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Budget session LIVE updates: Congress protests against Anurag Thakur in LS
Budget 2020 Live: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the annual Union Budget 2020-21 in Parliament. Follow Business Standard for LIVE updates
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Top 10 biz headlines: Lower tax rates, LIC listing may take a year and more
From new tax regime proposed in the Budget to falling states' share in central tax pool, here are the top 10 business headlines for the day
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Decoding Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's fiscal maths gone awry
Slowdown in economic growth has taken a clear toll on revenue growth
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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget proposals to stimulate economic growth
The tax proposals are aimed at stimulating growth, simplifying tax structure, bringing ease of compliance and reducing litigation
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Budget 2020: Borrowings by FCI will rise 24% to Rs 1.36 trillion
This includes loans from NSSF at Rs 1.36 trillion
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LIC listing may take about a year, says Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar
Kumar said the idea behind the listing of LIC was to "bring in more transparency and allow the company to share gains with its stakeholders"
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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020: What it means for the social sector
Expectations remain high but fiscal constraints could lead to the emergence of implementation challenges in many of the schemes during the year
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget goal: Lower rates, simple structure
The FM disagreed with experts who termed the new tax regime complex and unavailing saying it would benefit some taxpayers, if not all
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Budget 2020: The focus is on simplifying GST and preventing evasion
The direct tax proposals aim to accelerate economic momentum and ease of living for taxpayers, though the key will lie in smooth administration
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Growth triggers still missing in Nirmala Sitharaman's second Budget
Companies which stand to gain the most are rural focused players, gas utilities, building material makers and logistics firms.
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Budget 2020 impact: Bearish trend likely to stay down in stock market
With the exception of IT, every sectorial index at the NSE is in a downturn
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Budget 2020: Here are a few hits and misses for overseas investors
There were no big-bang measures for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in the Budget
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Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Investor support may not sustain for IDBI Bank
The bank is expected to come out of the Reserve Bank of India's prompt corrective action (PCA) framework by March 2020
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From Nilesh Shah to Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, here're experts' views on Budget
'The disappointment is on the lack of bold, out of the box measures to tackle the current economic slowdown'
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Long-term growth narrative has been set by Sitharaman: BofA's Kaku Nakhate
The government's decision of upholding power purchase agreements as well as the opening up of railways, city gas distribution, and electricity supply to the private sector, are welcome steps
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Union Budget 2020: Corporate tax growth of 12% for FY21 'unrealistic'
India Inc tax collections to fall 8% in FY20
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Budget 2020: Exemption on corporate tax to power NTPC, renewables
The renewable energy sector is elated that the benefit will come to them, given no future pipeline of any thermal power projects
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A prudent Budget that is unlikely to revive faltering economic growth
Fiscal prudence has been given priority over fiscal stimulus which will contain the growth of debt liabilities, but it will not provide the strong public expenditure push required for reviving growth
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Budget to bring back economic growth momentum, says Ficci president
The Budget offers huge relief to exporters with the introduction of a new scheme for reversion of duties and taxes on exported products
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FM prepares ground for new electronics policy to boost local production
But Customs duty hike may lead to price rise in EVs, ACs, refrigerators & handsets
