Budget Budget 2021
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Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Economists say problems of inequitable growth not addressed
Brokerage company Nomura's India head Prabhat Awasthi said that the Budget was not populist because there is "no major attempt to redistribute incomes by increasing taxes on high income groups" -
Feb 01, 2021
New agri cess to be carved out of Centre's money, won't burden consumers: Nirmala Sitharaman to Network18
The Union finance minister said that to compensate for the additional cess, the government has reduced the excise duty component, resulting in no additional cost for the public -
Feb 01, 2021
Will allow private sector to set up DFIs too, Nirmala Sitharaman tells News18, hours after Budget speech
Typically, DFIs don't accept public deposits and they generally raise capital by borrowing funds from the government and selling their bonds to the general public -
Feb 01, 2021
Surprising that farmers doubt Modi govt's intent, Sitharaman tells News18, says MSP has been rising since 2013-14
In an exclusive interview with Network18 group editor Rahul Joshi, Sitharaman reiterated what the government has been saying for long — that it wants farmers to come to the table and air their concerns -
Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman makes eight tax-related announcements; benefits many
In a post-pandemic year, the government showed a serious intent to establish a tax regime with far-reaching impact -
Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Law Ministry allocated Rs 1,005 crore to buy EVMs, Rs 7.20 crore for publishing voter ID cards
The Union law ministry has also been allocated Rs 100 crore to meet the Election Commission's "carry forward liability" for expenditure on the 2019 Lok Sabha election -
Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Refrigerators, ACs, mobile phones to become costlier; gold, silver to be cheaper
Sitharaman announced a hike in customs duty on mobile phone parts and mobile phone charger components to 2.5 percent from nil while customs duty on gold and silver has been reduced to 7.5 percent from 12.5 percent -
Feb 01, 2021
Nirmala Sitharaman Interview with Network18 Updates: Consumer 'not burdened' by agri-infra cess, says FM
Nirmala Sitharaman Interview with Network18 Updates: Addressing the concerns on the cess imposed, Sitharaman added that in case of cess imposed on petrol and diesel, "we have applied it on the additional excise duty which is purely central government's money" -
Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Air India disinvestment to be completed in 2021-22; aviation ministry allotted Rs 3,224 cr
Sitharaman's announcement on completing Air India's disinvestment in 2021-22 is significant as the Modi government's first attempt in 2018 to sell 76 percent stake in the national carrier was unsuccessful -
Feb 01, 2021
Union Budget 2021: Banking, health, infra sectors welcome announcements; hospitality, tourism regret lack of immediate support
Hospitality and Tourism roughly account for 10 percent of India's GDP and employ nearly 9 percent of India's working population and yet, it failed to find space in the Union Budget, FHRAI vice-president Gurbaxish Singh Kohli said
