Budget 2022

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the budget presented by her on February 1 was a continuity of the previous budget last year which was more exhaustive in laying out the formulation, principle and then provide…

Leveraging digital channels to strengthen agriculture, healthcare and education to drive India towards a USD 5 trillion economy is a welcome step by the government, HUL Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Mehta said on Monday while…

Budget FY23 demonstrates the commitment of the government to channelise its policies and funds to areas of high growth. The Union government has presented an investment-oriented budget with a focus on getting future ready. Increasing…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said discussions with regard to central bank-backed digital currency have been going on with the Reserve Bank and a decision will be taken after due deliberations. Sitharaman in her Budget…

Cutting rural employment guarantee commitments in the Budget despite a build-up of distress was termed as "perplexing" by India Ratings on Friday. On the over 20 per cent cut in the fund allocations proposed to the Mahatma Gandhi National…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Budget for 2022-23 brings stability to the economy and predictability of taxation. In her reply on Budget in Rajya Sabha, the FM provided a snapshot of the economy and addressed issues…

The announcement of two key initiatives – the National Tele Mental Health Program (slated to be launched in April 2022) and a provision to create a complete Digital Health Ecosystem, which will comprise digital registries of health…

“Consistency has been maintained in terms of both the monetary policy as well as the Budget. Financial markets invariably do not like uncertainties. So to that extent, these policy events bring certainty back into the system which…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep key policy rates, including repo and reverse repo rates, unchanged in its monetary policy review to be announced on Thursday in the backdrop of Union Budget 2022-23 and growing inflationary…

Agriculture and allied activities, which still employ the largest bulk of the population, saw a marginal 2% increase in Budget allocations for 2022-23. The sector’s share in the overall Budget allocations fell from 4.26% in 2021-22 to…