Patralekha Chatterjee | Don’t let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget’s top priority

In the pandemic’s third year, jobs must be the top priority. It’s not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory

India seen boosting budget spending on infrastructure

Indian economy is estimated to expand 9.2% in this fiscal ends in March, following a contraction of 7.3% in the previous fiscal year

The rich seek incentives to open their purses and invest, loaded with cash as many are, while the rest seek livelihood security

There is the feeling that the economy is at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, and the post-pandemic turnaround is around the corner

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID-19 vaccines for the next fiscal

Budget copies will be disseminated electronically, with documents being uploaded on the government website and on a special app

Experts call for additional tax rebates to healthcare investors

There is a hope among people and businesspersons that the government would come out in support of the economy

Budget 2019: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman may have to raise allocation for NREGA to alleviate agrarian crisis.