Budget 2019

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: A trillion-dollar push for infrastructure investment

In a massive push for boosting infrastructure, the Union government announced on Friday that it intends to invest Rs 100 ......

Finance

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: How India Inc. reacted to Modi 2.0's first financial road map

Expectations were high as Nirmala Sitharaman took the podium to present the first Union Budget on Friday following the Narendra ......

Finance

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Tighter FY20 fiscal deficit target challenging to achieve, says Moody's

India’s decision to slightly lower its fiscal deficit target for 2019/20 is a step in the right direction but will ......

Finance

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: RBI to get more powers; NBFCs receive a lifeline

The government will give greater power to the central bank to regulate mortgage lenders and non-banking financial companies, as it ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Healthcare sector left wanting more despite sizeable increase in outlay

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday nearly tripled the allocation for India's universal healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat and ramped ......

Manufacturing

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Electric vehicles get big push, tax policy to boost Make In India

The central government on Friday said it would provide income-tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on the interest paid on ......

Premium

Finance

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: PE, VC investors get a boost; angel tax norms eased

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed on Friday a bunch of tax incentives to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and cleared the ......

Infrastructure

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Affordable housing push continues amid steps to boost credit

Tax breaks for affordable housing and efforts to boost credit were among the key takeaways for the real estate sector ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Highlights

Expectations were high as Nirmala Sitharaman took the podium to present the first Union budget on Friday following the Narendra ......

Markets

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: New KYC norms for foreign investors, higher public holding limits on cards

The central government on Friday proposed several capital market measures such as relaxing know-your-customer (KYC) norms for foreign portfolio investors ......