While continuing with supply side incentives, Budget 2022 does pretty little to address the issues of low aggregate demand and unemployment. Read more »
Budget 2022 is the first truly BJP Budget in the sense that it has broken away from the welfarism of the previous Congress governments. Read more »
Budget 2022 lays a great emphasis on public spending and incentivises private investment through various innovative approaches of revenue generation. Read more »
Budget 2022 is wholly relevant to the new India which is agile, resilient, confident and self-reliant. Read more »
Budget 2022 ignores the risk from a likely rise in global crude prices, monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve and the totally unpredictable trajectory of Covid-19. Read more »
Budget 2022 doesn’t offer any change in income tax rates or slabs for individual taxpayers, but HNIs will benefit from the cut in surcharge on long-term capital gains tax to 15%. Read more »
Budget 2022 does not contain elements of populism to placate angry farmers or woo voters. Read more »
Budget 2022 has made an effort to boost growth in agriculture that supports around 140 million households in rural India. Read more »
Budget 2022 presents finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with an opportunity to address issues that matter to millions of Indians – jobs, income and the fundamental right to lead a dignified life. Read more »
The Economic Survey says India could become a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25 by spending $1.4 trillion on infrastructure. Read more »