First Principles
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Budget 2022: Nirmala Sitharaman's credit line fails to cheer up hospitality sector
Industry veterans don't foresee a revival without a push for consumption
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Budget 2022 and the inequality in necessities
Why it may be time to stop looking for instant gratification—like investor and taxpayer sops—from budgetary proposals. Just don't tell that to the pandemic-hit jobless and children in rural schools
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Climate Action a 'priority sector', but Sitharaman makes no budgetary allocation for it
The finance minister's Budget 2022 speech was shorter than usual in its cursory dismissal of India's commitments towards climate action and environment. New roads and infra projects are being planned in eco-sensitive areas
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Narendra Modi's big push: Why infrastructure spending has become the cornerstone of Budget 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman turns her attention to the prime minister's GatiShakti programme for building holistic infrastructure. It receives its first ever outlay of Rs20,000 crore in the Budget
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Budget 2022: Startups, tech for sustainable development get attention
Nirmala Sitharaman's proposals recognise the importance of startups and advanced technologies in making India more self-reliant
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Budget is not a game-changer for markets: Nirmal Jain of IIFL on Budget 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is ready to present the Union Budget for FY 2023 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. In this all-encompassing conversation with Forbes India's Senior Assitant Editor, Pooja Sarkar, Nirmal Jain, co-founder and chairman of IIFL Group reveals his expectations from the government in this fiscal year, throws light on the progress of disinvestment policy, and shares his expert view on possible budget reactions of the markets
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Budget 2022: What's on manufacturing sector's wishlist?
While unveiling the Make in India initiative in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to transform India into a global manufacturing hub and boost the sector's share to 25% of GDP by 2022. But the goal remains elusive. The manufacturing sector at present contributes 16-17% to GDP. The Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdowns have only made matters worse. What will it take from Budget 2022 to propel Indian manufacturing? Forbes India's Varsha Meghani speaks with Ankit Agarwal, MD, Sterlite Technologies and Kapil Gupta, Chief Economist, Edelweiss, to find out
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Is the worst over for India's auto sector?
2021 was a tough year for the auto sector due to semiconductor shortage and supply constraints. 2022 may see the situation improving thanks to a demand and EV push
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Health, nutrition, employment: The ground reality of social welfare schemes
With the third wave of Covid-19 looming, the most vulnerable sections of our society have suffered the most and the rural economy is yet to recover; Forbes India analyses the impact of last year's Budget, and expectations from the upcoming one, along these three parameters
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Govt to miss divestment target; LIC elephant in the room
The government is set to miss its budgeted divestment targets yet again, even as the shortfall could be partly offset by buoyancy from other tax revenues this fiscal
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India's optimistic economic recovery yet to reflect in labour market
The Budget must move beyond structural reforms and big infra projects to fund the rural jobs programme, generate urban employment, develop industry-oriented skills, and enable collection of good quality data on migrant and informal workers