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Union Budget 2020-21 Highlights

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the Parliament. Sitharaman said that the three-part theme for Budget 2020 is 1) Aspirational India 2) Economic development for all and 3)Caring society. ...

Union Budget 2020: Benefits to India’s Agriculture Sector

The agricultural sector which acts as a backbone of India's economy got a major boost from the Union Budget 2020, as the Finance Minister has chalked out a list of 16 point action to set up the agriculture sector set up ...

Budget 2020: Center Needs to Hike Utilization to Improve Rural Exigency

Union Budget 2020 India: Fertilizer subsidies should also be passed directly to farmers under the DBT, but only those under the poverty line should be allowed to receive the ever-growing food subsidies. If the government raising the budgetary allocation in the ...

Union Budget 2020: Tax Related Changes Made In Budget 2019

Before actually knowing what the Budget 2020 offers for us on taxation, here is a quick look on what the previous full budget presented on July 5, 2019 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman brought for us: No change in the ...

Stock Markets Open For Regular Trading Hours, No Business Day For AMCs

Both the stock exchanges will carry out regular trading session today , it being the budget day. Pre-opening session will commence from 9:00 until 9:15 while the trading shall be as usual from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm. Commodities market will ...

Budget Expectations 2020: PM KISAN Scheme Allocation May Be Reduced

The government may lower the allocation of the Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi scheme by 20% to approximately Rs 60,000 crore in the forthright budget. In the 2019-20 Union Budget Figure, the Center approved Rs 75,000 Cr to introduce the PM-KISAN scheme ...

Economic Survey 2020: Expenditure on Social Services Increased by 1.5%

As per the Economic Survey, the expenditure on social services by the Centre and States increased from Rs 7.68 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs 15.79 lakh crore in 2019-20 (Budget Estimate). As a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ...

Budget 2020: All Eyes On The Fiscal Deficit Number

One number that would be keenly watched this year when Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman delivers the Union Budget on Feb 1, 2020 is the fiscal deficit number for 2019-20 and projections for 2020-21. This number is nothing but the government's ...

Stocks That May Benefit Through Union Budget 2020 Recommendations

Analysts are of the view that this budget would focus on boosting consumer demand through additional tax sops as economic growth falters. Here are a few stocks that could benefit based on certain hopes from the Union Budget 2020. Income tax ...

Union Budget 2020: Government May Have To Go All Out And Spend

The choices for the government in Union Budget 2020 are rather limited. It has just to make a choice between going out and spending and expanding the fiscal deficit or curbing expenditure and hence growth. Union Budgets are never easy to ...

Markets Next Week: Heightened Volatility Ahead Of Union Budget

The Sensex lost 0.8 per cent this week and broke the 2-week winning momentum. Some heavyweight stocks like Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank saw selling pressure, which pushed indices lower. However, the Sensex did hit a new record during the course ...

Budget 2020: Pushing Demand To Boost Economy Would Be Key

It's going to be one of the most difficult Union Budgets to deliver this time around with growth hitting a new 6-year low. Come to think of it, when we argue that India still continues to remain among the few fastest ...

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