Opinion

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with minister of state for finance Anurag Thakur and her team of finance ministry officials in New Delhi (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Opinion | A platform to deliver aspirations while balancing fiscal constraints

3 min read . 08 Jul 2019

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS finance Anurag Thakur and other ministry officials. Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Opinion | Budget 2019: Result-oriented, well-balanced and pragmatic

2 min read . 08 Jul 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a press conference after her maiden Budget speech. (Bloomberg)

Opinion | Sitharaman’s Budget proposals put people at the heart of the economy

3 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Expense Account

Opinion | This eat-the-rich budget looks at much more than a few mounds of rice

3 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI )

As economy cools off, India may struggle to achieve $5 trillion GDP by 2024

4 min read . 06 Jul 2019

If the Indian economy does relatively well, the rupee should appreciate and that’s good for striking the $5 trillion target.

We can strike the GDP target, provided economy does well, rupee appreciates

7 min read . 06 Jul 2019

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) and Krishnamurthy Subramanian (R), chief economic adviser. (Reuters )

Opinion | Growth outlook for FY20 will be shaped more by extra-budgetary forces

3 min read . 06 Jul 2019

FM’s call to duty for high-income earners: Pay more for nation building

3 min read . 06 Jul 2019

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) and Krishnamurthy Subramanian (R), chief economic adviser. (Reuters )

Opinion | FM hits the right notes to boost the bond markets

2 min read . 06 Jul 2019

For disruptors, the resolution of angel tax is a boon.

Opinion | This budget is an inclusive one for entrepreneurs

2 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Opinion | The shift from jobs to ‘work’ in the gig economy

Opinion | The shift from jobs to ‘work’ in the gig economy

2 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Budget 2019 has focused on providing the infrastructure that millennials would want

Opinion | When government intentions align with youths’ hopes

2 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Opinion | Nothing much for the homemakers to cheer about

Opinion | Nothing much for the homemakers to cheer about

2 min read . 06 Jul 2019

In her maiden budget speech, the new finance minister seems to have laid out a somewhat attractive spread for traders in general with increased focus on spending and infrastructure

Opinion | Pension scheme, simpler GST augur well for traders

2 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Rural wages have remained stagnant in real terms over the last five years (Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

Opinion | Budget 2019 misses an opportunity to revive economy

2 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Indian stocks are currently trading at a premium of about 45% compared to emerging market peers (Reuters file)

Opinion | Budget’s lack of urgency to fix growth problems is a worry for markets

3 min read . 06 Jul 2019

Opinion | Mitigating tax evasion under GST

3 min read . 29 Jun 2019

Opinion | Capital gains – does it need a relook in the Budget?

Opinion | Capital gains – does it need a relook in the Budget?

3 min read . 27 Jun 2019

Making NPS more attractive for investors

Making NPS more attractive for investors

4 min read . 25 Jun 2019

The thrust of the government is on digitisation, ease of doing business, online payments

Expect higher Section 80C deduction limit in Budget

3 min read . 22 Jun 2019