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With the pandemic taking a toll on many businesses and many salaried employees losing their jobs, all eyes are on the upcoming budget. The list of expectations is huge considering that many sectors have fallen prey to the pandemic. However, below are some of them that I believe should be addressed on priority: 1) With […]
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The government and RBI have been monitoring the impact of the pandemic on the economy and have taken several steps to support the economy in a timely manner. We feel the 2021 Union Budget will be important to revive growth. The following areas are likely to get a growth push: — Ramping up infrastructure development […]
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur and senior officials of the Finance Ministry on January 23 participated in the symbolic ‘Halwa Ceremony’ that marks the beginning of compilation of budget documents. Unlike the past, the voluminous budget documents will not be printed this year following the COVID-19 protocol […]
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New Delhi: The upcoming budget must build on recent reforms in labour and education and the government should continue to provide policy as well as financial support for skilling to ensure that the workforce in India is future ready, say HR experts. The scale of provisions under the Digital India mission and the Skill India […]
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Mumbai: The budget must redirect the government focus in resolving demand-side issues by moving away from fixing supply side problem which has been the focus since March when the pandemic began to pummel the economy, says a report. The pandemic induced lockdowns resulted in the economy tanking 23.9% in the June quarter but made a […]
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New Delhi: About 50% of the industry respondents feel that the upcoming Union Budget will revive their business, while a vast majority are optimistic about economic recovery and demand growth, according to a Deloitte survey. While some respondents also feel that raising the tax exemption limit for individuals will boost private consumption and investment, about […]
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Once again, we have come to the budget season. There will be endless debates on what the Finance Minister should or should not do. It might be more constructive to look at the trends we have seen over the last few years. Knowing the trend can give us more certainty over what is likely to […]
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As the Budget day nears, people’s expectation from the most important policy document also rises. The budget comes with several terms which may be difficult to understand for the layman. Here, Money9 tries to simplify the terms used in the budget. Hence, our readers can refer to the budget dictionary that we have curated to […]