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A case of swadeshi privatisation

Air India's privatisation is acceptable as long as its control does not pass on to a foreign entity.

PSU exchange-traded funds yet to get tax benefits proposed in Budget 2019

Among the key proposals of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget was extending the Section 80C tax advantage to PSU ETFs. However, the proposal is yet to be notified

Budgetary targets to super-rich tax: A status check on FM's Budget promises

Business Standard looks at some of the points that the finance minister is unlikely to tweet about, since these are still works in progress, are incomplete, or have been scrapped

Budget 2020: What does the stock market expect from the Finance Minister?

Puneet Wadhwa explains what the markets are hoping for in Budget 2020

PSU insurance firms seek Rs 12,000-cr infusion as merger put on fast track

The financial condition of the three companies has, meanwhile, deteriorated and warrants capitalisation, if the merged entity is to be listed

Budget may provide short-term stimulants to boost consumer demand: Report

Sitharaman will place the budget proposals on Saturday and all eyes are set on the government, which is likely to announce measures to revive the economic growth

Letter to BS: Are we heading towards achche din or a poor show?

Why not wisely fix some realistic targets while preparing the Union Budget?

To revive discoms, improved UDAY may be announced in Budget: Power Min

Targeting to cut discom losses to below 15 per cent, he said power would be sold on strong financial mechanism and the states would decide on their own subsidies

Budget 2020: Govt may cut import duty on raw material for fertiliser sector

During April-December 2019-20, the country's crude and manufactured fertiliser imports grew by 8.47 per cent to USD 6.2 billion.

Challenges before FM: Boosting growth, reining in fiscal deficit

Economic slowdown leaves Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with a difficult choice in her second Budget - whether to rein in fiscal deficit or widen ot to stimulate the economy

Is it time to revisit the Budget 2000 promise?

Since Yashwant Sinha emphasised on reducing the government's stake in public sector banks, things have only worsened

India may raise duties on $56 bn worth of imports from China, elsewhere

Higher customs duties are likely to hit goods such as mobile phone chargers, industrial chemicals, jewellery and handicraft items

Govt to give special family pension to soldiers who get re-employed

The government has been receiving grievances from various quarters for grant of dual family pension including special or liberalised family pension for armed forces personnel on lines of government

Banks association asks NPCI to scrap MDR on UPI, RuPay card transactions

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in the last Budget that no charge would be levied on UPI and Rupay transactions

What various sectors of the economy wants from Budget 2020?

Here are the list of demands from Sitharaman and her budget team across various sectors of the economy

Best of BS Opinion: Governing unlisted firms, Budget 2020, and more

From lessons the years of slowing growth hold for Budget to how a takeover code for unlisted companies will help, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion.

Budget 2020: All eyes on tax receipts as mop-up dips by Rs 1.91 trillion

The numbers become all the more important because actual tax collections fell short by Rs 1.91 trn compared to what was projected in 2018-19.

Simplifying tax on capital

A clear timeline needed for transition to a transparent regime

No plan to raise overall import duties on foreign alcohol, says govt

The commerce dept has reportedly suggested to the finance ministry that the upcoming Budget prohibit purchase of cigarette cartons at duty-free shops.

Budget: Here's a look at how 'winners' from last year's fiscal plan fared

The slump in consumption has hit the rural sector hard