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Sunday, November 9, 2025
TopicBudget 2019

Topic: Budget 2019

Indian Navy says budget barely meets requirements, wants more funds for modernisation

The Navy has highlighted its high daily operative costs, maintenance of assets and the training of naval staff to seek more funds.

India can achieve Modi’s $5 trillion economy target via private investment: Economic Survey

The Economic Survey has also called for the creation of an 'economic policy uncertainty index' to encourage domestic and foreign investments.

Economic Survey fix for Modi govt’s jobs crisis — labour reforms, end perks for MSMEs

Economic Survey by CEA Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian says encouraging private investment will also help in creating rather than displacing jobs.

Economic Survey projects optimistic 7% growth although slowdown shows no signs of abating

Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian expects a stable macro-economy in the current fiscal with an increase in rural demand.

BJP manifesto provides a clue about what Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget will look like

When Modi came to power in 2014, Arun Jaitley’s first budget reflected the BJP’s manifesto promises. Expect much the same this time.

Funds shrinking, Army wants Budget 2019 to make special allowance for GST, customs duties

All three services have to currently pay customs duty as well as GST on defence imports.

Budget 2019 expected to spur consumption and infrastructure, Indian fund managers say

These are the views of wealth and alternative investment managers on opportunities in the Indian market ahead of Friday’s budget.

Budget is Modi’s big chance to boost India’s waning economy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to boost spending and provide tax relief to consumers in her maiden budget on Friday.

Fear of inheritance tax looms large, India’s super rich are looking to set up trusts

Inheritance tax was abolished in 1985. But fearing its return, rich professionals and businessmen are flocking to tax consultants to set up trusts to avoid the tax.

Modi govt needs to first get its budget numbers right

Modi & his finance ministry will have to avoid being mocked for untrustworthy sums & hidden spending before seeking praise for fiscal rectitude.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.