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The markets have seen a lot of volatility in recent times.  First, the high in early 2020, then the crash followed by a recovery that managed to wipe out the March 2020 lows. Last week, the Sensex and Nifty scaled all-time highs at 50k and 14700, and later closed lower, unable to sustain the peaks, …

One of the big worries in the post-GST scenario is how the GST will impact your household budget. Remember, there are some key components pertaining to your household budget that are going to be impacted. Your household budget includes spending on food, clothes, rentals, EMIs, education, fuel and future planning. The GST is likely to …

If there was one sector to which this budget has made a deep difference, it is the banking and financial services sector. The budget has made an attempt to help banking both from a macro and micro perspective. This sector becomes crucial because it forms the fulcrum of the economy and the health of the …

Union Budget 2017-18 was not just unique due to its reformist focus but also because it was predicated on four unique building blocks. The Finance Minister surely had a tough task on hand. Firstly, he had to provide an antidote to the people after the pain of demonetization. However, this had to be done without …

Rural Consumption… How can a budget give a big boost to urban and rural consumption across the economy? The focus, obviously, needs to be on putting more money into the hands of people with the maximum propensity to consume. The budget comes under a specific economic backdrop. Firstly, the demonetization drive had caused a lot …

The Union Budget had too many expectations built around it, especially considering that it came in the immediate aftermath of the demonetization. To be fair, the Finance Minister has done his level best under the circumstances and the constraints on resources and his capacity to be too liberal with the Fiscal Deficit. The following are …

The macro economy will be a key area where expectations are high in the forthcoming Union Budget. There are certain unique factors that are coming together in this Union Budget. Consider a few of them. Firstly, the nation is just about recovering from a bout of demonetization which has crunched liquidity in the system substantially. …

One of the key points to understand is what impact the Union Budget has on key industry groups? In most budgets the focus has been on the tariff structures in terms of excise duties and customs duties. With the shift towards GST, the focus may be more on rates of GST and not so much …

Capital markets players have great expectations from the Union Budget 2017. It needs to be remembered that this will be the penultimate Union Budget of this government as the 2019 budget will most likely be a Vote-on-Account. Typically, we have seen governments in the past adopt a populist tilt around the penultimate budget. What form …

Union Budget 2017-18 will be announced in the first week of February. Structurally it will be unique and pioneering in 3 distinct ways. Firstly, it will be the first budget to be presented on the 01st of February instead of the last working day of February each year. This will mark a departure from an …