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Will India’s 2025-26 tax cut spur consumption and GDP growth?

adminApril 1, 202501 mins

[ad_1] Will India’s 2025-26 tax cut spur consumption and GDP growth? | Mint ₹12 lakh, ₹50 lakh surcharge,marginal propensity to consume,household spending,fiscal injection,GDP growth,paradox of thrift,consumer spending,debt burden,Financial Stability Report,Reserve Bank of India,consumer confidence,job creation,savings vs spending,precautionary savings,welfare schemes,public health services,state health insurance,financial security,economic growth”/> ₹12 lakh, ₹50 lakh surcharge,marginal propensity to…

Govt imposes 10% duty on import of chana from 1 April

adminMarch 27, 202506 mins

[ad_1] New Delhi: With a strong rabi harvest expected, the government on Thursday decided to reimpose a 10% import duty on chana (bengal gram). The move marks an end to the duty-free import regime that was in place since May last year to ease domestic shortages and stabilize prices. The decision comes at a time…

A status check of universal health coverage in India

adminMarch 17, 2025010 mins

[ad_1] ‘Evidence shows that health insurance is no elixir for developing countries’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images A little over six years ago, what has been proclaimed as the world’s largest health assurance scheme, namely, the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), was rolled out in the face of hitherto scarce evidence…

Indian gig workers who offer mobility services deserve GST relief

adminMarch 16, 202508 mins

[ad_1] The number of gig workers in India are growing, whether they are drivers of autorickshaws, taxis or bikes, or those engaged in the delivery of food or groceries, or others working for e-commerce companies. The surge in job opportunities for gig-workers across sectors has led to an increase in government initiatives for their welfare. …

Mint Quick Edit | Inflation: In RBI’s control at last?

adminMarch 13, 202502 mins

[ad_1] Retail inflation in February eased to under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 4% target for the first time in six months, government data released on Wednesday showed. The consumer price index was up only 3.6% from the same month in 2024. Also Read: Mint Quick Edit | Inflation is down: Will interest rates…

Debroy panel to soon submit infrastructure financing report

adminFebruary 11, 202509 mins

[ad_1] In 2023, the finance ministry formed the committee led by the late economist Bibek Debroy to assess infrastructure parameters and develop a financing framework. The panel conducted extensive stakeholder consultations before finalizing its recommendations, one of the two people cited above said on the condition of anonymity. The committee has already submitted the first…

Income Tax Bill News LIVE: The proposed bill is expected to be presented in Parliament this week

adminFebruary 10, 202503 mins

[ad_1] Income Tax Bill News LIVE: The Union Cabinet has approved the new Income Tax Bill on Friday, February 7, potentially leading to its introduction in the Lok Sabha early next week. This bill is part of a larger effort to reform the tax system and aims to overhaul the existing tax structure to make…

Union Budget is pro-rich, says Opposition

adminFebruary 7, 202506 mins

[ad_1] Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, party MPs Dharmendra Yadav, Dimple Yadav and Anand Bhadauriya in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on February 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Terming the Union Budget “pro-rich”, Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Friday (February 7,…

India’s taxation crisis: Can 1% bear such a large country’s burden?

adminFebruary 7, 202509 mins

[ad_1] The recent Union budget has raised the annual income threshold above which income tax kicks in to ₹12 lakh under the new tax regime. While this move aims to bolster middle-class spending and stimulate economic growth, it also narrows the tax base as a side-effect, placing an even greater fiscal burden on a small…

How equity investors can ride the post-Budget wave

adminFebruary 5, 2025017 mins

[ad_1] For decades, India’s salaried class viewed themselves as a minority—sandwiched between the elite and what they believe is the world’s largest population of the “politically pampered”. And in most Budgets, they found the discourse to be dominated by farmers, the poor, women and other groups. Which is why the record ₹1 trillion largesse showered…