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TopicBudget 2018

Topic: Budget 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley finally sees value in blockchain. Here’s what he should also know

Arifa Khan -
In his Budget speech the Finance Minister has said he sees value in blockchain. But there's a lot that most people don't know about blockchain.

Middle of Nowhere Class: When just 2.56% pay 100% of India’s income tax & govt wants more

Shekhar Gupta -
Governments treat the middle classes rudely and squeeze taxes out of them as they are the usual suspects – without lobbies or electoral power.

The Modi govt is going to spend Rs 150 cr on the Mahatma’s 150th birthday

Nandita Singh -
Union Budget 2018-19 has allocated funds for the commemoration programme that a committee is expected to finalise. 

The government has announced higher farm prices, but has also bought time

Siraj Hussain -
There’s no easy solution; and instead of making a promise, Jaitley has announced that NITI Aayog will draft a policy after consulting the states.

Will linking MSP with cost really have any benefits? No, say farmers & experts

Chitleen K Sethi -
Farmers' bodies and experts say the key to any benefit to farmers lies in how the production cost or the cost of cultivation is calculated.

The budget was insipid, lacked courage, and the math was all fuzzy

Praveen Chakravarty -
The budgeted expenditure doesn’t account for various schemes & announcements that have been made, such as the increase in MSP or the healthcare coverage scheme.

Modicare is not a jumla. There are too many ‘buts’ though

Shailaja Chandra -
The concern with the health protection scheme is whether the insurance companies would make it worthwhile for hospitals to extend services easily.

The great balancing act by Jaitley on social and fiscal fronts

A K Bhattacharya -
The big relief is that Arun Jaitley's fifth budget largely steers clear of the many traps that ensnare budgets before a series of big elections.

The Budget for 2018-19 will be forgotten within a week

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan -
Large chunks of the budget speech will, however, resurface in the BJP's election manifesto. Modi & Jaitley have also given their candidates many talking...

What India’s industrialists thought about Budget 2018

Priyamvada Grover -
The general consensus is that while the Budget is slightly populist, it's good that it focuses on healthcare rather than handing out sops.
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New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Javaria Rana -
Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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