divisible tax pool between Centre, states; N K Singh says Commission worked without any bias

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:15 AM IST

'Get well soon' outlay: Health care gets best-ever shot in Budget 2021

Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:10 AM IST

Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2021

A snapshot of the key numbers released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:05 AM IST

Budget creates space for supporting economy: CRISIL MD & CEO Ashu Suyash

The onus was on the government to do the heavy lifting for reviving the investment cycle as a broad-based recovery in private capex is not yet in sight

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 1:04 AM IST

Revenue expenditure to decline 8.6% in FY22, show Budget documents

Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:59 AM IST

Budget: Govt pegs FY21 fiscal deficit at 9.5%; sets target at 6.8% for FY22

In FY21, the gap between revenue and expenditure reached Rs 18.48 trillion in the revised estimate. For FY22, the gap is expected to be Rs 15 trillion

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:57 AM IST

Govt takes capital expenditure route to spur growth in Budget 2021

At 15.9%, capex share in total spend for FY22 will be the highest in over a decade

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:50 AM IST

It's getting better over time: FM cuts Budget speech short this year

There has been less fudging with the revised estimates (RE) of 2020-21.

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:43 AM IST

Union Budget 2021: Govt to privatise two PSBs and one general insurer

The Budget has also laid the road map for overhauling public sector enterprises with the announcement of the broad details of the privatisation policy

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:37 AM IST

Budget 2021: Govt extends benefits on affordable housing till March 2022

The upper limit is capped at Rs 45 lakh for claiming this deduction.

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 12:28 AM IST

Ad film director Prahlad Kakar's take on the best, worst things in Budget

Additionally, the consumer will hopefully have more to spend in the short term, which will push up demand

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Updated On : 01 Feb 2021 | 11:54 PM IST

Like performance of Cheteshwar Pujara, Budget 2021 is brave and stable

Long-term investment in infrastructure by Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds will also receive a boost owing to certain relaxations

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Updated On : 01 Feb 2021 | 11:38 PM IST