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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

What’s in Budget for the people? Precious little

3 min read . 03 Feb 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha. (PTI)

Opinion | Budget opts for middle ground to tackle slowdown

4 min read . 02 Feb 2020

Opinion | The pragmatic balance between maintaining fiscal discipline and growth

3 min read . 02 Feb 2020

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

Opinion | Moving towards an easy-to-understand and easy-to-comply-with system

3 min read . 02 Feb 2020

The government’s focus on startups and incentives to manufacturing and sunrise sectors will definitely give further stimulus for much needed job creation. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint )

Government makes it clear that wealth creators will be respected in this country

2 min read . 02 Feb 2020

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Opinion | Maximizing consumption demand, but with limited available resources

3 min read . 02 Feb 2020

A National Logistics Policy is in the works, which would create a single-window e-logistics market (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Opinion | Rural push and entrepreneur-led job creation will boost consumption

2 min read . 02 Feb 2020

The government underspent ₹75,532 crore on budgeted food subsidy. (Mint )

Budget fails to live up to the promise of providing ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’

3 min read . 01 Feb 2020

Expansionary stance is laudable but some provisions may limit the benefits

4 min read . 02 Feb 2020

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Govt’s bottoms-up approach is well taken, but the top can’t be overlooked

4 min read . 01 Feb 2020

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Opinion | A directional Budget that doesn’t go far enough to kick-start economy

3 min read . 02 Feb 2020

People watching a live telecast of Union Budget 2020-21 being presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in Kolkata on Saturday. (ANI)

Opinion | A lost opportunity to show the Centre is up to the task

4 min read . 01 Feb 2020

Opinion | Sitharaman’s mood boosters have left a lot to be desired

4 min read . 01 Feb 2020

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A grinding economic recovery at best next year

4 min read . 01 Feb 2020

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What is the Impact of the Budget 2020-21 for revival of economic growth?

3 min read . 01 Feb 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: PTI) (PTI)

Budget 2020 directional in nature, to create more efficient markets

3 min read . 01 Feb 2020

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Opinion | What the budget can and can’t do for our rise as a global power

4 min read . 30 Jan 2020

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Budget 2020: Incentivize HFCs and startups, cut tax rates to increase demand

2 min read . 30 Jan 2020

This budget is also an opportunity for the finance minister to come clean on the basic economic aggregates presented by the government. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Nirmala Sitharaman’s second budget must do what the first didn’t

3 min read . 31 Jan 2020

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (MINT_PRINT)

Opinion | The government’s many stalemates are a drag on union budget

3 min read . 30 Jan 2020

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