Budget Expectations

The yield on the most-traded 2028 bonds has risen in four of the past five weeks

Bank of America bond expert sees Budget surprising market

2 min read . 29 Jan 2019

The Budget will reward the middle-class by increasing ability to buy their dream home. (Photo: Pradeep Guar/Mint)

Budget may bring good news to middle class, higher tax deduction expected

2 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her first budget today

Market shouldn't expect big surprises in Budget 2019, says HDFC Bank

1 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2019-20 at Parliament. (PTI)

What to expect from Nirmala Sitharaman's first Budget

2 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Poverty in rural India is rampant, with the average annual earnings of a small and marginal farmer household at ₹79,779 in 2015-16. Photo: PTI

India needs a new deal for rural India

9 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Telcos also pay spectrum usage charges between 3% and 6% of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and licence fees at 8% of AGR.

Telecom lobby seeks tax-free bonds, access to cheaper debt

2 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)

Budget 2019: Modi’s post-election budget a key chance to spur a waning economy

3 min read . 04 Jul 2019

The budget will be another non-event accounting exercise, says Umang Papneja of IIFL Wealth

Economic growth, more infrastructure: What fund managers expect from Budget 2019

1 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Getting to a $5 trillion economy: A poetry problem or a prose problem?

Getting to a $5 trillion economy: A poetry problem or a prose problem?

18 min read . 03 Jul 2019

LTCG tax on equity is unfair and can hit India’s growth story

LTCG tax on equity is unfair and can hit India’s growth story

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019

Narendra Modi is felicitated by BJP leaders at a parliamentary party meeting (Photo: PTI)

It is back to the basics for the govt on social sector spending

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019

Rural distress rises, focus likely to be on spending for the poor

Rural distress rises, focus likely to be on spending for the poor

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019

A file photo of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Balancing the fiscal math is Sitharaman’s challenge

3 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Among the earliest steps of the Singaporean state, which separated from Malaysia in 1965, was the Land Acquisition Act of 1967 (Photo: Bloomberg)

It’s govt learning that drove the growth miracles in East Asia

2 min read . 04 Jul 2019

How budget may provide a push to consumer demand

How budget may provide a push to consumer demand

3 min read . 03 Jul 2019

Why corporates feel they’re taxed twice for every transaction

Why corporates feel they’re taxed twice for every transaction

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019

Reviving banking will be key to sustainable growth

Reviving banking will be key to sustainable growth

3 min read . 04 Jul 2019

More health funding key to wider insurance net

More health funding key to wider insurance net

3 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Govt schemes aren’t the real solution to the job creation issue

Govt schemes aren’t the real solution to the job creation issue

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019

In the interim budget in February, the fiscal deficit target was 3.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2019-20. (Photo: Mint)

Why govt spending on rural sector will boost the economy

2 min read . 03 Jul 2019