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Statsguru: Economic Survey sets the tone for most awaited Union Budget

The Survey batted for a bold fiscal expansion to make the economic recovery more broad-based

Fiscal activism

Govt should tread carefully on this path

10 terms you should track and decipher in the Budget 2021-22 document

Experts say the terms mirror the govt's intentions, priorities and policies and provide a hint of financial resources among various sectors

Major economic legislations to be considered during Budget Session

The Centre has lined up an intensive legislative agenda with over 20 bills for the Budget Session of Parliament

Flashbacks: Here're some key facts about Union Budget that will amaze you

From 1955-56, Budget papers began to be printed in Hindi as well.

Budget for the victims: Some silent crises for Ms Sitharaman to address

A consumption boost through continued pay-outs for another year to those at the bottom of the pyramid, and still more money for the employee guarantee scheme should be in order, writes T N Ninan

Budget likely to increase food subsidy allocation by 4%-6% for 2021/22

Budget will be presented on February 1

Shift focus from consumer price-based inflation to core inflation: Survey

The economic survey forms a basis for the Union Budget

Investment in infra essential to growth boost, says Economic Survey 2020-21

The Survey emphasised that the year after the crisis will require sustained and calibrated measures to facilitate the process of economic recovery

Exporters urge FM to increase R&D spends, reduce taxes in budget

The budget will be presented on February 1

BPCL, IRCTC: 5 PSU stocks to include in your portfolio ahead of Budget 2021

PSU stocks like IRCTC, BPCL, RCF, and RITES have not seen aggressive selling pressure. A small recovery may see a strong bullishness going forward

Past failures on spending targets dampen India's 2021 budget hopes

While increasing public expenditure is key to revive the economy from the pandemic-induced slump, falling tax revenues mean Sitharaman will have thin resources

Beyond Budget Headlines: What the key elements of FM's speech mean to us

Given that the FM has already said that this will be extraordinary Budget, all eyes will be on how she allocates the resources to the most pressing needs of the present time

Beyond headlines: The various elements of the Budget & what they mean to us

Any new tax in budget could hurt India's recovery, warn economists

A so-called Covid cess shouldn't be announced because the economy is still normalising after a strict and vast lockdown, Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura Holdings, said on Thursday

High stakes as India vows to present a Budget like 'never before'

Total spending plan for next fiscal may surpass last year's Rs 30.4 trn, with focus likely on expanding a jobs guarantee program to cities and increasing allocation on education, housing, and health

Budget 2021 to be a tougher balancing act than India's other annual Budgets

A combination of stepped-up social spending - including on long-neglected healthcare - and a state-led infrastructure push will make the recovery both durable and inclusive

'Dream Budget' to 'Millennium Budget': Here're India-specific snippets

Budget 1997-98 reduced corporate tax rates; and encouraged higher investment from FIIs

Realtors seek tax sops, industry & infra status for sector in Budget

Real estate developers expect the government to provide industry as well as infrastructure status for the sector, increase the corpus of Rs 25,000-crore stress fund, and more tax sops for both homebuyers and builders in the upcoming Budget to boost property demand. They also hope for single-window clearance for projects, measures to boost liquidity, reduction in the GST rates and availability of input tax credit on the GST paid in the Budget 2021-22, which will be presented on February 1. "We sincerely hope that Budget 2021 brings some much-needed relief to homebuyers as well as developers," Tata Realty and Infrastructure MD & CEO Sanjay Dutt said. As the sector's growth relies heavily on the upcoming financial amendments, he said the government should grant industry status to the real estate sector and a single-window clearance mechanism for faster completion of projects. "One GST, one or no stamp duty regime and reduction in registration charges across states are some of the ...

Good economics is good politics, this Budget will be game changer: BJP

BJP said the Budget will usher in a new era of economic growth in the country