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Slowdown, Covid? Modi govt’s revenue receipt estimates off by 10% or more since FY19

Nikhil Rampal - 3 February, 2023

Increased funds for school education budget should address Covid learning loss, say educationists

Where Budget 2023 excels—fiscal prudence to reviewing ‘Covid spending’

FY24 Budget shows policy continuity amid fiscal uncertainty. But path ahead not easy

Budget 2023 energising debates on defence spending but Indian police left begging

+TFP Praveen Swami - 2 February, 2023

For years, experts have argued the case for rethinking the Centre-state relationship regarding the police. The time to debate police financing is running out.

Budget 2023 takes a leap in reducing India’s fiscal deficit

Mukesh Butani - 2 February, 2023

Measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2023 are clearly not populist, which has been the convention.

Some hits and misses for India’s agricultural sector in Budget 2023

Shweta Saini - 2 February, 2023

A dedicated fund for start-ups in rural India is a much-needed thrust but Budget 2023 has unexpectedly slashed allocation to the agriculture ministry and reduced funds for MGNREGA by 33%.

How the new tax regime encourages long-term savings like Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Soumya Kanti Ghosh - 2 February, 2023

The transition to a new tax regime will be a smart move by existing taxpayers in search of simplicity and more disposable income.

Budget 2023: An election-year bonus for the super-rich. No, Modi govt hasn’t lost it

Shekhar Gupta - 1 February, 2023

See the political messaging in this budget. It is an uncluttered continuation from last year and is a statement of confidence, bordering on overconfidence.

Budget 2023: Coming up, 100 5G labs to develop applications — smart classrooms to healthcare

Yuthika Bhargava - 1 February, 2023

Labs will be set up in engineering institutions, says FM. She also announces relief in customs duty on import of certain phone components.

Budget 2023: MEA gets much less than parliamentary panel wanted. But chair says ‘satisfactory’

Pia Krishnankutty - 1 February, 2023

Less than 2 months ago, panel chaired by BJP MP P P Chaudhary had recommended more than doubling allocation to foreign ministry, to 1% from 0.44% of overall budget.

Budget 2023: Green push for auto sector — funds for scrapping old govt vehicles, cheaper EVs

Yuthika Bhargava - 1 February, 2023

No import duty on machinery required to manufacture lithium-ion cells for batteries used in EVs, specific budgetary allocation for scrapping & replacing old govt vehicles.

Budget 2023: Govt introduces startup fund for young agri-entrepreneurs, idea long pushed by RSS

Madhuparna Das - 1 February, 2023

Agriculture Accelerator Fund aims to bring 'innovative & affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers' and modern technologies to increase productivity & profitability.

Budget 2023 for tech sector: Digital India funds slashed, PAN ‘common identifier’, KYCs simplified

Anupriya Chatterjee - 1 February, 2023

Sitharaman's 'technology-driven' also pushed for access to anonymised data, DigiLocker expansion & job creation through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0.

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FY23’s positive GDP data hides worrying trends: Weak consumption, sustained slump...

TN Ninan - 3 June, 2023

It should be cause for worry that, by latest quarter, agriculture had become 25% bigger than manufacturing. This is the exact opposite of what 'Make in India' intended.