Special Report
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Budget 2019: Charged up for electric vehicles
The government has made it cheaper for consumers to buy electric vehicles, but the price differential with gasoline vehicles remains
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Superrich, do your bit for Nation Building
How India's burgeoning mass of HNIs can help reduce inequality and contribute to the government's poverty-alleviation measures
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Budget 2019: For social schemes, no new solutions to the same problems
While Sitharaman addressed the water crisis, no major changes were made to flagship schemes such as the Swacch Bharat Mission and the Awas Yojana
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Budget 2019: Modi government faces an uphill task with fiscal deficit
FM Nirmala Sitharaman has indicated an increase in disinvestment, including monetisation of Air India, to raise more capital
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Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharman could have done more for MSMEs: Experts
Industry believes the FM could have focussed on easing up hurdles for access to credit and job creation
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Budget 2019: Mood Point
An insider account of reactions in Motilal Oswal's trading room to Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech
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Budget 2019: Instead of jobs, FM focuses on higher education and skills
Curbing unemployment immediately remains a question mark, but the government hopes the New Education Policy will transform skilling, help build world-class institutes
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Public sector banks get Rs70K crore booster, but NBFCs need scrutiny
Amount of bank recapitalisation enough for current fiscal, but experts want NBFC issues resolved
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Budget 2019: Giving wings to the aviation sector
Finance minister lays out a series of plans to lift the airline industry out of the current mess
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Budget 2019: Sitharaman bats for startups
Economy boosting measures announced by the finance minister will have a direct impact on them
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Budget 2019: Sitharaman shows words' worth with literary references
The Finance Minister invoked Swami Vivekananda and used quotes from Chanakya Niti and Sangam literature in maiden budget speech