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  • Infra-focused budget to spell multiplier effect for economy: Highlights from FM's media interaction February 21, 2022 01:51 PM IST

    Infra-focused budget to spell multiplier effect for economy: Highlights from FM's media interaction

    "A sustained recovery is what we would want. The budget has growth revival along with messages for sustainability as a priority," she said.

  • Decoding Budget by smallcase managers February 07, 2022 12:30 PM IST

    Decoding Budget by smallcase managers

    smallcases are model portfolios of stocks/ETFs based on a theme, idea or strategy.

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 February 03, 2022 07:28 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • MC Interview | Budget has no negative surprises, says Dr VK Vijayakumar of Geojit Financial Services February 02, 2022 09:33 AM IST

    MC Interview | Budget has no negative surprises, says Dr VK Vijayakumar of Geojit Financial Services

    "Equities have been in a brief pre-budget rally supported by renewed strength in the mother market US. This positive sentiment continued on the budget day also."

  • Budget 2022 | Nothing but deception for the common man, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel February 01, 2022 06:16 PM IST

    Budget 2022 | Nothing but deception for the common man, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

    Budget 2022 | Baghel said the budget has disappointed the larger section of the society as it failed to tackle the problems of unemployment and inflation.

  • Budget 2022 | FM Sitharaman bumps up capex by 35% again to Rs 7.50 lakh cr February 01, 2022 02:03 PM IST

    Budget 2022 | FM Sitharaman bumps up capex by 35% again to Rs 7.50 lakh cr

    Last year too the budget saw an infrastructure push with capex allocation up by the same amount: 35%

  • Here's a look at how markets have been reacting to budget presentations over the years January 31, 2022 12:41 PM IST

    Here's a look at how markets have been reacting to budget presentations over the years

    Domestic stock markets have witnessed high volatility during most budget announcements in the last 14 years, falling on six occasions and rising on eight

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 January 24, 2022 07:29 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • Budget 2021: Remembering India's most iconic Budgets February 01, 2021 09:29 AM IST

    Budget 2021: Remembering India's most iconic Budgets

    Let's take a look at some of the Budgets that impacted our economy in the most significant of ways, bringing in changes and reforms that define it even today.

  • Why the existing tax system with deductions still scores over the new regime January 04, 2021 07:40 PM IST

    Why the existing tax system with deductions still scores over the new regime

    Financial planners advise individual tax-payers to stick to the existing, with-tax-concessions system instead of switching to the new tax regime introduced in Union Budget 2020

  • How faceless assessment has ushered in an era of transparency in tax matters January 08, 2021 03:31 PM IST

    How faceless assessment has ushered in an era of transparency in tax matters

    Understand what Union Budget 2021-22 has in store for convenience-seekers under tax compliance

  • How Budget 2020 affected your personal finance January 04, 2021 07:37 PM IST

    How Budget 2020 affected your personal finance

    A peek at the most important Budget 2020-21 announcements that shaped our financial behaviour

  • Announced in Budget 2020, Kisan Rail to begin services from August 7 August 06, 2020 02:19 PM IST

    Announced in Budget 2020, Kisan Rail to begin services from August 7

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced this initiative in her Budget speech earlier this year envisaging setting up of a 'Kisan Rail' through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for a cold supply chain to transport perishable goods.

  • Coronavirus pandemic | COVID-19 unravelling Budget 2020, additional 3 lakh crore in expenditure demand likely: SC Garg April 14, 2020 03:42 PM IST

    Coronavirus pandemic | COVID-19 unravelling Budget 2020, additional 3 lakh crore in expenditure demand likely: SC Garg

    In a blog post dated April 14, Garg deconstructs the budgeted government expenditure for the current financial year in the backdrop of the April 8 order by the Centre directing all government ministries and departments to curb spending.

  • New income tax regime vs old: Here's why you have to make that choice now April 14, 2020 10:06 AM IST

    New income tax regime vs old: Here's why you have to make that choice now

    Employees will have to choose a regime in April for making investment declarations, but can change the choice while filing tax returns.

  • Business Insight | Is India headed for its biggest direct tax shortfall in a decade? March 31, 2020 05:21 PM IST

    Business Insight | Is India headed for its biggest direct tax shortfall in a decade?

    Until March 27, the government has mopped up Rs 9.85 lakh crore in direct tax collections. This is well short of the Rs 11.70 lakh crore projected by the government in Budget 2020

  • Opposition warns Govt against Railway privatisation March 12, 2020 04:19 PM IST

    Opposition warns Govt against Railway privatisation

    "Railways is a services sector. BJP is unaware of reasons for establishment of railways. Railway is not an engine to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, it is for poor man's service," M K Raghavan said.

  • MVA government's budget will cause regional imbalance: BJP March 06, 2020 02:32 PM IST

    MVA government's budget will cause regional imbalance: BJP

    The main opposition party said the budget, the first by the Shiv Sena-led government, does not have provisions to make farmers debt-free as promised by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) when it took office in November last year.

  • Maharashtra government announces sops for farmers in maiden budget March 06, 2020 12:54 PM IST

    Maharashtra government announces sops for farmers in maiden budget

    Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, said an amount of Rs 2 lakh will be deposited in bank accounts of farmers whose dues were more than Rs 2 lakh till September 30, 2019.

  • Vivaad Se Vishwas scheme to help save time, money in fighting disputes: FM Sitharaman March 02, 2020 05:40 PM IST

    Vivaad Se Vishwas scheme to help save time, money in fighting disputes: FM Sitharaman

    She said the government has taken measures to reduce litigation and a similar scheme was announced for indirect tax disputes.

  • Why Budget 2020 may reduce your dividend income March 02, 2020 09:09 AM IST

    Why Budget 2020 may reduce your dividend income

    Dividends will be taxed in the hands of investors based on their income-tax bracket

  • MC special podcast | Decoding GST: How the system has fared and what regulatory changes to expect on April 1 February 27, 2020 08:16 PM IST

    MC special podcast | Decoding GST: How the system has fared and what regulatory changes to expect on April 1

    In this MC special, Nishant Shah from Economics Laws Practice decodes the pros and cons of the goods and services tax.

  • BJP launches drive in UP to inform people about various provisions of Union Budget February 27, 2020 08:42 AM IST

    BJP launches drive in UP to inform people about various provisions of Union Budget

    Speaking to reporters here, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said, "This (drive) will create awareness about the various provisions of the Budget among the people in the state, and also help the the party."

  • Managing Money with Moneycontrol | What the govt has clarified on tax changes February 22, 2020 12:16 PM IST

    Managing Money with Moneycontrol | What the govt has clarified on tax changes

    Sakshi Batra in conversation with Amit Singhania, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas to find out more about the clarifications made by government on the new tax regime.

  • 'Stay invested! Demand for mid and small caps is likely to improve in 2020' February 21, 2020 12:58 PM IST

    'Stay invested! Demand for mid and small caps is likely to improve in 2020'

    The demand for mid and small caps is likely to improve on the back of improved corporate earnings, cheap valuations and the large inflows seen from domestic investors.