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Peering into 2021

Macroeconomics in 2021 will turn on consumer demand and firm resolution

Political economy of fiscal responsibility

The economy requires a fiscal battle plan and this, in turn, requires a fiscal responsibility framework

Budget 2021: Centre set to launch e-platform to sell non-core assets

Could help monetise assets worth Rs 10K cr

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine, promise of techno-nationalism & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Beyond Budget Headlines with AKB: Economic recovery and the tax challenge

What should Budget do to boost investment and spur economic recovery? Don't underestimate the importance of increasing investment, says Business Standard's in-house policy expert A K Bhattacharya

Beyond Budget Headlines: Govt should standardise income-tax rates, widen base

The year 2020 was no ordinary year and so the Budget 2021 will also not be an ordinary budget. We have had enough indication from the government that the public spending momentum will continue and fiscal deficit will not be a big cause of worry for the Finance Minister. But what should Budget do to boost investment and spur economic recovery? Don't underestimate the importance of increasing investment, says Business Standard's in-house policy expert A K Bhattacharya, as the demand recovery will require more investment to be made. Watch the fourth episode of our special pre-Budget video series, Beyond Budget Headlines with AKB, to also learn why shrinking tax base is a huge challenge and bank recapitalisation is the need of the hour.

Top headlines: Tata largest listed cos promoter; Budget to boost investment

From what CEOs expect from Budget 2021 to Tata Sons overtaking govt as largest promoter of listed companies, here are the top headlines for the day

2020, the year that was: Coronavirus shadow may not go anytime soon

Achieving a vaccine roll-out on a scale that social-distancing norms can be dispensed with can't be expected for most of 2021

India plans spending boost as govt tries to revive Covid-19 hit economy

Curbs imposed by the finance ministry on more than 80 government departments and ministries earlier in the year to preserve cash were relaxed this quarter

In search of a new fiscal road map

Budget 2021 must overhaul the existing FRBM Act to set feasible targets on deficit and debt

Two-wheeler industry hopeful of growth in Q4 but wary of Budget: HMSI

The farmers' agitation and Budget are "sort of dark clouds" as the two-wheeler industry is hoping for a low single-digit sales growth in Q4 of 2020-21 on the back of a low base of previous year

Seek harmony between budget allocation, asset monetisation: NHAI chairman

The idea is to welcome more private investment and boost the economy through highway construction, said Sandhu

In a rare move, Japan sells 80 tons of gold to fill budget hole

Saddled with public debt twice the size of its economy and tax revenues hit by the pandemic-induced recession, the finance ministry is under pressure to find non-tax revenues

FM Sitharaman holds pre-Budget consultations with top industrialists

Sitharaman has concluded a comprehensive review of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP) with the Secretaries of various Ministries/Departments

Towards Budget 2021-22

The budget-making exercise offers golden opportunities despite challenges

The country needs the rich too: Making a case for lower personal income tax

The forthcoming Budget, if it wants to rekindle growth on a sustained basis, must leave far more income in the hands of the rich and well-off than it does now

Govt collects Rs 72K-cr under Vivad Se Vishwas direct tax resolution scheme

A total of 45,855 declarations have been filed under Form 1 as on November 17 and declarations amount to Rs 31,734 crore

Industry bodies, experts to submit ideas on Budget 2021 via e-mail: FinMin

The Union Budget 2021-22 is expected to be tabled in Parliament on February 1

EU parliament, govts finalise 2021-2027 budget, £1.6 trn recovery package

The deal, which took almost four months to negotiate, now needs to be formally endorsed by EU governments and the European Parliament

Why the govt should stop assuming any revenue from disinvestment

The government is sitting on a pile of dross which has a veneer of gold and nobody wants the dross while the govt can't sell the gold