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Highlights of Business Today February 23, 2020, issue:

Budget 2020 - What Will Work, What Will Not

The Budget aims at boosting consumption and private investment to pull the economy forward.

8 mins

“THERE WILL BE GOOD RESPONSE TO DIRECT TAX AMNESTY SCHEME”

A day after she presented her second Budget, Business Today caught up with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her North Block office to find out the reasoning behind the key initiatives in Budget 2020. Edited excerpts:

5 mins

OVERSPENDING FOR GROWTH

The Budget reveals the government is willing to stretch its finances by going off the fiscal glide path

5 mins

FUELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH

A dozen experts interpret Budget 2020 and its impact

10+ mins

What Budget 2020 Has For You

The decision to switch to the new income tax rates will depend on the level of deductions that you are able to use in the present regime.

6 mins

PLUGGING IMPORT LEAKS

ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES HAVE OFTEN FAILED TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY

8 mins

New-Age NBFCs

A NEW BREED OF TECH-SAVVY PLAYERS IS TARGETING NICHE LENDING SEGMENTS NOT COVERED BY BANKS AND TRADITIONAL NBFCs. THEIR JOURNEY IS NOT WITHOUT CHALLENGES.

9 mins

LOW ON CHARGE

In India and elsewhere, the electric vehicle story has not quite lived up to the overzealous projections of a few years ago. A course correction is under way.

10 mins

WE HAVE TO GET TO 4-5% OF GDP IN RESEARCH

While the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, in 2019, recommended that India more than double its expenditure on research and development (R&D) to 2 per cent of GDP by 2022, N.R. Narayana Murthy, the legendary founder of Infosys, thinks this wouldn’t be enough to solve the pressing problems facing the nation. He advises a much higher spending on research and stresses that taxpayers should fund not only applied research but also fundamental research, which can take several decades to show results. In an interview to Business Today’s Goutam Das on the sidelines of Infosys Prize, an annual award that honours achievements of researchers and scientists, Murthy also explained why India needs to change some of its cultural approaches to learning. Edited excerpts:

6 mins

UNLOCKING THE INNOVATION KEY

To survive and grow, all businesses need a culture that is conducive to innovation. Enabling management attributes and a top-down involvement can make this possible

8 mins

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