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Budget Byte: Bad year for PSUs may impact dividend payout to govt

Though the stock market touched new highs in 2020, the PSU index was late to the party, and has barely recovered to January 2020 levels

Will Covid-19 impact on informal sector disrupt GDP estimates in FY21?

While the informal sector has been affected more severely than the formal, it is also resilient and can revive quickly, say experts

Budget Byte: Export needs budgetary support for overall economic growth

Strategic incentives through the Budget may help boost exports.

Budget Byte: How GST collections and share of central scheme alter spending

While the actual expenditure on centrally sponsored schemes was more than the Budget estimate for FY17 and FY18, the target remained unmet in FY19 and FY20 (revised estimate)

Statsguru: Bank lending in the slow lane amid Covid-19 pandemic

In a period of slowing credit growth, only PSUs have sequentially borrowed more, and that too, only from private banks

Budget Byte: Farmer income support nears target, but gap remains

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Budget Byte: Can the GDP fall increase Budgetary share of defence forces?

Due to a contraction in the economy, defence spend as a share of GDP has risen in the first half of this year, touching the mark of 2%

Budget Byte: Borrowing to boost spending but debt will bother govt

Even before Covid-19 struck the economy, government was borrowing at a rate that was very close to the nominal GDP growth

Budget Byte: Disinvestment way behind target of Rs 2.1 trillion, again

This daily series of graphs provides context on some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Mutual Funds and FPIs were among the biggest traders of govt debt in 2020

While they hold no more than 5% of GOI debt stock jointly, their buying and selling stood out in 2020, when Centre and state govts expanded their market borrowing plans

Economists ask Modi govt to be more outward-looking in upcoming Budget

Economists suggested how to bring growth back to normal. That was the dominant theme discussed, sources said.

Budget Byte: How far will fuel excise duty help govt's fiscal plans?

Though high priced than before, petrol and diesel consumption came back to pre-Covid levels in recent months

Budget Byte: What Sitharaman may have planned for subsidies in Budget

A lot of Budgetary funds get saved on subsidies in March, as off-Budget small savings replace them. It remains to be seen how it goes this year

Fall in food prices helps retail inflation ease to 4.6% in December

After a year of high inflation-low growth, a sharp dip in food inflation tames the headline number

Budget Byte: Agriculture as a bright spot for Union Budget 2021-22

Gross value added by agriculture did not dip in 2020-21; rather, it was the only sector that showed growth

Budget Byte: National Small Savings Fund to facilitate off-Budget spending?

What began with food security, off-Budget financing now caters heavily to a range of core spending areas

Budget Byte: Will the states finally get their full share of tax revenue?

The report of 15th Finance Commission, which will be released along with the Budget, will pave way for tax revenue sharing in coming years

Budget Byte: Post-pandemic Budget will need to focus on ignored sectors

MSMEs, education, India's police forces might need more support in the coming year to realign their development and spending goals

Statsguru: Recovery uneven, but upturns expected in banking, construction

Construction may grow at 4.4 per cent in H2 - significantly better compared to other major sectors. If this really happens, it could help reverse the job losses in the informal sector to some extent

India's GDP may contract 7.7% in FY21: First advance estimates

Biggest contraction since 1952; investments may decline by 14.5%