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Govt to scrap distinction between plan & non-plan expenditures in Budget

It would increase the focus on reducing the revenue deficit and enhancing capital spending

Infra spotlight: Little help from govt rejig of plan, non-plan expenditure

Despite wanting to, the government has managed to spend very little on capital account

Govt sees nominal GDP at 12.2% till FY25; assuming average inflation of 4%

The Centre's budgetary support as a percentage of nominal GDP is expected to grow from 0.74% in 2019-20 to 1.11% in 2024-25

Push for infrastructure

Financing projects will be the biggest challenge

Budget 2019: FM hikes Dept of Space outlay, pushes for commercialisation

New Space India Ltd, the commercial arm of Isro, gets a mention in Budget Speech

Slowdown set to worsen in 2020, but Budget may help turn the tide: CEO poll

Budget wish list: Income-tax cut, blueprint for investment push

What may lie ahead in 2020

Nobody can anticipate, let alone predict, what Mr Modi will do in 2020.

India Inc wants Centre to take more steps on ease of doing business

Industry representatives asked officials to "create more freedom for industry to perform"

Modi says India will emerge stronger from slowdown, urges investments

India, once the poster child of economic growth in the developing world, grew at the slowest pace in six years during the July-September quarter.

Telecom lobby meets Sitharaman, seeks help in meeting SC-ordered dues

Telecom companies owe the government Rs 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee, and another Rs 55,054 crore in outstanding spectrum usage charges.

India should maintain fiscal deficit; needs revenue mobilisation: Gopinath

India's consolidated deficit (the Centre and states combined) is the highest among the G20 nations, she added.

Do not want businesses to shut, will help revive: Sitharaman to India Inc

Addressing industry representatives, Sitharaman said India's macro-economic indicators were on a solid footing

MGNREGS wages to go up? Scheme likely to get Rs 10,000-cr push

To boost rural income, the government could raise the total MGNREGA Budget for 2020-21 to Rs 70,000 crore. In 2019-20 (FY20), it was Rs 60,000 crore

Quality mid-caps can outperform next year: Mirae Asset's Swarup Mohanty

As economic growth bottoms out, liquidity stays benign, corporate earnings pick up and risk aversion diminishes, we expect the valuation discount of mid-caps to narrow vis a vis large-caps in CY20

PM Modi chairs first meeting of Cabinet Committee on Investment & Growth

The panel has four other members -- Home Minister Amit Shah, Highways and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce & Railways Minister Piyush Goyal

IMF raises questions over methodology to calculate GDP growth in India

IMF also said there were weaknesses in the deflation method used to derive value added. Deflators are used to convert GDP at current prices to constant prices

IMF cautions India against fiscal stimulus, says govt should go for reforms

The Budget projected the Centre's fiscal deficit to come down to 3.3 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019-20 against 3.4 per cent a year ago

Cabinet approves Rs 2,400 cr for developing tourism infrastructure

Under the scheme, launched in January 2015, 15 circuits have been identified for development

Top 10 biz headlines: NBFC slowdown, RBI to flag bad loans, and more

From Airtel's prepaid recharge to Budget 2020, here are the top 10 business headlines for the day

Reviving economic growth

The IMF has some useful suggestions