Page 382 - Budget 2026 News
Measure & Impact: Disinvestment
Legislative and administrative changes to sort out pending tax demands under dispute and litigation
 "Measure & Impact: Disinvestment")
Measure & Impact: Markets
Single demat account, uniform KYC norms proposed
 "Measure & Impact: Markets")
Measure & Impact: Skill Development
5 more IITs, IIMs in the country; allocation Rs 500 cr
 "Measure & Impact: Skill Development")
Measure & Impact: Manufacturing
Plan 6 more textile clusters with Rs 200 cr allocation
 "Measure & Impact: Manufacturing")
 "Finance Bill: Mixed tidings")
 "First BDay gain in four years")
 "StatsGuru: Decoding the big changes in this Budget")
 "StatsGuru: How markets reacted to the Budget")
Sajjid Z Chinoy: India's Budget - Why execution is so important this year
Whether the Budget's public investment thrust will pay off will depend crucially on line-item execution
Parthasarathi Shome: 2015-16 - a Union Budget with sense and sensibility
The real challenge is delivery
Omkar Goswami: Budget - Excellent, yet tough
The Budget is excellent in terms of direction. But it is tough and needs systematically careful execution
Think tanks: Budget's numbers, fiscal path still suspect
Under the old GDP series, quarterly output had been declining, but under the new series it was increasing
 "Think tanks: Budget's numbers, fiscal path still suspect")
For the armed forces, Budget brings no cheer
The allocation of Rs 94,588 cr for capital investment in 2015-16 is woefully short of the total investment plan of Rs 20 lakh cr of the army, navy and air force
 "For the armed forces, Budget brings no cheer")
Devangshu Datta: The bittersweet Budget
Despite populist rhetoric and promises, the Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues
 "Devangshu Datta: The bittersweet Budget")
A K Bhattacharya: Managing the 'state' of affairs
The Centre must ensure that its vision of cooperative federalism does not result in a rapid rise in social and economic inequality among states
All services will not attract Swachh Bharat cess
Cess upto 2% will be levied on select services depending on the funds needed
 "All services will not attract Swachh Bharat cess")
Analysts see monetisable value of REITs at over $96 bn
But say govt needs to clear tax-related issues to make REITs successful
 "Analysts see monetisable value of REITs at over $96 bn")
Developers in no mood to embrace REITs despite Budget sops
Say there is no clarity on MAT and dividend distribution tax
 "Developers in no mood to embrace REITs despite Budget sops")