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Budget a booster shot for India, has ambition, resolution and innovation

It was one of the toughest times in history to announce a budget, writes Harsh Goenka.

Non-protectionist but non-performing Budget

Budget is good but not good enough to live up to the FM's promise of getting rid of "socialist baggage"

A driver of economic revival

The finance minister must be appreciated for resisting the temptation to increase taxes

Investors have little to complain

The government shows its intent to continue with reforms

Budget 2021: It's business as usual

There are several welcome standalone reforms but these do not add up to a coherent strategy to achieve a $5 trillion economy

Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi 'bahi khata' with tablet

Sitharaman walked into the House several minutes before 11 am and placed the tablet on the podium

From Yogi Adityanath to Mamata Banerjee, here're CMs' views on Budget

The Budget will give a massive push to the economy and empower the people, says CM Adityanath

Atmanirbhar & rural growth: Need to make all the right noises

The expenditure for total rural development schemes declined from Rs 2.16 trillion in FY21 to Rs 1.95 trillion in FY22.

Union Budget 2021: Need to move beyond the chant for real effect

What sort of grand policy produces the opposite result of the one that it sought to achieve? What failed and how would this be corrected?

RSS' labour wing gives FM Sitharaman's Budget 2021 the thumbs down

The middle class has widely supported the BJP since 2014, with it winning convincingly in metro cities in both 2014 and 2019

Budget 2021: Allocation won't cover 300-million target for vaccination

There is yet no clarity on how this fund will be raised, how much states will contribute, and how much the new vaccines will cost

Finance Commission keeps tax devolution for states at 41% in FY22

With grants, the transfer is roughly 50-50 of divisible tax pool between Centre, states; N K Singh says Commission worked without any bias

'Get well soon' outlay: Health care gets best-ever shot in Budget 2021

Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination

Budget creates space for supporting economy: CRISIL MD & CEO Ashu Suyash

The onus was on the government to do the heavy lifting for reviving the investment cycle as a broad-based recovery in private capex is not yet in sight

Revenue expenditure to decline 8.6% in FY22, show Budget documents

Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus

Govt takes capital expenditure route to spur growth in Budget 2021

At 15.9%, capex share in total spend for FY22 will be the highest in over a decade

It's getting better over time: FM cuts Budget speech short this year

There has been less fudging with the revised estimates (RE) of 2020-21.

Union Budget 2021: Govt to privatise two PSBs and one general insurer

The Budget has also laid the road map for overhauling public sector enterprises with the announcement of the broad details of the privatisation policy

Budget: Relief from double taxation for NRIs' earnings in pension account

So, if a person moves to India and becomes a resident Indian for tax purposes, they get taxed on any income they earn in these accounts

Budget 2021: Govt extends benefits on affordable housing till March 2022

The upper limit is capped at Rs 45 lakh for claiming this deduction.