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Millennials want lower GST on health insurance, more savings on home loans

Tax benefit on WFH expenses, regulatory clarity on cryptos also figure high on their wish list from this Budget

Budget should aim long-term holistic growth for auto industry: Mercedes

The company retailed 11,242 units in 2021, a growth of 42.5 per cent over 7,893 units in 2020

Union Budget for FY23 likely to aim at boosting growth: BoB eco report

The Union Budget for the 2022-23 financial year will aim at boosting growth, achieving fiscal consolidation and driving consumption, Bank of Baroda (BoB) said in its latest economic research report.

200 mn jobs missing from Indian economy: Budget must address this crisis

If the government risks keeping its $200 billion fiscal spigots open, then it must aim to give the pandemic-scarred working class a fair shake.

Political economy of regulatory reform

Dynamic markets call for periodic reform of regulatory agencies-notwithstanding their reluctance to keep pace with developments

The economics of electoral promises

India needs a debate as to what percentage of general government revenue can be used for subsidies and cash transfers

Union Budget 2022-23: Clarity on tax compliance needed, say experts

The last tweaks in the personal income tax rates came in the 2020-21 Union Budget, just before the pandemic

Union Budget 2022-23: Exporters call for a PLI scheme for containers

Exporters are also hoping for an extension of the Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) for three-five years

Union Budget 2022-23: Halwa gives way to sweets amid Omicron fears

To maintain the secrecy of the Budget, there is a 'lock-in' of the officials involved in preparing the documents

LIC to list on bourses by March 31, says DIPAM Secretary

'LIC disinvestment amount will be included in this year's (Budget) because we aim to list it before March 31,' says Tuhin Kanta Pandey

FM Sitharaman to present Union Budget in paperless form on Feb 1

'Union Budget Mobile App' to provide easy and quick access to Union Budget information to all stakeholders

Real estate sector pins hope on Budget FY23 to sustain growth momentum

The Central government has done a lot of work for the real estate sector in the previous years with landmark initiatives.

Budget should focus on bridging widened inequality in economy: Ex-RBI Guv

The upcoming Budget should focus on creating jobs and bridging the widened inequality in the economy besides accelerating growth, former RBI Governor D Subbarao said on Thursday

Budget 2022: Capex likely to focus on jobs creation, PLI expansion

India's Federal Budget FY23's Capex thrust is likely to focus on rural welfare and employment generation schemes.

Budget should maximise capex, set stage for MPC to control inflation

Budget 2022: ICRA expects a satus quo on the stance of the monetary policy as well as the reverse repo rate in the upcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.

Budget 2022 may raise spending on infrastructure to boost economy

Asia's third-largest economy is estimated to expand 9.2% in the fiscal year that ends in March, following a contraction of 7.3% in the previous fiscal year

Budget 2022: India seen boosting spending on infrastructure

The Feb. 1 budget comes days before the start of elections in five states, including the most populous, Uttar Pradesh

Credibility of govt accounting

Are official revenue-expenditure records evaluated critically and exhaustively enough?

Budget 2022-23: Non-strategic PSU privatisation may see a push next year

A new committee has also been formed under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to help identify non-strategic PSUs for privatisation

Greater political commitment to health care now: K Srinath Reddy

'We've had enough warnings as our health sector has been challenged in many ways during the different waves of the Covid-19 pandemic', said Reddy