Investors are awaiting the presentation of Union Budget later this week with high hopes for a growth stimulus by the government even as concerns about a fiscal slippage has left them worried. A. Balasubramanian, MD and CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC speaks to Nasrin Sultana, Mint about what are the markets expecting from budget?
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4 min read6 Feb 2018The Union budget is focussed on rural and social sectors with the aim of increasing agricultural income and improving the quality of rural infrastructure and healthcare
3 min read2 Feb 2018At first glance, the fiscal slippage is not disastrous but if one reads the budget document closely, one will end up feeling pretty apprehensive about the path ahead
3 min read2 Feb 2018Arun Jaitley uses the nominal GDP number for FY18 from the Economic Survey to contain fiscal slippage at 3.5% of GDP rather than the convention of using the CSO data
1 min read1 Feb 2018The 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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