FY24 direct tax collection up 20% at ₹15.60 lakh cr so far
Direct tax collection constitutes 80% of the revised budget estimates for the entire fiscal year up to February 10, 2024.
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Fluctuations in RE allocations in many key schemes for FY24
The allocation for nutrient-based subsidy has been revised upwards to ₹60,300 crore in RE 2023-24 from ₹44,000 crore in BE 2023-24.
The Tiff Over Centre's Spending
House panel finds that too much additional mid-year spending compromises the sanctity of Budget numbers.
Budget 2022: Eco Survey growth estimates conservative, India can surprise, say experts
The survey is optimistic on the medium-term prospects due to infrastructure capex focus of the government and supply-side reforms.
Covid-19: How the cookie crumbles
Covid-19 may force finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to change the Budget maths. Look what happened to P. Chidambaram’s 2008-09 Budget projections when the global financial crisis hit in 2008.
