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Real estate developers hope budget proposals can ease liquidity crunch

The Budget, presented last Friday, provided Rs 70,000 crore for recapitalisation of public sector banks

Letter to BS: India needs a predictable, stable, moderate rate of taxation

Finance Ministers proposal of taxing the rich might be sound in principle but fails on the grounds of fairness and equity

Budget 2019: Full text of the Finance Bill as tabled in Lok Sabha

Here is the full text of the Finance Bill as tabled by the first full-time woman finance minister of the country Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2019: Full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill tabled in LS

Here is the full text of the memorandum of the finance bill tabled in Lok Sabha

Budget 2019: Slew of measures to give push to digital payments adoption

Govt has proposed no charge or merchant discount rate for companies with over Rs 50 cr turnover accepting payments digitally

No, domestic demand alone won't induce foreign investors to come to India

Thinking India can induce enough private investment just because of the size of its market is a big mistake

Devaluing Budgets

What is remarkable about Budget 2019-20 is that it does not even make the pretence to be the financial statement the Constitution enjoins it to be

Budget to encourage more launches in affordable housing segment

Budget has proposed an additional deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh for interest paid on loans borrowed up to end-March, 2020 for purchase of an affordable house, valued up to 45 lakh

Taxing the super-rich

India needs a predictable, stable, and moderate rate of taxation

A push too hard

Digital payment mandates should be avoided

No clarification over FPI surcharge needed at present, says FM Sitharaman

There is no apparent basis to tax FPIs organised in different legal forms

Explained: Why off-Budget borrowings fall a statistical illusion

Internal and extra budgetary resources (IEBR) have been pegged at Rs 5.37 trillion for FY20 in the Budget Estimates (BE) against Rs 6.13 trillion in the RE for FY19

FPI surcharge makes markets see red; Sensex posts biggest fall in 9 months

Most global equities fell sharply after the strong US job data cast doubts

Budget impact: Exports may be counted as local sourcing for retail

Allowing sourcing through a third party or group companies is yet another concession

Leather industry fears supply crunch with export duty cut on raw hide

The move would adversely affect leather value chain from tanning to finished goods, especially at a time when finished leather exports were already down, it says

Union Budget 2019: States to get smaller share in tax revenue, funds

According to Finance Commission formula, 42% of the divisible pool of tax revenue collected by the Centre has to be distributed to states

Nirmala Sitharaman allots 4.91% of budget to women-specific schemes

Figures hoisted by housing, gas connection schemes

Financial system's liquidity is in 'huge' surplus, says RBI governor

Das said the central bank will provide a backup "if individual banks require additional liquidity"

Budget 2019: Tax reforms and sops must for plane leasing, say analysts

At present, a draft bill has been moved to give primacy to aircraft repossession rules over all other existing laws

Budget's Rs 100 trn infra investments to buoy domestic steel use: Icra

Plan to build 19.5 mn rural houses over next three years will also strengthen steel consumption, ratings agency says in its Budget analysis