budget

General

08 January, 2021

Grapevine: PEs eye stake in GVK Biosciences; FirstCry early investors may sell shares

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, Goldman Sachs, and global PE firm Carlyle are competing to acquire around 30% stake in Hyderabad-based contract ......

Economy

01 February, 2020

Budget 2020: Tax changes and other main highlights

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had her task cut out for the Budget, with the government estimating economic growth this ......

Markets

31 January, 2020

Nifty, Sensex close lower ahead of Budget; energy stocks lead losses

Indian shares gave up early gains to settle lower on Friday, dragged down by energy stocks, a day ahead of ......

Finance

17 December, 2019

Govt may cut capital gains tax, personal income tax rates in budget

The government is likely to trim personal income tax rates and cut the tax on long-term capital gains from equity ......

Economy

23 August, 2019

Govt rolls back super-rich tax on foreign portfolio investors, local institutions, HNIs

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the reversal of a Budget proposal to levy higher surcharge on capital gains ......

Opinion

16 July, 2019

How the Budget aims to facilitate M&As, boost fundraising for new-age startups

Laying down the vision for a $5 trillion economy, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several proposals in the Budget ......

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 ......

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 ......

Economy

29 March, 2019

India's April-February fiscal deficit at 134% of target for 2018-19

India's April-February fiscal deficit touched 8.51 trillion rupees ($123.07 billion), or 134.2 percent of the budgeted target for the current ......

Finance

23 January, 2019

Govt may aim to raise $11 bn from divestment in FY20

The Indian government is likely to seek to raise about 800 billion rupees ($11.21 billion) through the sale of state-owned ......