JAM: Will The Idea Stick?
JAM, an initiative recommended by the Economic Survey of India, is geared towards improving the quality of life of Indians. Read on to know more about the program and its future.
Category Archives: Union Budget 2015
Budget 2015 puts the shine back on gold
Gold is said to be made in Supernovas. With such a bright origin, it’s no surprise that our affinity to gold has held strong through the ages, right up there with war, good food and good times. Gold, since days of yore, has been considered one of the most important metals, owing to its alluring… Read More »
GST: Will bludgeoning bats continue to torment?
Of late, consumers and enterprises in India have been feeling a lot like Aussie bowler Mitchell Johnson in the recent AUS-NZ World Cup face off. If Johnson was left battered after having ducked blow after bludgeoning blow from Kiwi batsman McCullum’s willow, Indian taxpayers find themselves doing some ducking of their own. For, they end… Read More »
Budget 2015: Six things that you didn’t read in the fine print
The bricks and bouquets for this year’s Budget are flying thick and fast. Everyone from financial analysts on TV channels to the local newspaper delivery boy has shared their two pence on the most keenly watch annual ritual in the world’s largest democracy. While many announcements hogged the media limelight, some were lost in the… Read More »
7 things the Budget missed out on
It is said that “there are two sides to every story”, and it surely applies to this year’s Union Budget. When Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley delivered his first full fledged Budget, analysts and experts are out debating its overall sentiments. While some feel that it is reform oriented, with a roadmap for the future,… Read More »
Union Budget 2015-16: Live Review & Highlights
The much awaited, and the first full-fledged, Union Budget by the Narendra Modi government for the financial year 2015-16 was tabled in the parliament today by the Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. Mid-way through his Budget speech, Mr. Jaitley sat down. Personal indisposition or the weight of expectations of over a billion Indians – one… Read More »
Will the Indian traveller miss the bus in Budget 2015?
If you thought only tax payers, businessmen and various chambers of commerce had a budget wish list, you are missing the wood for the trees. Travelers are a key segment of the tax paying population who are waiting for the upcoming Union Budget with bated breath. Since the Indian travel market alone is estimated to… Read More »
Bankers and borrowers hope to breathe easy on Budget Day
With the annual budget just around the corner, expectations from the Finance Minister are sky high. Considering the fact that this is going to be the first full-fledged budget of the Narendra Modi government, this budget is definitely a high-profile one if not anything else. From the common man on the street fed up with… Read More »
Budget-wary investors make a short call on the FM
There is an old saying that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. While it may still take some time for beggars to ride, there is no dearth of wishes by the Indian taxpayer today for a plethora of reforms to make their way out of Arun Jaitley’s Budget briefcase this year. Like other retail… Read More »
The bottomline for Indian businessmen: a tax-friendly Union Budget
Sameer Kochar is a businessman running a kids’ cycle manufacturing plant in Ludhiana. His business had been doing well, but has been slowly losing its luster due to the competition from cheap imports from China. Sameer has been dejected not because he failed in the business due to his lack of dedication or focus but… Read More »