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Budget 2019: Higher excise, cess raise fuel prices by Rs 2 per litre

Crude prices have fallen from around $71.34 a barrel in 2018 to $66 a barrel this year

FM surprises with cutback in fisc target; nominal GDP expected to grow 12%

Nominal GDP expected to grow 12% YoY

Make in India, clean energy dictate customs & excise duty changes in Budget

Government expects 19 per cent growth in Customs collection

Budget 2019: Tax benefit may attract retail investors to government ETFs

If one compares returns, the two public-sector ETFs have done better over the past year, but the ELSS category has done better over the trailing three and five years

Sitharaman reduces FY20 GST collection estimate by 13% to Rs 6.63 trillion

Sitharaman slashes FY20 forecasts by 13% from Goyal's February Budget Estimates

Budget 2019: A comparison with tax rates in advanced economies unjustified

The NPS exemption has been increased to 60% as promised earlier

Budget 2019: Sitharaman extends capital gains benefits for entrepreneurs

The government had introduced Section 54GB in FY13

Continuity and follow-through

The main emphasis of the speech is on the expansion of existing programmes and the initiation of new programmes

Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra's take on the best and worst things in Budget 2019

Employment needs to be rethought because mechanisation is going to lead to fewer jobs

Union Budget 2019: Tax hike on rich will also hurt global companies

Tax experts said that in FY17 around 80,000 people had reported incomes of over Rs 1 crore

Budget 2019: A confidence boost for NBFCs, says L&T Finance MD & CEO

The policy thrust on providing parity between scheduled banks and NBFCs in their tax treatment is a welcome move

Unrealistic revenue projections

In all probability, the end of the year will see the same jugglery with the subsidy payments that we saw this year to keep the deficit figure on target

Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2019

A snapshot of the key numbers released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2019

Budget 2019: Govt allots Rs 4.3 trn for defence, down to nearly 2% of GDP

Defence spending is falling in percentage terms even though all military purchases are now subject to GST

MUDRA to SHGs: Budget 2019 boosts women's start-ups and rural business

The budgetary allocation to flagship schemes for women has seen a rise this year

Budget 2019: In a first, India to issue sovereign bonds in global market

By issuing the bonds, however, the government will have to manage its policies extremely well

Repair and reform

On the whole, the finance minister has done remarkably well to trim the fiscal deficit to 3.3 per cent of GDP

Model tenancy law to soon replace 'archaic' rental laws: Sitharaman

The new policy is aimed at alleviating housing shortage in urban areas by encouraging renting of homes

Govt sets record disinvestment target of Rs 1.05 trn selling PSU stakes

While strategic sale will entail outright privatisation in some CPSEs, the government's direct holding can be brought down below 51 per cent but the effective control will remain with the government

Sitharaman picks fiscal discipline over calls for stimulus to economy

Sitharaman will be relying on an ambitious revenue target to narrow the deficit as the government reins in spending: she plans to increase taxes on the wealthy, raise duties on gold and gasoline