Budget Insight 2021

Ensure that you always receive messages from business-standard.com Add bsl@bsmail.in to your Address Book or Safe List. If you cannot view this message, please [click here]( BUDGET INSIGHT [Clean and transparent, sure, but was it a 'never before Budget'?]( Clean and transparent, sure, but was it a 'never before Budget'? [Read More »]( [India's $500 billion Budget to spur growth leaves little for the poor]( The budget -- among India's most highly anticipated and closely watched events -- didn't have major proposals to address the job losses, hunger, and rising pressures on the farming and rural sectors [Read More »]( [Budget bets big on growth: FM squeezes subsidies, raises capex again]( Asset sale to get Rs 1.75 trillion; transparent budgeting gets a leg-up The Union Budget’s focus on ensuring infrastructure-led growth was visible also in a slew of measures meant to create depth to the long-term capital markets [Read More »]( [Spend, earn, tax: Finances of Union Budget 2021 explained in nine charts]( Taxes on individual incomes will now bring more revenue to the government than taxes on corporate profits Budget 2021 plans to spend a staggering Rs 11.7 trillion in only three months till March, a record of sorts and taking total spending to Rs 34.5 trillion in FY21. That’s a 28 per cent boost over the previous year. [Read More »]( [A post-contraction Budget with a difference]( Those who were expecting a stimulus package through higher revenue expenditure in the Budget will surely be deeply disappointed [Read More »]( [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 [Read More »]( [Reform within status quo]( The finance minister has worked hard to present a Budget that has boosted sentiment If you cut to the chase, little has changed in the Budget per se, as will be seen in a moment. [Read More »]( [Union Budget 2021 can reignite animal spirits of entrepreneurs]( The finance minister brought to the fore - bold, ambitious and unconventional thinking, writes Birla Extraordinary situations call for extraordinary responses. This year’s budget rises to the unprecedented challenges faced by the economy in the wake of the pandemic. [Read More »]( [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 [Read More »]( [Budget marks a change of course]( There is progress on ideological front, but will this suffice in generating private investment? The main puzzle of economic policy today is the slow pace of private investment. The Budget announcements show progress in some areas. [Read More »]( [Read more stories]( CO-SPONSORED BY [About us]( [Partner with us]( [Career]( [Advertise with us]( [Connect BS]( [E-Paper]( [Feedback]( If you do not wish to receive Business Standard e-mails in the future, please [click here](mailto:rm-===Xmxkb===E5===La===Q===Bzbnk===Bam===B9a0===Q=@mailmx1.stakemail.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=Unsubscribe me.) to unsubscribe