Budget 2021

Opinion

02 February, 2021

Is the budget vaccine shot a boon or bane for corporate M&As?

The initial verdict of the stock market and market participants seems to indicate that Finance Bill 2021 is indeed the ......

General

01 February, 2021

How angel, venture capital and private equity investors reacted to Budget 2021

Union Budget 2021 is out. This was going to be a crucial budget following a year of economic crisis, worst ......

TMT

01 February, 2021

Bouquets or brickbats? What technology companies, startups took away from Budget 2021

The latest union budget offered a major boost for the healthcare and digital payments sectors, as well as support to ......

Finance

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021: Government encourages on-shoring of AIFs at GIFT City

In an attempt to encourage on-shoring of financial services, India is turning Ahmedabad based Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City ......

Infrastructure

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021: Capex in spotlight; foreign loan bucks for InvITs and REITs

In the budget, the government sought to boost infrastructure as well as proposed debt financing of infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) ......

Finance

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021: Virus-boosted insurers get foreign tailwind; capital injection for PSBs

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced steps in the budget aimed at boosting the capital base of public sector banks and ......

TMT

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021: Added OPC, tax holiday, MSME benefits for startups

In a significant boost to startups, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government proposes to incentivize the incorporation ......

Healthcare

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021: Govt eyes healthcare ramp-up, ignores PE-favourite bulk drugs

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed a 137% increase in the government's spending on healthcare as it plans ......

Economy

01 February, 2021

India's FY22 fiscal deficit target slightly wider than expected: Moody's analyst

India's fiscal deficit target for 2021/22 is a little bit higher than expected, a Moody's analyst said on Monday, after ......

Finance

01 February, 2021

Budget 2021 Live Blog: All eyes on Sitharaman as India hopes for coronavirus bailout

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget today as prime minister Narendra Modi's government tries to bring the pandemic-hit ......