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Union Budget 2025: Govt dials up consumption and walks the fiscal talk

A much bigger elbow room to RBI for adopting easier monetary stance is a significant positive from the budget

4 min read2 Feb 2025
Budget

Budget 2025: Capex target should be set at 3.1% of GDP

The recent slowdown in GDP growth, to 6% in H1 FY25 from 8.2% in FY24, has been partly driven by a slump in the government’s capital expenditure, which has seen a double-digit decline during this period.

3 min read28 Jan 2025
Opinion

Appropriate spending must win India’s fiscal tug-of-war at the state level

Improvements have been made, but they’re patchy. Indian states should spend more of their scarce resources on capital projects that can support future economic growth than on freebies and subsidies.

4 min read30 Dec 2024
Opinion

Growth slowdown: Why lay a deeper economic malaise at RBI’s door?

The monetary policy of India’s central bank isn’t a big reason for the economy’s slowdown. The big problem is that private investment hasn’t picked up. RBI cutting interest rates isn’t likely to help.

4 min read15 Dec 2024
Opinion

India needs reliable data to track capital expenditure across the economy

We require a national survey to gauge capex that can accurately reflect the investments being made across the economy. India’s statistics ministry has a plan, but will it suffice?

4 min read11 Dec 2024
News

New ’super manager’ at Brazil’s Petrobras is tasked with boosting investment, sources say

BRAZIL-PETROBRAS/ (PIX):New ’super manager’ at Brazil’s Petrobras is tasked with boosting investment, sources say

1 min read7 Aug 2024
News

Frenzied Company Bond Sales Show Few Signs of Letting Up in US

The day after Easter is often quiet for company bond sales in the US, but it’s proving to be anything but on Monday.

2 min read2 Apr 2024
Markets

Budget 2023: What do capital expenditures and revenue expenditures mean?

Capital expenditures are expenses made to develop long-term economic assets, while revenue expenditures are those expenses that do not result in the creation of assets for the Indian government.

2 min read1 Feb 2023

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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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