Govt’s fiscal position and what to expect from Budget 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt’s fiscal position and what to expect from Budget 2022

Live Mint  

In last year’s Budget, the finance minister announced pillars on which her proposals would rest. These were creation of physical and financial capital, speedy infrastructure development, attention to health and wellbeing, reinvigorating innovation and R&D, improving on human capital, and minimum government and maximum governance. To achieve the budget objectives, the government boldly increased the budgetary outlay by 1% to ₹34.83 lakh crore, with capital expenditure at 15% of the budget outlay, going up by 26.8% over FY 2020-21, the first year of pandemic. Making changes in the direct tax to include them can help the sector’s consolidation through amalgamation and mergers and thereby get the necessary capital to spur growth, generate employment, and also pave way for possible digitisation. Other important tax measures that government could consider including in the Budget are higher standard deduction for individuals, enhancing the limit on interest on home loan for individuals, and recognising the business requirement of work-from-home for unburdening the individuals.

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Government may ease quarterly capex limits to achieve record ₹11.11 trillion spending goal for FY25: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Government may ease quarterly capex limits to achieve record ₹11.11 trillion spending goal for FY25: Report

Live Mint  

India is considering the relaxation of quarterly spending limits to ensure it does not fall short of its capital expenditure target for the financial year 2024/2025, according to a government source. Capital expenditure, or spending on building physical infrastructure, was at 4.15 trillion rupees during April-September, or 37% of the annual target, against 4.9 trillion rupees a year earlier. The …

A ‘corrective’ budget’ to repair AP: Health Minister Yadav
1 month, 1 week ago

A ‘corrective’ budget’ to repair AP: Health Minister Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: AP’s annual budget for the 2024-25 financial year is a “corrective budget” aimed at repairing the economy “destroyed due to the YSRC’s misgovernance,” Health Minister Satya Kumar has said. The Rs 2.94 lakh crore annual budget reflected the aspirations of the people, he said on Monday.Speaking to the media, Yadav noted that the government made a total allocation of …

Education, welfare in focus of ₹2.94 lakh-cr Andhra budget
1 month, 1 week ago

Education, welfare in focus of ₹2.94 lakh-cr Andhra budget

Hindustan Times  

The Telugu Desam Party-led National Democratic Alliance government in Andhra Pradesh on Monday presented its first full-fledged budget of ₹2,94,427 crore for 2024-25, five months after coming to power. Finance minister Payyavula Kesav told the state legislative assembly that the budget included revenue expenditure of ₹2,35,916 crore and capital expenditure of ₹32,712 crore. The NDA government under chief minister N …

Odisha Budget 2024-25: Rs 2.65 Lakh Crore Focuses on Welfare and Development
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Odisha Budget 2024-25: Rs 2.65 Lakh Crore Focuses on Welfare and Development

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Odisha government on Thursday presented Rs.2.65 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2024-25 with more special focus on agriculture, infrastructure, welfare and Odia Asmita. Presenting the budget, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the finance portfolio, proposed the administrative expenditure at Rs 97, 725 crore and the programme expenditure of Rs 1,55,000 …

Union Budget 2024-25: No additional allocation for Chandigarh but curbs on new projects go
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024-25: No additional allocation for Chandigarh but curbs on new projects go

Hindustan Times  

The Budget allocated to Chandigarh, in the Union Budget 2024-25, presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, remains the same as the interim budget of ₹6,513 crore. A senior officer of the finance department said, “Our budget remains the same but now we can spend money on the announced projects as the cap has been removed.” At ₹6,513 crore, …

Budget 2024: With ₹2.65 lakh crore outlay, Railways to prioritise safety
5 months ago

Budget 2024: With ₹2.65 lakh crore outlay, Railways to prioritise safety

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Railways has received a record allocation of over ₹2.55 lakh crore in financial year 2024-25, which is a jump of 5.85% from the previous year’s ₹2.41 lakh crore, according to Union Budget documents. The total outlay provided for capital expenditure includes ₹2.52 lakh crore from general revenues, ₹200 crore from Nirbhaya Fund, ₹3,000 crore from internal resources …

The budget echoes the Developed India vision
5 months ago

The budget echoes the Developed India vision

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has meticulously assessed India’s economic vitality. New Delhi, India - July 23, 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during Post Budget Press Conference at National Media Centre, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Budget 2024 unveiled a comprehensive strategy built on nine foundational pillars — agriculture, employment, inclusive development, manufacturing and services, urban …

Government cuts borrowing target to ₹14.01 lakh crore for 2024-25
5 months ago

Government cuts borrowing target to ₹14.01 lakh crore for 2024-25

Hindustan Times  

The government has lowered its borrowings estimate for the current financial year to 14.01 lakh crore as there is an improvement in tax collection. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman showcases a red pouch carrying the Budget documents, outside the Finance Ministry in North Block The government has to borrow by issuing dated securities to meet its fiscal deficit target. The …

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
5 months ago

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

In her seventh budget presentation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced allocating Rs 11 lakh, 11 thousand and 111 crore towards capital expenditure. She further urged, “We will encourage states to provide support of similar scale for infrastructure development based on their priorities.” The finance minister stated that private investment in infrastructure will be promoted through Viability Gap Funding and a …

Union Budget 2024: Read Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's full speech
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024: Read Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's full speech

India Today  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first budget of the Narendra Modi government’s third term on Tuesday in Parliament. Budget Priorities Productivity and resilience in Agriculture Employment & Skilling Inclusive Human Resource Development and Social Justice Manufacturing & Services Urban Development Energy Security Infrastructure Innovation, Research & Development and Next Generation Reforms Subsequent budgets will build on these, and …

Mahayuti tables demand of ₹95,000 crore to fund populist schemes ahead of polls
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mahayuti tables demand of ₹95,000 crore to fund populist schemes ahead of polls

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Merely a week after the ₹6,12,293 crore budget for 2024-25 was presented, the state government tabled the supplementary demands of ₹94,889 crore, making it the highest ever in history. The supplementary demands mostly aim to finance the populist schemes announced in the budget in anticipation of the upcoming Assembly polls scheduled for October this year. Jayant Patil, former finance …

Move ahead: On GST and reform
6 months ago

Move ahead: On GST and reform

The Hindu  

Revenues from the Goods and Services Tax, which completes seven years at the end of this month, hit a record high of ₹2.1 lakh crore in April that typically sees higher inflows due to a year-end compliance rush. Although gross revenues from domestic transactions grew 15.3%, accelerating from a 13.4% rise a month earlier, revenues from goods imports dipped for …

A reform window: On the GST trajectory
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A reform window: On the GST trajectory

The Hindu  

The financial year 2023-24 appears to have ended on a high on the revenue front. Net direct tax collections rose 19.9% by mid-March to hit 97% of revised Budget targets, while the Goods and Services Tax has yielded a robust ₹20.18 lakh crore. Gross GST revenues in March, for transactions undertaken in February, crossed ₹1.78 lakh crore, the second highest …

Punjab FM flays Centre for withholding funds, as he presents budget
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab FM flays Centre for withholding funds, as he presents budget

The Hindu  

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday presented the Aam Aadmi Party government’s budget proposal for the year 2024-25 with a total outlay of ₹2,04,918 crore, focusing on education, health and agriculture. “Withholding of the rightful share of the State, totaling ₹8,000 crore approximately, on account of National Health Mission, Rural Development Fund, Mandi Development Fund, and Special Assistance …

Ajit Pawar presents interim budget, state debt reaches ₹7.82 lakh crore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ajit Pawar presents interim budget, state debt reaches ₹7.82 lakh crore

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Finance minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday presented a ₹6 lakh crore interim budget with a revenue deficit of ₹9,734 crore. While the government is aiming for a $1trillion state economy, its debt burden has reached ₹7.82 lakh crore after a net borrowing of ₹72,000 crore. The PM has announced welfare schemes for youth, women, the poor and farmers, which …

Bhatti Presents Realistic TS Budget for Rs 2.75 Lakh Cr
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bhatti Presents Realistic TS Budget for Rs 2.75 Lakh Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who holds the finance portfolio, on Saturday presented a vote-on-account Budget for 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs 2,75,891 crore, eschewing the tempetation for going with a jumbo Budget and earmarking 153,196 crore for the Congress’ Six Guarantees. The Budget outlay indicates a reduction of over Rs 15,000 crore over last year's BRS …

Various Measures Taken To Reduce Debt Burden, Strengthen Economy: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Various Measures Taken To Reduce Debt Burden, Strengthen Economy: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

News 18  

To bring down the debt burden, the government has taken various measures like increasing the tax revenue buoyancy, enhancing the public expenditure effectiveness, commitment to reducing fiscal deficit and augmenting the productive efficiency, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. The government’s emphasis on increasing capital expenditure will not only boost the investments, but also return a higher GDP growth …

Key takeaways from interim Budget 2024-25 in charts
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Key takeaways from interim Budget 2024-25 in charts

The Hindu  

The Finance Minister presented her sixth budget today. Budget 2024 live updates Besides this, here are the charts that show key numbers from the interim Budget 2024: Budget at a glance The Finance Minister said that the Revised Estimate of the total receipts other than borrowings is Rs 27.56 lakh crore. Capital Expenditure Capital expenditure outlay was raised to ₹11.1 …

Budget may focus on welfare, infra, adhere to fisc glide path
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget may focus on welfare, infra, adhere to fisc glide path

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi India will meet its fiscal deficit target of 5.9% of GDP in 2023-24, and largely adhere to the envisaged glide path to bring it below 4.5% by 2025-26 on the back of robust GDP growth, buoyant tax collections, and better targeting of expenditure, officials familiar with the matter said, adding that public spending on welfare schemes and infrastructure …

Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure
11 months ago

Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure

India TV News  

The government is expected to maintain its focus on increasing capital expenditure in the upcoming budget, particularly in the infrastructure sector, to stimulate economic growth amid subdued private investment. Since the post-COVID period, the budget has consistently emphasised capital expenditure, leading to over 7 per cent growth in the last three years, making India the fastest-growing large economy globally. In …

Growth signals: On GST revenues
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Growth signals: On GST revenues

The Hindu  

The Goods and Services Tax has yielded close to ₹1.65 lakh crore in gross revenues in the last month of 2023. The first nine months of 2023-24 have clocked a 12% rise in GST collections, with the monthly intake averaging ₹1.66 lakh crore, from ₹1.49 lakh crore in 2022-23. The Budget had factored in monthly GST revenues of around ₹1.59 …

India’s fiscal deficit may breach 5.9% of GDP target: India Ratings and Research
11 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s fiscal deficit may breach 5.9% of GDP target: India Ratings and Research

The Hindu  

India’s fiscal deficit may breach the 5.9% of GDP target for this year and could hit 6%, even though tax collections have been buoyant and may offset a wide shortfall in disinvestment outcomes, due to the likelihood of revenue spending exceeding the Budget Estimate by about ₹2 lakh crore, India Ratings and Research said on December 26. The Centre has …

Budgetary provisions: UP depts have barely used 50% of funds
1 year ago

Budgetary provisions: UP depts have barely used 50% of funds

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh government’s major departments have spent only about 50% of the budgetary allocations for various development projects in 2023-2024. Besides an annual budget of ₹6.90 lakh crore approved for 2023-2024, the state government got a supplementary budget of ₹28,760.67 crore passed in the state legislature, taking the size of UP’s total budget to ₹7.19 lakh crore. Besides allocations …

LS Gives Nod for Additional Cash Outgo of Rs 58,378 Cr in Current Fiscal
1 year ago

LS Gives Nod for Additional Cash Outgo of Rs 58,378 Cr in Current Fiscal

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared a net additional spending of Rs 58,378 crore in the current fiscal ending March 2024, with a large chunk going towards MGNREGA and subsidy on fertiliser.The gross additional spending sought by the government was over Rs 1.29 lakh crore, of which Rs 70,968 crore would be matched by savings and receipts. She …

LS Gives Nod for Additional Cash Outgo of Rs 58,378 Crore
1 year ago

LS Gives Nod for Additional Cash Outgo of Rs 58,378 Crore

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Keeping fiscal prudence of the government in mind, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday approved a net additional outgo of Rs 58,378 crore in the current fiscal ending March 2024, while the gross additional spending sought by the government was over Rs 1.29 lakh crore, of which Rs 70,968 crore would be matched by savings and receipts. For the …

Fund allocations for welfare increased in AP Budget
1 year, 9 months ago

Fund allocations for welfare increased in AP Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s welfare schemes get a fresh boost with an increase in fund allocations for them in the AP Budget 2023 presented in the Assembly on Thursday. Taking to Twitter later in the day, the CM said, “The main objectives were to provide good education, good medicine, good health, happiness for farmers, empowerment of my sisters, …

MP govt’s ₹3.14 lakh crore budget focuses on women, tribals and religion
1 year, 9 months ago

MP govt’s ₹3.14 lakh crore budget focuses on women, tribals and religion

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh finance minister Jagdish Deoda presented a revenue surplus budget of over ₹3.14 lakh crore on Wednesday in the state assembly ahead of the December polls. Madhya Pradesh finance minister Jagdish Deoda presented the state budget today With a special focus on women, tribals and religion, Deoda announced schemes for giving scooty and skill upgradation stipends to girl students, …

W.B. Budget for 2023-24 broadens welfare schemes, gives incentives to jobs
1 year, 10 months ago

W.B. Budget for 2023-24 broadens welfare schemes, gives incentives to jobs

The Hindu  

With an eye on the upcoming panchayat polls, the West Bengal government’s Budget for the year 2023-24 on Wednesday widened the ambit of social welfare schemes like Lakshmi Bhandar, added a new scheme providing death benefits for fishermen, promised financial assistance for micro-enterprise and allocated ₹3000 crore for rural road connectivity and repair of urban roads in the State. Minister …

TS govt\'s 10 budgets in last 9 years: Targets met only twice
1 year, 10 months ago

TS govt\'s 10 budgets in last 9 years: Targets met only twice

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS government has presented 10 budgets in the Telangana Legislative Assembly since the formation of the state in 2014 with the Budgetary allocations increasing year after year. The TRS government presented the 2014-15 budget with a total outlay of Rs 1,00,637 crore; the revised estimates were also the same; however, the actual spending was only Rs 62,306 crore, …

BJP slams ‘unrealistic’ budget proposals
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP slams ‘unrealistic’ budget proposals

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Terming the state budget as nothing but a farce and an election stunt, the state BJP described as a particularly disappointing one for SCs, STs, BCs and EBCs. In a statement here on Monday, the party’s state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar pointed out that if the government had to waive-off crop loans up to Rs one lakh, it should …

42 key provision that make Budget 2023 inclusive and progressive
1 year, 10 months ago

42 key provision that make Budget 2023 inclusive and progressive

Op India  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 in Parliament. “Bharat Shared Repository for Inscriptions will be set up in Digital Epigraphy Museum with a digitisation of one Lakh Ancient Inscriptions in the First stage.” : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman #Budget2023 #BudgetSession #Budget #Budgetday #NirmalaSitharaman pic.twitter.com/jOpxbmAUCh — IANS February 1, 2023 C. …

Key takeaways from Union Budget 2023-24 in charts
1 year, 10 months ago

Key takeaways from Union Budget 2023-24 in charts

The Hindu  

The government will focus on economic growth and job creation and cut down the fiscal deficit, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, presenting its last full budget in Parliament before the 2024 election. Transfer to states/UTs Allocation to Ministries The Union Budget allocated a massive ₹5.94 lakh crore for the Defence Ministry, a 13% increase year-on-year from last …

India keeps aside Rs90,000 Cr in Budget 23-24 for fuel, ammo, spares with eye on China, Ukraine war
1 year, 10 months ago

India keeps aside Rs90,000 Cr in Budget 23-24 for fuel, ammo, spares with eye on China, Ukraine war

Firstpost  

This amount, which is around Rs 90,000 crore will be used for maintenance of weapons, equipment and other assets, replenishing stocks of fuel and ammunition and procurement of critical spares along with other capabilities. This amount excludes pay and other allowances New Delhi: Even as India’s defence budget saw a significant hike of around 13% for the financial year 2023-24, …

A raft of concessions amid consolidation: The Hindu Editorial on Union Budget 2023-24
1 year, 10 months ago

A raft of concessions amid consolidation: The Hindu Editorial on Union Budget 2023-24

The Hindu  

If budget making is a complex task, interpreting the Union Budget can be hazardous given the amount of fine print that one has to pore over. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fifth Budget, and the current Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s final full-fledged one before next year’s general election, ticks all the right boxes on the face of it. Terming it the …

Math Of Budget 2023: Increase In Taxes To Fund Higher Capex And IT Breaks For Middle Class
1 year, 10 months ago

Math Of Budget 2023: Increase In Taxes To Fund Higher Capex And IT Breaks For Middle Class

ABP News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman on Wednesday presented Modi government’s 9th full Budget and last before the general elections next year. In a longer-than-usual Budget speech, the minister focussed on higher capital outlay as a means to foster growth amidst global headwinds, while at the same time providing tax relief to lower middle class. Source: Budget Document The tax revenues are …

In Rs 45.03 Lakh Crore Budget, Here Is How Much Each Sector Received
1 year, 10 months ago

In Rs 45.03 Lakh Crore Budget, Here Is How Much Each Sector Received

ABP News  

Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Wednesday laid out its full and final Union Budget on Wednesday ahead of the general election scheduled for 2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her fifth Budget presentation allocated a whopping Rs 45.03 lakh crore for the financial year 2023. In the financial year 2022-23, the government allocated Rs 39.45 lakh crore for the annual …

Budgeting for Infra: After Defence, Road & Railway Ministries Bag Highest Allocations from FM
1 year, 10 months ago

Budgeting for Infra: After Defence, Road & Railway Ministries Bag Highest Allocations from FM

News 18  

The Union Budget 2023-24 has prioritised infrastructure development as the Ministries of Road Transport and Highways and Railways bagged highest allocation after the Defence Ministry. As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday, MoRTH was allocated Rs 2.70 lakh crore, while Railways got the highest ever outlay at Rs 2.40 lakh crore. In the last …

Budget 2023: Defence spending increased by 13% to Rs 5.94 lakh crore
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: Defence spending increased by 13% to Rs 5.94 lakh crore

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday earmarked Rs 5.94 lakh crore for the Defence Ministry for the financial year 2023–24, which is a hike of around 13 per cent compared to last financial year. The allocation for the Defence Ministry is to be 13 per cent higher than what it was allocated in the Union Budget last year, which was …

Budget 2023 | Govt to borrow record ₹15.4 lakh crore in FY24 to bridge revenue gap
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | Govt to borrow record ₹15.4 lakh crore in FY24 to bridge revenue gap

The Hindu  

The government plans to borrow a record ₹15.4 lakh crore from dated securities in FY24 to meet its expenditure requirement to prop up the economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Budget on February 1 said the net market borrowings from dated securities are estimated at ₹11.8 lakh crore to finance the fiscal deficit in 2023-24. The gross market …

Budget 2023: Key Highlights From Modi Govt's Final Full Budget Before 2024 LS Polls
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: Key Highlights From Modi Govt's Final Full Budget Before 2024 LS Polls

ABP News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday tabled the final full Budget of the NDA-II government. At Rs 10 lakh crore, the central goverment's capex target for 2023-24 is 33 per cent higher than the Budget Estimate of Rs 7.5 lakh crore for 2022-23. This Budget provides for Rs 35,000 crore capital investment towards energy transition and net zero objective and …

Budget: Capital outlay for railways pegged at Rs 2.40 lakh cr, highest ever
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget: Capital outlay for railways pegged at Rs 2.40 lakh cr, highest ever

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government proposed a capital outlay of about Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday while presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in Lok Sabha. Overall, the government proposed to increase capital expenditure outlay by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore in 2023-24, which would be 3.3 per cent of …

Budget 2023 | Highest-ever capital outlay of ₹2.4 lakh crore for Railways
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | Highest-ever capital outlay of ₹2.4 lakh crore for Railways

The Hindu  

The Union Budget has proposed a record budgetary allocation of ₹2.40 lakh crore for the Indian Railways on February 1. Overall, the government proposed to increase capital expenditure outlay by 33% to ₹10 lakh crore in 2023-24, which would be 3.3% of the GDP, said Ms. Sitharaman. With the substantial increase, it is central to government’s efforts to enhance growth …

FM lists 7 Budget priorities: Tax slab changes; middle class focus; Rlys boost
1 year, 10 months ago

FM lists 7 Budget priorities: Tax slab changes; middle class focus; Rlys boost

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Putting more money in the hands of the middle class as well as salaried individuals to boost taxpayers in India, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced her Budget 2023-24, saying that the Indian economy was on the right path and heading towards a bright future as economic growth is estimated at nearly seven per cent, the highest …

Budget 2023 Reactions LIVE: Amit Shah Says Push To Cooperative Sector 'All-inclusive, Visionary'
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 Reactions LIVE: Amit Shah Says Push To Cooperative Sector 'All-inclusive, Visionary'

ABP News  

Budget 2023: The crucial day is here when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government 2.0 will be presenting its last full-fledged budget ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Taxpayers are hoping for further exemption in the current taxable income from Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to Rs 5 lakh per annum. Introduced in Budget 2020, the new tax …

Citizens\' expectations of the budget
1 year, 10 months ago

Citizens\' expectations of the budget

Deccan Chronicle  

With Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman all set to present the Budget on Wednesday, experts speak of their expectations. With India preparing to increase its spending towards the public health expenditure sector to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025, this sector can see a record increase. Nabhan Mahmood, real estate businessman Our recommendations to the ministry of finance include …

Economic Survey 2022-23 | Out-of-pocket health spending still high, despite hike in government expenditure
1 year, 10 months ago

Economic Survey 2022-23 | Out-of-pocket health spending still high, despite hike in government expenditure

The Hindu  

Almost half of all health spending in India is still paid by patients themselves directly at the point of treatment, although this has dropped as the government’s share of spending on health went up significantly after 2013-14, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23. The share of government health expenditure in total health expenditure was just 28.6% in the financial year …

Union Budget 2023–24 & Public Sector: Can Government Really Boost Disinvestment?
1 year, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2023–24 & Public Sector: Can Government Really Boost Disinvestment?

The Quint  

For this, we just need to look at the actual net investments made as disclosed in the budget papers in the last four years. In 2020-21, the government’s equity investments were of the order of Rs 116,734 crores and loans Rs 88,849 crores totalling Rs 205,583 crores. As the government received Rs 32,845 crores only as disinvestment receipts, its net …

Budget 2023 may peg gross borrowing under ₹16 trillion: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 may peg gross borrowing under ₹16 trillion: Report

Live Mint  

India's federal government is likely to keep its gross market borrowing below ₹16 trillion for 2023/24 as it does not want to destabilise the bond market with any negative surprises, two sources close to the deliberations said. The government has so far raised ₹12.93 trln up to Jan. 27, which is 91% of the overall gross borrowing target of ₹14.21 …

Budget targets, though higher, will be met, says Harpal Cheema
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget targets, though higher, will be met, says Harpal Cheema

Hindustan Times  

Into his eighth month as the finance and taxation minister of the Aam Aadmi Party government, Harpal Singh Cheema has the most challenging task among all the cabinet ministers. Against the excise collection of ₹2,963 in the first six months of financial year 2021-22, we have garnered ₹4,082 crore so far. At ₹8,703 crore, revenue deficit in the first six …

DC Edit | FM’s India Inc investment call raises hard questions
2 years, 3 months ago

DC Edit | FM’s India Inc investment call raises hard questions

Deccan Chronicle  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s outburst at a meeting in New Delhi about the poor investment by Indian companies is one of rare occasions where the Narendra Modi government has acknowledged pain points in the Indian economy. The finance minister spoke of foreign companies, which are moving out of China, want to come to India because of the government’s policies …

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