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It is a budget whose politics overrides its economics, whose economics plays with politics, and whose pitch is sharply focused on Elections 2019.
Key proposals unveiled in this budget are primarily aimed at rural communities and the urban middle classes.
While the jury is yet to be out globally on the UBI, it has many takers in India.
If functions and finances of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) are to be matched, the MCGM’s annual budget should be in the region
The intellectual framework for high taxes was set by Finance Minister C.D. Deshmukh in his 27 February 1953 Union Budget speech, where he set up the T
Unlike other great powers of the past New Delhi has encountered, China impinges directly on India’s geopolitical landscape in multiple ways. The ris
यह तथ्य बहुत व्याकुल करने वाला है कि सरकार ने सभी प्रमुख य
यह तथ्य बहुत व्याकुल करने वाला है कि सरकार ने सभी प्रमुख य
एमएसपी को बढ़ा देने भर से किसानों को मदद नहीं मिलेगी, क्यो
It is quite perplexing that the government has secured all the premium schemes only for the top of the pyramid institutes that constitute only about 2
The days of Budgets being policy statements and media events are over. Budget 2018 does what it is supposed to: balance the books — the fiscal defic
If 2017 saw the rise of the ‘spin’ — any event or news was butchered and battered until it yielded a pre-determined narrative — 2018 will see
There is reluctance in offering absolute autonomy to institutes in something as basic as issuing degrees. When it comes to financial autonomy, it is a
It is not the quantum of money or its statistical insignificance to our leaders' personal finances; a public reproach can go a long way in ensuring go
UP being the second most indebted state with a debt of ₹327, 470 crore will have a bigger budget deficit after the loan waiver.
वर्ष 2019 में जब भी यह सवाल पूछा जाएगा कि उनकी सरकार ने भ्रष्�
In 2019, when the question is posed as to what his government did to tackle corruption, PM Modi can point towards demonetisation.
हो सकता है कि ये चुनाव सुधार अपने-आप में अत्यं त साहसिक एव�
मेक इन इंडिया को लेकर केंद्रीय बजट में सुधारात्मक कदम उ�
There is more room than imagined for reform in the Union Budget for Make in India. Political willingness will provide the answers.
Budget 2004, despite the change of regime in New Delhi, maintains the much required continuity for critical power sector reforms to achieve the country¿'s "Power for All" objective by 2012 and double installed capacity to over 200,000 MW .The salient features in the budget vis-a-vis the power sector are:
The macro-economic situation at this point of time is indisputably negative and the Budget for 2013-14 should set realistic spending allocations with the aim to reduce the fiscal deficit to sustainable levels.
The focus on delivery of various schemes is missing in this budget. Each year, public money is being poured into them, but things remain the same unless there are dynamic state ministers monitoring everything. Some provision for effective monitoring should have made in budget 2013-14.
The revenue from the Central Goods and Services Tax remains significantly below the target of Rs 6 trillion.
The Finance Minister announced allocations for various sectors in the Budget. But these are a regular feature of every Budget. What was different in this Budget? Almost nothing except that there has been fiscal consolidation. Obviously, it is not going to satisfy the common man, farmers, industry or foreign investors.
The Modi Government's first real annual Budget is perhaps its most important test after flunking the Delhi Assembly examination. While businessmen will be watching it to gauge the intentions and determination of the Government to create a pro-business atmosphere, it will be equally eagerly watched by the armed forces community for its modernisation targets.
Structural issues like partial utilisation of allocated funds, slow implementation of projects, and short-staffing pose a major challenge to the successful implementation of the budget
The Finance Minister has chosen to walk the conservative path, hoping to stimulate investment and growth through small half-measures. Expect high rates of inflation in FY 13 and greater pressure on the fiscal deficit despite white paper on black money.
This was a budget without many surprises. Maybe we have evolved to being an economy, in which the budget is a mundane, technical exercise, of interest to economists and accountants, but of little immediate consequence for those who live in the real world.
While the coverage of Budgets in the media and research reports are mainly limited to high interest items like income-tax, sales tax, excise, inflation etc., the "Part A" of the budget, which is an indicator of government intention and priority, remains relatively under explored.
