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RSS feed for this sectionIndia Budget FY26: Fiscal Prudence, Friendly Taxation, Flat Capex
February 3, 2025Key Highlights 1. Fiscal Consolidation on track Reduction in fiscal deficit target to 4.4% of GDP for FY 26 vs 4.5% that was earlier announced – in line with fiscal…Continue Reading
India Budget FY25: Focus on 3 C’s – Consolidation, Capex & Capital Gains
July 24, 2024Key Highlights 1. ‘Policy continuity’ with no major populist announcement despite election result 2. Continued focus on fiscal consolidation Further reduction in fiscal deficit target to 4.9% of GDP for…Continue Reading
India Interim Budget FY25 – Continued Emphasis on Capex and Fiscal Consolidation
February 2, 2024Key Highlights 1. Continuing on the path of Fiscal Consolidation Projected fiscal deficit at 5.1% of GDP for FY25 – in line with the original fiscal consolidation glide path…Continue Reading
India Budget FY24 – Balanced with Focus on Capex & Fiscal Consolidation
February 2, 2023Key Highlights 1. Continuing on the path of Fiscal Consolidation Projected fiscal deficit at 5.9% of GDP for FY24 – in line with the fiscal consolidation glide path – to…Continue Reading
India Budget FY23: Pro-Growth Budget With Focus On Capital Expenditure
February 2, 2022A budget focused on investment led growth with higher spending on capital expenditure and no major surprises or shocks. Key Highlights 1. Significant Focus on Capex Higher than expected increase…Continue Reading
Is it good to be Risk-Seeking or Risk-Averse?
September 15, 2020This question would have arisen in the minds of all investors at some part of their investment journey. I would like to try giving a solution to this question. To…Continue Reading
India Budget 2020-21 – Conservative and Incremental
February 3, 2020Given the context of an economic slowdown, expectations were high for strong growth measures to revive the economy. The budget was predominantly ‘incremental’ in nature sticking to a fiscally conservative…Continue Reading
Key Takeaways from the Union Budget 2019
July 5, 2019This being an election year, the Union Government had only declared an interim budget in February. The final union budget 2019 was presented by the new finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman,…Continue Reading
Budget 2018 impact – Why ELSS still scores over PPF
March 12, 2018After the 2018 budget imposed a 10% tax on long-term capital gains from equity last month, there was a debate whether ELSS still remains the best investment option to save…Continue Reading
Budget 2018 Impact: Are equity funds still attractive?
February 19, 2018While there was much talk about bringing back the Long Term Capital Gains tax on equity instruments, the Union Budget 2018 still managed to surprise us by the way in…Continue Reading