List of Union Budget Articles

The term Union Budget came to the fore because India is the Union of States. The Constitution of India has established the federal form of Government in India. Therefore, it is called the Union of States.

The Union Budget presented for 2017-18 was path-breaking in many ways. With it, the day of the budget presentation was shifted from the end of February to the first day of February.

Revised Estimates are mid-year review of possible expenditure, taking into account the trend of expenditure, New Services and New Instrument of Services etc. Revised Estimates are not voted by the Parliament, and hence by itself do not provide a35ny authority for expenditure.

Stock markets have responded blandly to the Interim Budget. At 2:25 p.m. on interim budget day, 1st February, 2024, Nifty 50 is down by 0.046%. Sensex is down by 0.086%.

Finance Minister presents the annual Union Budget in the Parliament generally on the last working day of February. The Budget is the most extensive account of the Government finances, in which revenues from all sources and expenses of all activities undertaken are aggregated.

The term Union Budget came to the fore because India is the Union of States. The Constitution of India has established the federal form of Government in India. Therefore, it is called the Union of States.

GDP = Private Consumption + Private Investment + Government Expenditure + Net Exports. The Budget can have policy measures that can impact each of the above measures. One of the focus areas of the Interim Budget can be how to give a boost to private consumption. Private consumption, especially in rural India, remains subdued Private consumption in the Indian economy has picked up in recent […]

The Indian Union Budget is prepared by the Ministry of Finance in consultation with Niti Aayog and other concerned ministries. Also, the Budget division of the department of economic affairs (DEA) in the finance ministry is the nodal body responsible for producing the Budget.

The Union Budget presented for 2017-18 was path-breaking in many ways. With it, the day of the budget presentation was shifted from the end of February to the first day of February.

The Interim budget that will come on 1st February, 2024 is the budget before the General Elections. Will the government opt for the path of fiscal consolidation and conservatism in this budget? Its fiscal deficit target for FY 24 is 5.9% of GDP. Will it opt for a lower fiscal deficit target in Interim Budget? Budgets just before elections tend to be populist Budgets just […]

The textile industry is a traditional industry of India. The industry has a host of expectations from the budget. It thinks that the full year budget in July will be able to meet these expectations in a better way. One expectation from the interim budget is that Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products Scheme (RoDTEP) be extended till September 2024.

A demand of the oil & gas industry from the budget is to eliminate the import duty on natural gas. Currently, import of natural gas has an import duty levy of between 2.5% and 5%, depending on the form of its import. On the other hand, import of crude oil attracts 0% import duty. Elimination of import duty on natural gas will make it cheaper […]

Revised Estimates are mid-year review of possible expenditure, taking into account the trend of expenditure, New Services and New Instrument of Services etc. Revised Estimates are not voted by the Parliament, and hence by itself do not provide a35ny authority for expenditure.

Interim Budget 2024 was as per expectations. The Government did not announce any major changes. Both direct and indirect tax rates were kept unchanged; same for corporate tax rate. Revised fiscal deficit estimate for FY 24 was announced at 5.8% of GDP. For FY 25, the fiscal deficit target has been set at 5.1% of GDP. The Finance Minister once again reiterated the government’s commitment […]

The real estate sector saw some slowdown in demand for affordable and middle income housing segments in the past 2 years. This happened because of successive increases in interest rates by RBI. These increases increased the cost of borrowing for home loan borrowers. The sector now expects the interim budget to provide some incentives to give a boost to demand for affordable and middle income […]