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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

10-yr bond yields hit treasury math; moves up about 30 bps since rate pause

Market is waiting for the Budget to get more clarity on numbers, say experts

Budget 2020: Centre may announce sops for states for pollution control

The Commission submitted its interim report for 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this month

Budget 2020: Centre may announce increase in FPIs' debt limit to 10%

Existing limit for FPI investment in G-secs is 6% of the outstanding stocks of securities; govt may announce increase to 10% in Union Budget 2020

HNIs curb flows to long-short AIFs as higher taxation pinches

Sebi data shows that commitments raised by category-III AIFs in September quarter were down 10% QoQ

Budget 2020: Pradhan hopes for signal on ATF, natural gas inclusion in GST

5 commodities namely crude oil, natural gas, petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) were kept out of GST's purview given the revenue dependence of state governments on these sectors

FinMin to kick-start the exercise to prepare Budget for 2020-21 from Oct 14

It will be the second Budget of both the Modi 2.0 government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt to push for passage of workers' safety code in Budget session: Gangwar

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 23, 2019

Why finance panel may ask the govt to overhaul, reduce central schemes

Centrally sponsored schemes are funded by Centre and states combined, as opposed to central sector schemes which are funded wholly by the Centre

April-September fiscal deficit at Rs 6.52 trillion, 92.6% of FY20 estimate

Net tax receipts in the first half of the current fiscal year ending in March 2020 were Rs 6.07 trillion, while total expenditure was Rs 14.89 trillion, the data showed

Bank stocks fall up to 40% since Budget. Is it a good time to buy?

Given the developments, analysts say the road ahead for these stocks remains challenging till there is a pick-up in the economic sentiment and clarity on government policy

Budget 2019: Slew of measures to give push to digital payments adoption

Govt has proposed no charge or merchant discount rate for companies with over Rs 50 cr turnover accepting payments digitally

EV loan to excise duty on fuel: Here're good and bad moves in Budget 2019

Good move to make National Pension Scheme more attractive

New Budget, old outcome

Many parts of the speech had little to do with the Union Budget, says the author

The good, the not-so-good and the tricky

In the aftermath of the Union Budget, the onus of igniting the animal spirit seems to be on the RBI. More rate cuts are on the cards

The right figures

The Budget should have used up-to-date data on revenue

Budget steps on NBFCs to boost consumption, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The government will allow NBFCs to raise funds in public issues

Departure from the past

The BJP has made many procedural changes to the Budget exercise

Unconventional Budget sets out agenda for Modi 2.0 govt: Niti Aayog VC

He said there have been very strong efforts in this year's Budget to attract private investments and to create a feeling of assurance within the investor community.

All finesse: Nirmala Sitharaman doesn't miss a beat in her Budget debut

Unlike her predecessors Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal, Sitharaman had no band of cheerleaders