Page 16 - Budget 2020

15th FC report: Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal, who gets how much

A comparison between the shares of states, according to the 14th & 15th FC reports

15th FC report: Grant to local bodies, transparent reporting on debt, more

Here are the key points

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's take on the best and worst things in Budget

The finance minister has not given in to the pressures of delivering a please-all Budget, which I really like. She has taken strong decisions

What Budget 2020 could have been, had FM chosen to be fiscally professional

If only it were this…

Budget 2020: Lower tax rate is great but do we need 'minimum govt'?

Is PPP the magic bullet for everything the government wants to do?

Budget 2020: 15th Finance Commission report pulls no punches on key issues

The 15th FC forecast nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2020-21 at 11%, but said the projection came with a "downward bias".

Redefined in Budget: Who's an Indian resident

This is a rather high price to pay for the Indian passport as NRIs will now end up paying tax on income earned outside India and they never even set foot in India for the whole year

Budget 2020: Govt pegs net market borrowing at Rs 5.36 trillion for FY21

Repayment for past loans in the next financial year has been pegged at Rs 2.35 trillion

Budget allocation to steel ministry drops by 49% to Rs 100 crore in FY21

While the Budget estimate was at Rs 241.29 crore for 2019-20, in case of 2018-19 (actual) it was Rs 154.54 crore

Budget 2020: 15th Finance Commission revives performance-linked incentives

To reward states for lower total fertility rate and better tax collection

Watch: T N Ninan and A K Bhattacharya dissect FM Sitharaman's Budget 2020

Has Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a fiscally prudent and growth-oriented Budget 2020? Business Standard Chairman T N Ninan and Editorial Director A K Bhattacharya discuss

Indirect tax: Few but well-justified changes in Budget 2020

Customs duties and exemptions need to be streamlined

Arundhati Ghosh's take on the best and worst things in Budget 2020

It really pleases no one. This Budget behaves as if the country is not facing an economic crisis. Instead, its as if its business as usual in the country

Budget 2020: Fiscal consolidation hinges on revenue, says Aditi Nayar

Although, a gross tax revenue expansion of 12 per cent seems reasonable in light of the 10 per cent growth expected in the nominal GDP in FY20-21, the revenue assumptions made for FY20 seem aggressive

Budget 2020: How will Sitharaman pull off Rs 2.1-trn disinvestment miracle?

The government has promised to raise Rs 120,000 crore via disinvestment, and an additional Rs 90,000 crore from sale of government equity in public-sector banks and financial institutions, in 2020-21

Power sector: Big announcements but no extra funding; half-baked schemes

Centre's flagship scheme, KUSUM, which aims to provide solar-run irrigation pumps to farmers, has been allotted Rs 1,000 cr, or barely 0.01% of the total estimated outlay

Budget booster for transport, but no new idea for infrastructure

On Dec 31, the govt had unveiled an NIP worth Rs 1.03 trillion, listing around 6,500 projects across sectors

Budget 2020 subsidy burden looks benign due to off-budget borrowing

Fertiliser subsidy down, food subsidy up

Budget 2020: Easier credit payment and compliance spell relief for MSMEs

To reduce the crunch in working capital for MSMEs, the minister proposed to amend the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011

In troubled economic environment, the proof of Budget will be in follow-up

The significant tax alleviation measures and plan to boost agricultural sector and improve farmers' conditions should have a direct positive impact