Budget documents are not just numbers. Scrutinising them, one can understand the intention of the government, its priorities, policies and allocation of financial resources, among different regions & industries—which create a sea change in the lives of the people affected by it, Rajkumar Adukia stresses
The Union Budget of India contains a list of financial proposals and estimates and is generally referred to as the ‘Annual Financial Statement’ under Article 112 of the Constitution of India.
One of the few sectors for which government announced incentives in the Interim Budget is the seafood exports sector.
A demand of the oil & gas industry from the budget is to eliminate the import duty on natural gas. Currently, import of natural gas has an import duty levy of between 2.5% and 5%, depending on the form of its import. On the other hand, import of crude oil attracts 0% import duty. Elimination of import duty on natural gas will make it cheaper […]
Stock markets have responded blandly to the Interim Budget. At 2:25 p.m. on interim budget day, 1st February, 2024, Nifty 50 is down by 0.046%. Sensex is down by 0.086%.
In the interim budget, the central government may opt for increasing allocation to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) or affordable housing scheme. Increasing allocation to this scheme is justified on the ground that higher interest rates have increased the cost of home loans for Indians. In the past two years, demand for middle income category housing has gone down because of higher interest rates. On […]
Interim Budget 2024 was as per expectations. The Government did not announce any major changes. Both direct and indirect tax rates were kept unchanged; same for corporate tax rate. Revised fiscal deficit estimate for FY 24 was announced at 5.8% of GDP. For FY 25, the fiscal deficit target has been set at 5.1% of GDP. The Finance Minister once again reiterated the government’s commitment […]
The hospitality industry was among the industries most severely hit by Covid lockdowns. The industry expects more incentives from the Interim Budget. One of its key expectations is that GST rates on hotel rooms should be lowered. Currently, GST rate on hotel rooms is 12% for rooms priced below Rs 7,500. For rooms that are priced above Rs 7,500 per night, the GST rate is […]
Every year on the day before the Budget, the Economic Survey for the previous financial year is presented. This year the government has not presented the Economic Survey. It has probably done so because interim budget is
The most accurate measure of economic prosperity of a country is its GDP per capita or per capita income. It is calculated by dividing the total GDP of the country by its total population.
The next Finance Minister, C.D. Deshmukh presented the first budget in the first elected Parliament on the basis of adult franchise.
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