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Industry seeks front-loading infra spend, tax breaks in upcoming Budget

To incentivise investments in infrastructure, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) has sought tax exemptions

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman has said she will not hold back on spending to contain fiscal deficit

The country needs the rich too: Making a case for lower personal income tax

The forthcoming Budget, if it wants to rekindle growth on a sustained basis, must leave far more income in the hands of the rich and well-off than it does now

Wait for holistic response for stressed sectors: Finance secretary

AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY talks about the Budget, revenue collection, and the goods and services tax (GST) compensation mechanism

How will Modi govt handle revenue deficit without raising income-tax?

Next year's Budget will reflect many difficulties sprung by the coronavirus pandemic and many countries' currency-printing spree to keep employment high

FinMin kick-starts Budget making exercise amid contraction pressure

The nearly one-month long exercise to finalise the Revised Estimate for FY21 and Budget Estimate for FY22 began on Friday.

LIVE: India took various steps to offset Covid impact, FM tells World Bank

The finance ministry on Friday kicked off the exercise to prepare the annual Budget for 2021-22 amid the urgency to push economic growth hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay tuned for LIVE updates:

Understanding Budget policy

Its objectives are clear. But the reality in recent years has not cooperated with the government's plans

West Bengal dues from Centre more than Rs 50,000 crore: Amit Mitra

State FM presents Budget of Rs 2.55 trillion, up about 7.5 per cent over last year

Budget: Govt to launch campaign to eliminate TB by 2025, says Sitharaman

Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman proposed to expand Jan Aushadhi Kendras to all districts of the country to provide medicines at affordable rates

Needed: A boring Budget

The Budget should be judged on delivering boring principles - realism, fiscal prudence, fewer schemes and more governance

Will Budget 2020 be populist?

What you will see depends on what you're looking for

Explained: What to expect, how to read this year's Union Budget document?

The Union Budget gives the account of the government's finances for the fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31

PSU exchange-traded funds yet to get tax benefits proposed in Budget 2019

Among the key proposals of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget was extending the Section 80C tax advantage to PSU ETFs. However, the proposal is yet to be notified

CPI needs rejig

But MPC has reasons to not ignore headline inflation

Street signs: Traders eye Budget, Damani effect on stocks, and more

Derivatives traders are deploying strategies to profit from huge swings in stock prices typically seen on the day of the Union Budget

Stop the protectionist trend

Budget should reverse two-year slide towards closed economy

A Budget for expenditure

After the rollout of GST, budgets are not awaited with the same excitement as earlier by India Inc. But Budget 2020 will be different

Govt, Sebi spar over transfer of surplus funds as Budget 2020 nears

In 2009, FinMin proposed to move regulators' reserves into public account. These accounts were finally opened in 2013-14. However, no funds have been deposited in it so far

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