IMF warns Asia to keep policy in balance amid Middle East energy disruptionsAsian nations face an energy crisis due to the Iran War. The IMF advises countries to save for future shocks. They suggest targeted financi...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
Budget 2025: Nirmala Sitharaman should think about utilizing frozen savings in gold, suggests Nilesh ShahKotak Mutual Fund MD Nilesh Shah suggests that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could creatively utilize India's massive savings in gold...
14 Jan, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
Expecting sovereign rating upgrade for India after Budget: UBS SecuritiesUBS Securities economist noted that from FY27 onwards, the government would shift to a new medium-term fiscal consolidation path linked to ...
23 Jul, 2024, 08.49 PM IST
This is a status quo policy, shouldn't have any material impact on markets: Nilesh ShahFrom a fixed income point of view, vote on account laid the path of fiscal glide path and that resulted into about 10-15 basis point of yie...
08 Feb, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
Budget 2024: Why Sitharaman has given more to India than to IndiansFM Sitharaman's interim budget takes a conservative approach, focusing on fiscal prudence rather than pre-election giveaways. With a slower...
01 Feb, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
India Budget: New Delhi to borrow Rs 14.13 lakh crore in FY25, bond yields plungeBudget Announcements: The Indian government plans to borrow 14.13 trillion rupees ($170.36 billion) in the next fiscal year, lower than eco...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Interim Budget 2024-25 disappoints mutual funds, investors“We continue on the path of fiscal consolidation, as announced in my budget speech for 2021-22, to reduce the fiscal deficit below 4.5 per ...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.41 PM IST
Budget 2023: It’s a Bahubali budget; FM shot multiple objectives with one arrow, says Nilesh Shah, Kotak AMC“Credible numbers are giving confidence that the Budget presented by the FM is reliable, steady & growth-oriented. The estimates are fairly...
01 Feb, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Budget 2023: Will India walk the talk on fiscal prudence?The fiscal deficit was pegged at about Rs 16.61 lakh crore in BE 2022-23, which was 6.4% of the GDP. A fiscal deficit is an indicator of th...
22 Dec, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
Fiscal deficit fixing, go faster, strongerWith greater clarity on the evolving global trade scenario, the Centre's budget-making exercise should be able to focus on increasing tax r...
01 Dec, 2022, 11.16 PM IST
Conservative budget estimates leave room for pandemic response, macroeconomic risks: Moody'sMirroring the government's conservative growth assumptions, the revised budget estimates for fiscal 2021 show revenue receipts growing only...
04 Feb, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
Union Budget: Rs 3,030 crore allocated to Environment MinistryUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 3,030 crore for the ministry for financial year 2022-23, of which Rs 460 crore were...
01 Feb, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Budget numbers transparent, clear & credible: Sanjeev SanyalIn an interview to TOI, he says the government is now in a position to go in for unapologetic privatisation.
18 Feb, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
Large fiscal deficit could be inflationary but not an immediate threat: Crisil ResearchIn terms of the growth, Crisil Research said the thrust on public investment will be positive for growth, not only in the short but also th...
06 Feb, 2021, 07.44 PM IST
View: Despite appearances, Budget 2021 effectively continues to follow a conservative fiscal pathInterestingly though, the FM’s speech did not betray any policy stance to indicate that GoI had finally decided to spend its way out of the...
04 Feb, 2021, 09.32 AM IST
RBI far from majority view, must report to ParliamentIn Indian economic structure, monetary policy affects demand relatively more than inflation.
27 Apr, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Budget 2015: Path-breaking initiatives make it short on hype, but long on substance, says Prashant JainThe Union Budget has maintained a good balance between encouraging a muchneeded revival in capex by allocating nearly 25% more to infrastru...
01 Mar, 2015, 07.10 AM IST