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02.02 / 03:37

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electric vehicle batteries, motors and controllers, electrolyzers, wind turbines, very high-voltage transmission equipment and grid-scale batteries.

02.02 / 03:37

markets UPS Digital Strategy Experts PAM Budget puts more money in taxpayers' hands, builds bridge to 'Viksit Bharat', says Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman said in comments to the media that the budget has pledged substantial relief to the middle class through income tax cuts and is also focused on interventions required to make India a developed country by 2047. Edited excerpts:

02.02 / 03:37

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ADANI PORTS & SEZ THE GOVERNMENT’S impetus to micro, small, and medium enterprises will further strengthen domestic manufacturing. In addition, a maritime development fund with a corpus of Rs 250 crore will be formed to expand shipbuilding. These initiatives will have a long-term indirect benefit to the port activities.

02.02 / 03:37

markets UPS Citizens Strategy PAM country PM Modi calls Budget people-centric, force multiplier

Narendra Modi hailed the «people's budget,» calling it a «force multiplier» and adding that it will give an impetus to savings, investment, consumption and growth. He congratulated finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team for a budget that aims at giving primacy not to filling government coffers but to empowering the middle class besides bolstering the rural economy as well as the SC, ST communities, women and farmers.

02.02 / 03:37

markets Digital Strategy Research Experts PAM Features budget 2025 Budget 2025: All for Nuclear Energy Private Limited

nuclear energy in India received a much-needed boost with the budget paving the way for greater private participation by proposing changes in the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act to remove the hurdles.

02.02 / 03:27

Booking Man Software Healthcare testing Colleges 5 new business books for your February reading list

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A good book can make the hours fly by and are the perfect antidote to hours of staring at a laptop or the exhaustion of a long-haul flight. From Bill Gates’ memories of his early years to notes about mindful living to advice on HR and people management, here is a list of books to put on your list this month.

02.02 / 03:27

UPS Art students show performer voice Features Artists take the farmlands into the gallery

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 1930, Nandalal Bose painted a mural of Rabindranath Tagore driving an ox and plough amidst a group of performers.

02.02 / 02:45

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CAPITAL GAINS AIFs Get Clarity on Tax The government has clarified that profits earned by ‘Category 1 and ‘Category 2’ alternative investment funds (AIFs) from sale of securities will be treated as capital gains and not business income which is higher. So investors in AIFs will pay capital gains tax and not 30% income tax.

02.02 / 02:45

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Union Budget 2025 approaches, a recent survey by Mudrex, a platform for crypto investments, shows that most Indian crypto investors want changes in the tax system. The findings indicate a strong demand for tax revisions, with the majority of participants advocating for lower rates and more flexibility in the taxation system for cryptocurrency investments.

02.02 / 02:45

markets Strategy Analysis Trade Experts Cycling rights Putting money in the right hands to spur consumption: S Naren

While many were talking about the need for interest rate cuts, the real issue at this point was the slowdown in consumption. The government has put money in the hands of people at the lower end of the income spectrum through tax reductions. This was the need of the hour and, in that context, it was the right budget for this stage of the economic cycle.

02.02 / 02:45

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Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), as it seeks to make the country an attractive investment destination for foreign investors.

02.02 / 02:45

markets Analysis Election Research Trade Experts rights Borrowing likely to stay in check, pave way for lower rates: Sunil Singhania

Borrowing is set at ₹11.5 lakh crore, ensuring that fiscal discipline is maintained without hampering growth. After a fiscal deficit peaking at 9.2% in FY21, it has steadily declined to 4.8% in FY24, driven by strong growth and fiscal discipline.

02.02 / 02:45

markets UPS Analysis Trade Experts track Credit needs to flow for corporate profits to glow on FPI radars: Raamdeo Agrawal

economic growth) translating to the micro (corporate profit growth). On the macro, the finance minister has just delivered a bullish budget. And yet, the million-dollar micro question remains — will corporate profits revive? First, the budget. It can be dissected into three C's — consolidation, consumption, and capex. On the consolidation front, the budget is firmly on track, with FY25 fiscal deficit at 4.8% of gross domestic product (GDP), expected to be further lower at 4.4% in FY26.

02.02 / 02:45

markets UPS Mobile Analysis trends Trade Experts Tax gains likely to boost consumption; Realty, FMCG and Consumer Durables indices surge

income tax cuts in the budget spurred a rally in shares of consumption companies Saturday as investors bet that individuals with money at their disposal would be encouraged to spend more on personal mobility choices and other consumer discretionary products. Nifty’s Realty index jumped 3.4%, while Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Consumer Durables indices were up about 3% each. The Nifty Auto index gained 1.9%. Benchmark Nifty ended 0.1% lower.

02.02 / 00:39

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tax cuts in the budget, but the stock markets barely moved. Why so? Because finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech about a bright future was silent on the sharp, continuing fall of Indian stock markets and the rupee ever since it became clear that Donald Trump was going to become US President and disrupt global relations.

01.02 / 19:27

markets UPS Provident Target Gap Strategy Sowing seeds of change for agriculture but gaps remain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Economic Survey called agriculture the “sector of the future" and the FM echoed this sentiment in her budget speech, emphasizing garib, youth, annadata and nari. Despite this focus, key gaps remain.

01.02 / 16:27

markets Provident Election trends social shock Commentary Arvind Chari: This is a budget to optimize growth within constraints

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The first full-year budget of India’s new National Democratic Alliance government, sworn in after the 2024 general election, was presented against the backdrop of a noticeable slowdown in economic growth over the last four quarters. I discussed the issue of whether this slowdown is cyclical or structural in a recent column for Mint, summarizing it as being an issue of expectations.

01.02 / 16:27

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The markets somersaulted. India Inc cheered.

01.02 / 15:41

markets UPS Target Waters Manufacturing economy country budget 2025 Budget 2025 lands softly—markets hesitate as capex slows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The first full budget of Modi 3.0 government’s arrived at a precarious time. India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, is now grappling with a seven-quarter-low GDP growth rate in Q2 FY25.

01.02 / 15:23

UPS Waters wellness Bill show cover Headlines India’s budget does well to drive growth despite a fiscal pullback

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union budget was presented on Saturday in the backdrop of sluggish real growth and stubborn albeit declining headline inflation with the latest print above 5%. Real growth was at 6% in the first half of the current year (2024-25), as against 8.2% in the same period last year.

01.02 / 15:23

UPS Target Food electronic travelers boating Consumption push: Shop till you drop?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There is a spring in the step of Indian consumer-related companies after the budget 2025’s proposal to make income up to ₹12 lakh tax-free under the new tax regime. With more disposable income in the hands of millions of taxpayers, the expectation is that consumers would be encouraged to spend more on items like staples, electronics, clothes, footwear, restaurants and travel.

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