Government must present a big bang budget
Next week, millions across India and around the world will be watching Jaitley's Budget, writes Baijayant 'Jay' Panda.
View ArticleIf govt spends in haste in next budget, it will repent at leisure
India’s economic elite has launched a distracting discussion about new public spending to speed up the economy, writes Ruchir Sharma.
View ArticleThe budget of small things
February is when the FM gets flooded with unsolicited help from well-wishers on how to get his job done, writes Sanjeev Ahluwalia.
View ArticleIdeas for a dream budget from Jaitley
I called Arun Jaitley’s first budget “a Chidambaram budget with a dash of saffron lipstick", writes SA Aiyar.
View ArticleThis year’s budget must power us to 10% growth
As the FM rises to present the 2015-16 budget it’s the opportunity of a lifetime for him to write a new Big Bang Theory for India’s economy, writes Srivatsa Krishna.
View ArticleOpportunity for Modi govt to set the direction for inclusive growth
Change is in the air. The PM is working hard, and there has been a sense of optimism in the general public, writes M M Joshi, former Cabinet minister
View ArticleIndia needs a reformer’s budget today
Finance minister Arun Jaitley will present his second budget this week in benign circumstances.
View ArticleWrite a Goldilocks story
I must acknowledge that govt has already taken a slew of measures outside the budget to put fresh life into the economy, writes Ajay Shriram.
View ArticleIndia’s commitment to infrastructure spending, tax stability welcome...
In the lead up to the 2015-2016 budget – an event that is touted as the first official budget of the Administration, given that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was merely weeks into office at the time of...
View ArticleBudget 2015: Mere presence of fund managers won’t trigger tax incidence
The mere presence of a fund manager in India, would not create a permanent establishment of the offshore fund in India, according to the proposals of the Finance Bill.
View ArticleBudget 2015: An audacious bid to kickstart growth
Budget 2015 is innovative, growth-focused and inclusive.
View ArticleBudget 2015: No Big Bang, but budget theory works
Finance minister Arun Jaitley delivered some welcome messages in support of long-term growth, and he addressed some of the bigger issues facing businesses in India.
View ArticleBudget 2015: Why kick Switzerland when it’s down? Palkhivala II speaks
When the TOI asked me to write about the Union Budget, it could mean only one thing. The foremost expert on the subject, Nani Palkhivala was no longer available for reasons beyond his control. So o b v...
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