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Statsguru: A decline in growth poses risks to govt's fiscal forecast

While tax collections provided some reprieve, the government seems to be consistently underperforming on the disinvestment side.

Best of BS Opinion: Prioritising expenditure, moving on infra agenda & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday

States to get Rs 15,000 cr more from Centre to boost capital expenditure

This is in the wake of the economy facing headwinds on account of a second Covid wave

Govt to provide Rs 15,000 crore to states for capital expenditure

This is an interest-free 50-year loan for spending on capital projects.

60% of govt 'spending spree' inevitably goes towards committed outlay

With schemes like MGNREGA and cash support via PM-KISAN given priority in allocation from the remainder, govt is forced to dip into capital receipts from disinvestment and borrow from the market

Best of BS Opinion: For whom Covid bell tolls, Defending pvt sector & more

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

Balkrishna Ind's Rs 1,900 cr capex plan sparks profit taking; stock down 8%

With 9MFY21 volumes of approximately 159,130 MT, the management increased guidance for FY21 and expects to end FY21 with a sales volume of 215,000-220,000 MT

Two-wheeler makers plan to resume capital expenditure plans in FY22

This will come as a boost for the government, seeking private sector capex

Slower consolidation to constrain fiscal strength over medium term: Moody's

Rating agency Moody's on Wednesday India's fiscal deficit projections are higher than expected

Govt takes capital expenditure route to spur growth in Budget 2021

At 15.9%, capex share in total spend for FY22 will be the highest in over a decade

Spend, earn, tax: Finances of Union Budget 2021 explained in nine charts

Taxes on individual incomes will now bring more revenue to the government than taxes on corporate profits

Budget 2021 is fiscally stimulating, but more on expenditure side

Budget has delivered a fairly effective boost on capex while bringing about some reforms in the financial sector

Budget 2021: Capital expenditure hiked 34.5% to Rs 5.54 trillion in FY22

The government's planned capital expenditure for the current fiscal has been increased to Rs 4.39 trillion, as against the Budgeted Rs 4.12 trillion

FM proposes to raise capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 trillion in FY22

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to increase the capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the financial year starting April 1, 2021

Covid spending to tax revenue: Key numbers to watch out for in Budget 2021

Here are the key numbers to watch out for in the Budget for 2021-22, which is widely expected to be a "economic vaccine" for the pandemic-battered economy.

Companies can't hold capital assets created with CSR funds: Experts

If such capital expenditure was incurred as part of CSR in the past, the assets need to be transferred within six months.

Coal India increases capex by 30% for current fiscal year to Rs 13,000 cr

Move in line with Centre's directive to increase expenditure for economic revival

Beyond Budget Headlines: Health & education deserve more outlay, attention

In the fifth episode, we discuss about expenditure side of the Budget and look at sectors that have traditionally not been India's top expense areas but are now in the spotlight because of pandemic

Beyond Budget Headlines: Health & education deserve more outlay, attention

Healthcare and education are some of the important sectors that are usually not given the attention they deserve in India’s Union Budgets. It has been so for many years. But the situation this time is different. At a time when the country – indeed, the entire world – is working to tide over a health crisis presented by the coronavirus pandemic, will Budget 2021 make a departure from the trend and place its expenditure focus on these sectors? In the fifth episode of ‘Beyond Budget Headlines with AKB’, Business Standard’s special video series in the run-up to Budget 2021, we discuss about the expenditure side of the Budget and look at sectors that have traditionally not been India's top expense areas but are now in the spotlight because of recent developments. The government needs to loosen its purse string in this pandemic Budget and spend more on the health sector, says our in-house policy expert A K Bhattacharya.

Robust capital expenditure by states crucial for economic recovery: RBI

The first two quarters of FY21 saw a poor focus on capex from the states' side, data showed