Budget 2024 touches many issues, but not in any depth or with significant impact. Employment incentives are misguided; income tax changes are marginal. Most substance was reserved for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. By abandoning privatisation and increasing taxes on capital gains, the message is clear: socialism is here to stay.
‘Business as usual’ approach to INS Brahmaputra accident could result in more such disasters
The INS Brahmaputra accident points to glaring safety lapses at the naval dockyard, which has seen big accidents in the past too. It is a shame for any navy to lose its capital assets in peacetime. A ‘business as usual’ approach could result in more such disasters in the future.
The one Budget that changed the fate lines on the palms of Indians was in 1991. No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come. One may not be around in 2047 to welcome Vikasit Bharat.