Page 34 - Budget 2022

Advance alert

Budget must focus on recovering lost ground

Best of BS Opinion: Poll positions, worry about middle India, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

Best of BS Opinion: Budget basics, troubled CM of a performing state & more

Here is the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

Budget basics: How govt can break out of its straitjacket and raise revenue

There are two ways: deliver a rapidly growing economic pie or re-assess tax policy - reform of GST, closing corporate tax loopholes, suggests T N Ninan

Top headlines: Doctors, nurses prep for 3rd wave; EC set to give poll dates

Centre seeks relaxation in promoter shareholding cap for IDBI Bank sale. More in today's top headlines

Karad slams Thackeray, Maharashtra FM for not attending pre-budget meetings

MoS Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad slammed Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and State FM Ajit Pawar for not attending pre-budget consultation meetings called by Nirmala Sitharaman

Touch services worst hit in all 3 waves, need Budget support: TV Narendran

The Centre and the states need to work together so that we don't have unnecessary disruptions, while at the same time you don't take unnecessary risks, said TV Narendran

Budget 2022-23: Worst-hit sectors may get credit guarantee breather

Budget may extend ECLGS, loan guarantee schemes for MSMEs, hospitality, tourism

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Shortfalls, again

Union Budget must stop relying on disinvestment proceeds

Panel for Gati Shakti asks DPIIT to identify high-impact infra projects

The dept has also been asked to carry out a comprehensive infrastructure gap analysis

Govt may hike agri credit target to about Rs 18 trillion in upcoming Budget

With a view to give a boost to the agriculture sector, the government is likely to raise farm credit target to about Rs 18 trn in the Budget 2022-23 to be presented on February 1, according to sources

Valuation question holds up SPV for land, asset monetisation of PSUs

The government is still finalising the valuation at which such assets will be transferred to the SPV.

Food subsidy in FY22 to be about Rs 4 trn vs BE of Rs 2.4 trn: Food secy

Under NFSA, the Centre gives highly subsidised food grains at Rs 1-3 per kg to over 810 million people through the public distribution system

Stock market: Omicron, Budget, polls, global trends to dot 2022 horizon

From the pandemic shocks to state polls to global trends, a raft of sentiment drivers are expected to steer the Indian stock market in 2022 after a historic year of massive investor returns

Top Headlines: Only Covaxin for kids; billionaires' wealth now at $728 bn

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour.

Budget 2022-23: Finance ministry turns tight-fisted for next fiscal year

Government managers are not sure if subsidies can be kept in check in FY23 either

Top Headlines: Card tokenisation extended; no off-budget borrowing this yr

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour.

Centre not likely to go for any off-Budget borrowing this year

This is a move that has been hailed by economists and policy-watchers as it makes budgeting a more transparent process