Outlook Hindi Magazine - February 24, 2020

In this issue

1- Cover story analyses Union Budget of FY 2020-21, whether Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman missed the chance to take concrete steps to revive economic growth rate. Prominent economists and experts also discussed on key proposals of budget. Mr. Taressh Bhatia weighs whether deduction and exemption free option of new income tax regime is beneficial for tax payers.
2- Editor Harvir Singh in his regular column highlights uncertainty of government policies. He opines, businesses can face and manage economic challenges but cannot bear policy uncertainty. Changing policies is not good.
3- Harimohan Mishra reports on recent rift in center-state relationship due to decision on CAA, NRC and NPR. He says such strain relations were not seen in previous decades.
4- Naseer Ganai reports from Shrinagar on government’s planning after completion of six months period of imprisonment of main stream politicians including three former Chief Ministers. The government can extend their custody as they refused to sign bail bond.
5- Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister told Prashant Shrivastava that government’s policies will bring out farmers from their miseries and double their income in stipulated time fixed for the target.