I Must Be Cruel Only To Be Kind – Pranab The finance minister quoted Shakespeare’s Hamlet before starting the second part of his Budget speech. A long monotonous speech had a humorous pause albeit a very small one. To quote him “The life of a Finance Minister is not easy. Various players, including policy makers,… Read More »
The finance minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is facing one of the toughest challenges of his long and distinguished career as the man at the helm of financial planning for the nation. This year’s Union Budget comes a time when the ruling coalition faces multiple challenges from almost every quarter and the frustration of the masses… Read More »
New Tax Slabs The Finance minister has increased the tax slabs and given relief to the common man. Especially for the people in the below 10 lakh slab. Greater news for those earning between 8 Lakh and 10 lakh, they move from a slab of 30% to a new slab of 20%. The minimum tax… Read More »
The FM has outlined 5 major objectives which have been kept in mind to prepare the budget 2012-13 1. To focus on the domestic demand 2. To assist the process of getting more private investment in the economy 3. Remove Supply side bottlenecks especially in four sectors – Agriculture, Infrastructure, Railways and Civil Aviation 4.… Read More »
Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2112-13 We are reaching the end of a remarkable fiscal year. In a globalized world with its share of uncertainties and rapid changes, this year brought us some opportunities and many challenges as we moved ahead with steady steps on the chosen path of fiscal… Read More »
The first thing an average citizen of India thinks about before any Government Budget is about his/her personal income tax. Discussions during and immediately following the Budget presentation by the Finance Minister is also about income tax slabs and the tax savings instruments. But is the budget presentation only about income tax? Income Tax As… Read More »
The Reserve Bank of India has left the key rates unchanged. Repo rate remains unchanged at 8.75% in the policy review on 15th March 2012. Probably, RBI would have sensed the UPA government’s inability to present a bold budget to bring in economic reform, and therefore, it has suspended the further relaxation in policy rates.… Read More »
Dear Mr. Finance Minister, I am a Doctor having my private practice. Last year you had given a big relief to people like us in increasing the self assessment limit to Rs.60 lakhs. This has relieved us from a lot of record keeping and fees to auditors. Thank you for this kind gesture. Loans for… Read More »
In the office of every broking house, their sub-broker, wealth management firm, asset management company, insurance company or just about anybody who claims to be working in the financial services industry, it is one of these many news channels that make the most noise. It used to be the telephones earlier. However, a peek into… Read More »
Respected Finance Minister Sir, as a salaried employee, I voice the feeling of all the salaried in India. The one pain that we all face is because of the feeling that we are the highest taxed people of the country as all our income is transparent and the tax is almost always deducted at source.… Read More »