Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced Budget 2021. She said that the country's healthcare spending would be doubled to Rs 2,23,846 crore and added that Rs 35,000 crore would be spent on Covid vaccines. Capital expenditure will be increased to Rs 5.54 lakh crore, which is around 34 percent higher than last year. The government also announced infrastructure projects in several states. Will this Budget diminish the financial problems of people amid the coronavirus? Will this Budget accelerate the country's economic growth? Dr Prannoy Roy analyses with a panel of experts.
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Highlights Of Prannoy Roy's Analysis Of Budget 2021
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Updated : February 01, 2021 9:53 pm IST
Feb 01, 2021 21:44 (IST)
Feb 01, 2021 21:29 (IST)
Omkar Goswami: I am concerned that the gross tax revenue is over 16% over last year. GDP growth is 14.4%. That kind of elasticity hasn't happened in India.
- Even though we have talked so much about defence, there is no increase in outlay except 9% capex for army
Feb 01, 2021 21:27 (IST)
Omkar Goswami: The positives -- the speech lasted in less than 2 hours. Speech was far more coherent. There hasn't been too much fudging of the fiscal deficit numbers.
Feb 01, 2021 21:19 (IST)
Amit Mitra: There is a fundamental problem with this government's approach. 7 quarters of decline before Covid - because they don't know macroeconomics. During Covid, I wrote to the Finance Minister and said please spur demand. But they are supply-side people. They have a fundamental lack of macroeconomics...This is an anti-federalist budget.
Feb 01, 2021 21:07 (IST)
Omkar Goswami: This government talks about disinvestment but simply can't do it
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Feb 01, 2021 20:54 (IST)
Naina Lal Kidwai: Embracing the 9.5% (fiscal deficit) figure was a courageous step. I am hopeful revenues will pick up as we have seen in GST collections.
Feb 01, 2021 20:42 (IST)
Mukesh Bhutani: We don't have any shocks in this year's budget. The government is reducing tax litigation.
Feb 01, 2021 20:25 (IST)
Naina Lal Kidwai: The heavy industry sectors are only now beginning to pick up. Infrastructure spending will certainly help it. Many have used the Covid period to cut costs.
Feb 01, 2021 20:22 (IST)
TV Narendran: (On Capex) Any incremental money coming in is good. The focus is good. The industry is optimistic because a lot of things we have been asking have been done.
Feb 01, 2021 20:17 (IST)
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: For health, Rs 35,000 crore expenditure on vaccines and Rs 65,000 crore over 6 years is a welcome development...It is a good start but it must be a recurring thing.
Feb 01, 2021 20:14 (IST)
How India performed on credit and bank loans
Feb 01, 2021 20:13 (IST)
Major hike in import duties. India's return to protectionism?
Feb 01, 2021 20:11 (IST)
A sharp decline in industrial investment
Feb 01, 2021 20:10 (IST)
Growth in investment low
Feb 01, 2021 20:09 (IST)
Huge dip in import growth
Feb 01, 2021 20:08 (IST)
Sudden collapse in export growth
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