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Union Budget 2021: Need to move beyond the chant for real effect

What sort of grand policy produces the opposite result of the one that it sought to achieve? What failed and how would this be corrected?

Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman announces launch of Deep Ocean Mission

On Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of over Rs 4,000 crore over the next five years for the Deep Ocean Mission

Finance Commission keeps tax devolution for states at 41% in FY22

With grants, the transfer is roughly 50-50 of divisible tax pool between Centre, states; N K Singh says Commission worked without any bias

'Get well soon' outlay: Health care gets best-ever shot in Budget 2021

Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination

Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2021

A snapshot of the key numbers released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021

Budget creates space for supporting economy: CRISIL MD & CEO Ashu Suyash

The onus was on the government to do the heavy lifting for reviving the investment cycle as a broad-based recovery in private capex is not yet in sight

Revenue expenditure to decline 8.6% in FY22, show Budget documents

Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus

Budget: Govt pegs FY21 fiscal deficit at 9.5%; sets target at 6.8% for FY22

In FY21, the gap between revenue and expenditure reached Rs 18.48 trillion in the revised estimate. For FY22, the gap is expected to be Rs 15 trillion

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

It's getting better over time: FM cuts Budget speech short this year

There has been less fudging with the revised estimates (RE) of 2020-21.

Union Budget 2021: Govt to privatise two PSBs and one general insurer

The Budget has also laid the road map for overhauling public sector enterprises with the announcement of the broad details of the privatisation policy

Ad film director Prahlad Kakar's take on the best, worst things in Budget

Additionally, the consumer will hopefully have more to spend in the short term, which will push up demand

Like performance of Cheteshwar Pujara, Budget 2021 is brave and stable

Long-term investment in infrastructure by Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds will also receive a boost owing to certain relaxations

Budget 2021: FM extends tax holiday, capital gains exemption for startups

Experts say since most startups are loss making, tax holiday will have limited immediate impact on them

Budget 2021: Govt lays out Rs 5.54 trn for capital creation in infra sector

Close to 8,500 km of road, highway projects being planned to be awarded by March 2022

Budget showcases govt's strong strategic push for growth-oriented road map

The sharp and targeted focus on infrastructure, capex, health, education, financial sector reforms and fiscal credibility have been the key takeaways from this Budget

What about the Bank Investment Company in Sitharaman's Budget 2021?

Between 2015-16 and 2019-20, the Centre had pumped in Rs 3.56 trillion into these banks through both direct subscription of equity shares and recapitalisation-bonds

Two, not three, cheers are enough for FM Sitharaman's Budget 2021

After 51 years of bank nationalisation, the government has finally admitted that it should not be in the business of running all public sector banks

Budget calls for creating permanent framework for buying corporate bonds

Dealers say unless retail investors are attracted, nothing much can happen in the space

Atmanirbhar Kisan: FM Sitharaman allows mandis to access Agri Infra Fund

Cess might not pinch the pocket much as it could be offset by cut in customs duty