Budget Expectations

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2020: NBFCs seek setting up of permanent refinance window

2 min read . 01:35 AM IST

Budget 2020 | Increase deduction limit, say planners

3 min read . 27 Jan 2020

The SIAM has sent this and other recommendations to the government for the upcoming Budget 2020-21 (Photo: Mint)

Auto sector seeks incentive-based scrappage scheme in Budget

1 min read . 27 Jan 2020

A file photo of R.K. Singh, Union power minister

UDAY not a failure, new scheme likely in Union Budget, says RK Singh

1 min read . 27 Jan 2020

Deduction under Section 80C has remained unchanged for past six years

Higher Section 80C income tax deduction will encourage more savings

2 min read . 27 Jan 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second Budget on February 1. (iStock)

Budget 2020: Three key tax reforms that markets expect

3 min read . 27 Jan 2020

Nirmala Sitharaman presents the budget at a time when growth has slipped to 4.5%. (MINT_PRINT)

Three ways Budget 2020-21 can spur investment

1 min read . 27 Jan 2020

Manoharmal Bhandari, 69, Retired businessman and treasurer (Photo: Raj Sam/Mint)

Seniors want deposit security, more tax benefit

4 min read . 27 Jan 2020

Farmers sprinkle fertilisers on a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (Reuters)

Budget: Govt to consider import duty cut on raw material for fertiliser industry

1 min read . 26 Jan 2020

In the 2019 Budget, fiscal deficit target for 2019-20 was 3.3% of GDP in Budget Estimate 2019-20, while the GDP projections were higher than the latest estimates for 2019-20 (Photo: Reuters)

Will Budget deliver on expectations raised by FM on personal tax concessions?

4 min read . 26 Jan 2020

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who sought inputs from the public in her first budget, will repeat the exercise this time

Three global risks that could upend finance minister’s Budget calculations

2 min read . 25 Jan 2020

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das (HT)

Shaktikanta Das underlines need for more structural reforms to revive growth

3 min read . 24 Jan 2020

Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Improving rural income key to shoring up demand in consumer goods sector

3 min read . 23 Jan 2020

Cash in hand: Increasing existing tax slab rates or reduction in tax rates in each slab or both would go a long way in increasing disposable income in the hands of individuals. (Photo: PTI)

Expectations from Union Budget are at an all-time high

6 min read . 23 Jan 2020

The salaried class accounts for a big chunk of the returned income by all tax payers (iStock)

Three things that guide Nirmala Sitharaman in setting income tax rates

2 min read . 23 Jan 2020

Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Will Sitharaman revamp income tax slabs to give more cash in hand?

3 min read . 22 Jan 2020

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar briefs the media on cabinet decisions in New Delhi today. (PTI)

Budget 2020-21 will have plan of action on economy: Javadekar

1 min read . 22 Jan 2020

The basic exemption of ₹2.5 lakh has been unchanged since 2014-15

Budget 2020: Income tax rate cuts high on the wish list

3 min read . 21 Jan 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after the Halwa Ceremony marking the commencement of Budget printing process for the General Budget 2019-2010, at Ministery of Finance in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI PHOTO/ R. RAVEENDRAN)

Govt may ease rules to help companies boost overseas borrowings

1 min read . 21 Jan 2020

The unemployment rate among males in the 15-29 age group was 18.7% and for females it was 27.2%, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 20178-18

Budget’s biggest task is to create employment opportunities

3 min read . 21 Jan 2020