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Budget 2020 - What Will Work, What Will Not
The Budget aims at boosting consumption and private investment to pull the economy forward.
8 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
“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 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
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 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
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 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
PLUGGING IMPORT LEAKS
ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES HAVE OFTEN FAILED TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
8 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
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 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
OVERSPENDING FOR GROWTH
The Budget reveals the government is willing to stretch its finances by going off the fiscal glide path
5 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
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 min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
FUELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH
A dozen experts interpret Budget 2020 and its impact
10+ min |
February 23, 2020
Business Today
How To Save Tax
Here are some tips for smart tax planning in 2020
10 min |
February 09, 2020
Business Today
FUTURE OF WORK
Leading experts on the radical changes in jobs, workplace, skills, privacy and employee well-being
10+ mins |
February 09, 2020
Business Today
Smart Lending
P2P LENDING IS EMERGING AS AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT OPTION IN THE DEBT SEGMENT PROMISING 15-20 PER CENT RETURNS
4 min |
February 09, 2020
Business Today
Save LTCG Tax on Stocks
GAINS ABOVE ₹1 LAKH ON SHARES ARE TAXED. HERE IS HOW YOU CAN CHURN THE PORTFOLIO TO PAY LESS
4 min |
February 09, 2020
Business Today
Best Advice I Ever Got
“YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR RESOURCE-GENERATING ENGINE”
1 min |
February 09, 2020
Business Today
Government Doesn't Have The Bench Strength To Handle The Economy
The Indian economy is going through one of its longest spells of slowdown — six quarters and counting. Even as government and independent commentators are groping in the dark for possible ways to turn around a decelerating economy, Business Today’s Dipak Mondal and Joe C. Mathew caught up with P. Chidambaram, who has presented eight Budgets as finance minister. Excerpts from his analysis of the crisis:
10+ min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
The Slowing Economy Will Remain So For Some Time
Will the Narendra Modi government announce a populist Union Budget to arrest the economic slowdown? Will Budget 2020 offer tax sops and income tax relaxation to stimulate demand? Unlikely, says Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). Debroy tells Business Today’s Joe C. Mathew that a stimulus is neither feasible nor desirable and a clear and credible roadmap for fiscal consolidation is the need of the hour. Edited excerpts:
8 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
How To Steady A Wobbly Economy
Prescriptions from top experts in business, economics, politics and taxation
10+ min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
New Fault Lines in Banking
Even as banks lower their NPAs for the year, new areas of stress are emerging that may create headaches for the financial sector and the RBI.
10+ min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
Knocked Out
PESSIMISM RULES AS CORPORATE LEADERS EXPECT A DULL BUDGET AND BELOW 5 PER CENT GROWTH IN 2019/20, FINDS THE LATEST BUSINESS TODAY-C FORE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEY
4 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
MALLS WITH AIRPORTS
The land of duty-free has grown to such an extent that these stores are now destinations by themselves
6 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
GOING WITH THE TIDE
MARKET BUOYANCY LED TO A STELLAR SHOW BY IPOs THOUGH FUNDS RAISED WERE LOW
3 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
BAYER-MONSANTO POWER OF TWO
HOW THE MERGER OF MNC GIANTS BAYER AND MONSANTO IS LIKELY TO PAN OUT IN INDIA
7 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
A Potential Hire
More and more companies are hiring people with disabilities to strengthen their brand and tap into new customer segments
7 min |
January 26, 2020
Business Today
Your Money in 2020
Innovation in products will be the key factor, be it banking, mutual funds, insurance or loans
10 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
GST Shock For States
Many states are facing severe revenue constraints as GST collections remain subdued and centre delays transfer of their share of taxes
8 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
WHEN MANUFACTURING GOES 3D
A number of industries have started using 3D printing to make goods. Makers of 3D printers expect the trickle to soon turn into a flood
8 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
Work in Progress
India’s data protection Bill has implications for citizens, companies and the government. But many questions need answers before it can near implementation
8 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
Legal Shocker
THE NCLAT DECISION TO REINSTATE CYRUS MISTRY AS TATA SONS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN HAS TURNED THE TABLES ON THE TATA GROUP. WHAT NEXT?
5 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
Lacking Bite
DESPITE BEING ARMED WITH STATUTORY AND ARREST POWERS, SFIO INVESTIGATIONS HAVE LED TO FEW CONVICTIONS. THIS RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS
7 min |
January 12, 2020
Business Today
High Risk, High Reward
ALTHOUGH PMS PLANS PERFORM BETTER THAN MUTUAL FUNDS IN THE LONG RUN, INVESTORS MUST BE AWARE OF THE RISKS INVOLVED
7 min |