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Budget Byte: Public health & wellness centres saw huge turnout in 2020

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Finance ministry holds meeting to discuss roadmap for asset monetisation

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) had signed an agreement with World Bank, in November 2020, to provide advisory services to the government for asset monetization

Budget 2021 wishlist: What these nine sectors want from FM Sitharaman

Listen to the podcast to know the Budget 2021-22 expectations of various sectors

Budget 2021 needs to restore millions of lost jobs to boost demand

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has described her upcoming budget as unlike anything seen in the last 100 years

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts cross 410 million: Finance ministry

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a flagship scheme of the government to promote financial inclusion

FinMin allows Madhya Pradesh to raise Rs 1,423 cr through market borrowing

This comes after the state implemented power sector reforms

States urge FM Nirmala Sitharaman to raise fiscal limit in Budget

Another state finance minister said it was made clear that the Union Budget must announce something major with regards to state finances.

No abrupt fiscal correction must be attempted in 2021-22: TN to Sitharaman

Wants borrowing limit of states to be raised to 5%, extension of period under tax loss carry forward, among other things

Budget 2021: Govt likely to target fiscal deficit at 4% of GDP by FY26

Centre to deviate from long-standing medium-term target of 2.5-3% of GDP

FinMin looks at BIC model after concerns on zero coupon bonds for PSB recap

FinMin is looking at avenues for affordable capital infusion, including setting up of a Bank Investment Company, as the RBI raised concern over issuance of zero-coupon bonds for PSB recapitalisation

Budget 2021: Gross tax revenues likely to get back on track in FY22

Gross tax revenues may be projected at around Rs 23.65 trn in the Budget, back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest

Budget 2021: Govt's high debt may not warrant sovereign rating cut

Experts waiting for a debt management road map in Budget

Best of BS Opinion: Banking revival in 2021, govt's push for DFIs & more

Here are the top opinion pieces of the day

Govt likely to unveil new DFI framework in upcoming Union Budget

Some measures for easier infra financing also on the card

Economic activity continues on normalisation, FY21 GDP to contract 6.7%

Economic activity continued with its pace of normalisation and the festivities helped narrow the deficits as compared to the year-ago period in December, a Japanese brokerage said on Wednesday.

Kerala can borrow additional Rs 2,373 cr after reforms in ease of doing biz

The Centre on Wednesday said it has permitted Kerala to borrow an additional Rs 2,373 crore after the state successfully undertook 'ease of doing business' reforms

Budget 2021-22 wishlist: Here are the key challenges in power sector

The prices of short-term power traded on the power-exchanges remained steady over a moderate range (12%) during the year

Budget 2021: Experts seek urea price hike, I-T exemption for primary co-ops

CII seeks higher allocation for food processing schemes

A B Pandey to Krishnamurthy Subramanian: The team behind FM's Budget 2021

The FM will be assisted by a team of secretaries and advisors in making the Budget, here's the team behind it.

Pension regulator pitches for tax incentives in upcoming Budget 2021

The pension regulator also wants tax parity for employees of state governments and private companies with those of the central government in respect of contribution to the NPS