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TopicBudget 2019

Topic: Budget 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget wipes $30 billion off Indian stocks as doubts on tax linger

A higher surcharge on the super rich has spooked non-resident and overseas funds as it also applies to trusts used by foreign funds to invest.

Modi needs more than tax breaks to make India an investment hub

India lags behind ASEAN peers in winning over investors. Part of the reason is it’s harder to open and run a business in India than in Southeast Asia.

Bond traders raise questions over India’s revenue forecasts

IDFC First Bank Ltd. and Quantum Advisors say the revenue projections in the budget are too optimistic given slowing economic growth.

If it moves, tax it. That’s desperate, India

India is losing the fiscal plot with bureaucrats trying to marshal resources by squeezing taxpayers, foreign investors, firms planning buybacks and even the RBI.

Modi govt’s tax on stock buybacks puts brakes on a great year of share repurchases

The proposed tax may affect share purchases worth Rs 10,000 crore that are in progress.

Modi govt slashes funding for Iran’s Chabahar Port but is open to spending more if needed

The fund allocation for Chabahar Port in Iran, which India is developing, was slashed by more than half to Rs 45 crore from Rs 150 crore in this Union Budget.

Modi govt’s hike in duties on petrol & diesel unlikely to stop RBI from cutting rates

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s decision to raise duties on fuel is unlikely to threaten the inflation outlook, keeping alive expectation of more rate cuts.

Ruchir Sharma on why East Asia is no model for India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi on electing next Cong president

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Will India become a superpower? Not like this

India will recover from cyclical slowdown. But it isn't taking steps towards becoming a superpower or even a comfortable upper-middle income country.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s bahi-khata Budget kept one tradition alive: ignoring Dalits

An audit of 2019 Budget by a Dalit rights body reveals glaring cuts in SC/ST funds - many of those in schemes that directly benefit the communities.

On Camera

Don’t just blame Yunus for Tagore house destruction. Bangladesh radicalism goes way back

Yunus has been complicit in giving a free rein to the radical elements within Bangladesh since Sheikh Hasina’s exit. But it was Hasina’s nod to Hefazat-e-Islam that led to the spread of radicalism across Bangladesh.

More salaried than self-employed Indians earning less than Rs 25k a month face borrower stress—study

Think360.ai, a firm that helps banks & financial institutions make credit decisions, based its analysis on 20k borrowers. 

What are US ‘bunker buster’ bombs & stealth bombers than can strike Iran’s nuclear mountain

Both GBU-57 munition & B-2 stealth fighter is with America. Moreover, Israel does not have any aircraft in its inventory to carry out such a challenging mission.

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.