Union Budgets
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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MARKETS: Sensex tanks 850 pts to day's high, Nifty High17900;...
Stock market LIVE: The Nifty PSU bank index fell 1.15 per cent, followd by the Nifty Bank and Pharma indices (down 0.75 per cent each)...
MARKETS: Sensex tanks 850 pts to day's high, Nifty High17900;...
Stock market LIVE: The Nifty PSU bank index fell 1.15 per cent, followd by the Nifty Bank and Pharma indices (down 0.75 per cent each)...
MARKETS: Sensex tanks 850 pts to day's high, Nifty High17900;...
Stock market LIVE: The Nifty PSU bank index fell 1.15 per cent, followd by the Nifty Bank and Pharma indices (down 0.75 per cent each)...
MARKETS: Sensex tanks 850 pts to day's high, Nifty High17900;...
Stock market LIVE: The Nifty PSU bank index fell 1.15 per cent, followd by the Nifty Bank and Pharma indices (down 0.75 per cent each)...
Buzz on virtual assets: Crypto industry sees exits ahead of new tax regime
With new rules coming into force in April, several investors are booking profits, rejigging portfolios or moving their virtual assets outside of India
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Taxing income doesn't give cryptos legitimacy: FM Sitharaman
'I am not going to legalise it or ban it at this stage. Banning or not banning will come subsequently, when consultations give me input,' says FM in Parliament
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Budget 2022: Share of capital expenditure is the highest in 19 years
The last time such a large segment was allocated was in 2004-05
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Budget 2022: Education expenditure set to cross Rs 1 trillion in 2022-23
The government has proposed one channel per class in all vernaculars, taking the number of channels from 12 to 200
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Budget 2022: Focus likely on raising limits for tax exemption, deduction
The Union Budget is expected to focus on employment generation, increase in limits for basic tax exemption, standard deduction, medical expenses, and certain social security investments
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Market wrap: Sensex pares gains to end 77 points down; Nifty holds 17,100
Bharti Airtel rises 6% on Google's $1-bn investment plan, erases gains later; PSE stocks surge ahead of Budget; CPSE index gains 1%; Adani Wilmar IPO subscribed 1.08 times on day 2
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What is Fiscal Deficit?
Equity markets will have a reason to cheer if the government reins in its fiscal deficit target at 6.25% of gross domestic product, a recent survey claimed. Find out how the government manages it
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Watch Budget with BS, a tri-weekly show starting today
The show will be aired at 6 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
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FM to hold pre-Budget meet with infra, financial sector players on Thursday
As part of pre-Budget deliberations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet infrastructure and financial sector honchos on Thursday to seek their inputs for Budget 2022-23. The two consultations with different stakeholder groups will be held virtually, the Finance Ministry said. "Finance minister Smt. @nsitharaman will be holding consultations with experts of Industry, Infrastructure & Climate Change in forenoon; and experts of Financial Sector and Capital Markets in afternoon," the ministry said in a tweet. It will be the fourth Budget of Modi 2.0 government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Budget would come against the backdrop of gradual recovery taking place in the Indian economy hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The growth this fiscal year is expected to be in double-digit. The RBI in its latest bi-monthly monetary policy review pegged a GDP growth of 9.5 per cent in 2021-22. The government has projected a fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic ..
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Divergence in revenue estimates due to early Budget or lack of discipline?
Provisional actuals of the Budget for 2020-21 have once again varied sharply from the revised estimates. The variation provides fiscal cushion, but also raises several questions
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India's once-in-a-century budget runs into trouble as virus strikes back
The budget aimed to revive Asia's third-largest economy via investing in infrastructure and health care, while relying on an aggressive privatisation strategy and robust tax collections
BS READS: Some mistakes India must avoid this time to make DFIs a success
Now that DFIs are making a comeback, three key issues will be crucial for their success -the availability of long-term funds at a reasonable cost, private-sector ownership, and professional management
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Budget 2021 aims to revive economy despite limited fiscal headroom
The government is likely to hike import duties on a number of high-end goods in a bid to raise more than 210 billion rupees in revenue
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An impossible combination of things that India's Budgets attempt
Successive Indian governments have tried to do what they can't: target economic growth and equitable distribution simultaneously
Wealth tax to 'Black Budget': Here're India-specific snippets on Budget
Budget, which comes from bougette (French for bag), has a storied history. Starting today, we will bring you some India-specific snippets
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