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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicBudget 2020

Topic: Budget 2020

Mattoo on Pandits’ Kashmir problem, R Ramachandran praises Constitution, 3 faults in GST

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

Investors are hoping Nirmala Sitharaman will scrap long-term capital gains tax in budget

Removal of the long-term capital gains tax & measures to boost consumption are high on equity investors’ wish list from budget.

Ashok Desai asks FM to restore RBI’s freedom, Soumya Ghosh for a ‘credible’ Budget 2020

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

Here’s how 5 ‘winners’ from Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget fared

From banks to farmers to the property market, the gains from Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget in July haven’t yet panned out as expected.

Nirmala Sitharaman expected to ease rules to help companies boost foreign borrowings

Modi govt may make it easier for companies to tap foreign funding, as a prolonged cash squeeze makes it tough for firms to borrow at home.

Ex-Delhi CP K K Paul backs crowd control, Suresh Babu on why Make in India failed

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

Remove GST bottlenecks, boost rural spending among BJP’s 150 suggestions for Budget 2020

BJP leaders met nearly 200 organisations, sectoral representatives and macroeconomists, and made suggestions to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The 4 priorities for Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2020

Finance minister needs to deliver an expansionary budget that can help revive demand, and there are a few things that can help her boost the Indian economy.

No annual BCCI contract a clear hint, Dhoni should take it and hang his gloves

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Time for India to come clean on fiscal deficit numbers: Ex-finance secretary Subhash Garg

Subhash Chandra Garg says real fiscal deficit could reach 5% of GDP after including off-budget liabilities, so there’s no space for an expansionary budget.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.