Page 5 - Union Budgets

CPI needs rejig

But MPC has reasons to not ignore headline inflation

Street signs: Traders eye Budget, Damani effect on stocks, and more

Derivatives traders are deploying strategies to profit from huge swings in stock prices typically seen on the day of the Union Budget

Stop the protectionist trend

Budget should reverse two-year slide towards closed economy

A Budget for expenditure

After the rollout of GST, budgets are not awaited with the same excitement as earlier by India Inc. But Budget 2020 will be different

Govt, Sebi spar over transfer of surplus funds as Budget 2020 nears

In 2009, FinMin proposed to move regulators' reserves into public account. These accounts were finally opened in 2013-14. However, no funds have been deposited in it so far

Budget 2020: Pradhan hopes for signal on ATF, natural gas inclusion in GST

5 commodities namely crude oil, natural gas, petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) were kept out of GST's purview given the revenue dependence of state governments on these sectors

Budget 2020: FinMin seeks industry inputs on direct, indirect tax changes

'Views may be supplemented and justified by relevant statistical information about the production, prices, revenue implication of the changes suggested'

Budget numbers indeed look challenging to achieve: DSP MF's Saurabh Bhatia

Whilst the noise on feasibility of budget numbers and risks on sovereign borrowing would persist in the near term, the budget outcome has certainly eased the job for RBI MPC to ease rates further

Budget 2019: Fiscally responsible with a reforms thrust, but protectionist

The finance minister's revenue efforts represent a mix of progressive taxation, dipping into the petroleum sector for collecting more taxes and growing protectionism

A new-old approach

Survey skilfully marshals fresh arguments for timeless policy

Letter to BS: Deepening of corporate bonds will stabilise market

What could be troubling the market is the unknown quantum of public spending via borrowings, which are but sovereign liabilities, beyond the Rs 7 trillion fiscal gap

State Budgets for 2018-19 show a healthy recovery on fiscal deficit front

Just seven years ago, in 2011-12, the Union Budget size was bigger than the state Budgets