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2 tax regimes after Budget: Which one to choose if you claim exemptions

Experts say paying tax has now become very person-specific. Each taxpayer will have to study the situation and decide whether to opt for the new regime or not

Small Bang theory: Irrational expectations, and uneventful Budget

Modi likes the budget to be a low-key, routine, annual statement of accounts. Big bang announcements can be made through the year, when it suits his politics

Steps in Budget should help lift India Inc's optimism: Edelweiss Group CEO

The finance minister wants to encourage people to move from savings to consumption

Nirmala Sitharaman's second Budget is a missed chance for the markets

Expectations of a growth stimulus have been belied

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's second Budget is falling short of expectation

The government should have increased allocations to the MGNREGA, PM-KISAN and rural infrastructure to raise incomes in rural areas

Budget 2020: Has FM Sitharaman done enough to address the slowdown?

It appears to incentivise consumption but also puts hurdles in its path

Budget 2020: E&Y analyses movement of stocks, gives key reasons behind it

Benefit of reduced corporate tax rate of 15% extended to newly set up domestic companies engaged in power generation

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Balancing act or leap of faith?

FM fights shrinking fiscal space by increasing non-tax revenue, freezing growth in subsidies

Budget positive for market, will wait to see Monday reaction: FM Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman told the media she was confident of the divestment process gaining pace in the next six months

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020 is a disappointment at many levels

We may well end up with the same budgetary mess that we have experienced this year

15th Finance Commission report: Devolution for FY20-21 cut marginally

Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Centre had decided to "substantially" accept the recommendations of the 15th FC but did not indicate which recommendations it has accepted

Fiscal rectitude or spending push? Budget attempts both, but half-heartedly

If more expenditure in the rural economy is the need of the hour to revive demand, it is debatable if such tax giveaways could have waited till GDP growth picks up a little

Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra's take on the best and worst things in Budget

To trigger creativity in cinema, the making of films has to become cheaper too

Budget has many measures, but growth revival needs more strategic thinking

Budget has a large number of measures, but they are useful in the small

Budget 2020 in 2 minutes: Fiscal deficit target, income tax rates, and more

The personal income tax has been simplified and reduced. Individuals will have to pay tax at the reduced rate of 10% for incomes of Rs 5-7.5 lakh, against the current rate of 20%

Budget 2020: Scheme on I-T disputes won't cheer Vodafone and Cairn Energy

At present, there are 483,000 direct tax cases pending in various appellate forums i.e. Commissioner (Appeals), ITAT, High Court, and Supreme Court.

Textile designer K Radharaman's take on the best and worst things in Budget

The finance minister has been lucky that she is not presenting the Budget in the midst of the election season, this is a balanced Budget nevertheless

Budget: Telecom, auto sectors stay in stress zone with no direct relief

All three sectors had lobbied hard but the Budget did not offer any respite

Budget 2020: Fiscal deficit targets based on unrealistic assumptions

Achieving 10 per cent nominal growth and 1.2x gross tax revenue buoyancy appears stretched

Fashion stylist Prasad Bidapa's take on the best and worst things in Budget

It is likely that this Budget will help farmers in particular as it offers good incentives for the agriculture sector