FM Sitharaman skipped injecting fresh capital into Indian lenders for the first time since 2014. Instead, govt will sell stakes in 2 financial firms to raise cash.
Government is banking on NSSF, market and investors. But if any of these don’t play as per the script, then financing of fiscal deficit will become challenging.
The underlying assumption in the Budget’s economic strategy is that the Indian economy appears to have bottomed out and is expected to pick up in 2020-21.
To boost the startup ecosystem, Budget 2020 proposes to ease the burden of taxation on the employees by deferring the tax payment on ESOPs of startups.
What was sorely needed from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was that she deliver a 'historic' Budget 2020. But Indians got a 'history' budget instead.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Elementary Watson! When the govt. sucks away the money intended for public lending. the poor private corporations are out of source for their need.Net result is an economy with incompetent and inefficient public sector (BSNL, Air India) and cash poor industries run by the Private sector. That India is, well, not a working model.
Elementary Watson! When the govt. sucks away the money intended for public lending. the poor private corporations are out of source for their need.Net result is an economy with incompetent and inefficient public sector (BSNL, Air India) and cash poor industries run by the Private sector. That India is, well, not a working model.