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Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal

Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 expectations updates: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to table the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 on February 1. As the day nears, expectations from what all sectors want from the budget have started to come to the light. Its also important to note that this will be the last full Budget before the next election, thus a greater degree of populism is expected.

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Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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India should focus on attracting more foreign capital: ERIC co-founder Russell Napier

Russell Napier, the co-founder of ERIC, believes that the Indian government's Budget 2023 should focus on attracting more foreign capital into the country. Despite concerns that the Indian equity markets may be overvalued, Napier argues that the bond market could be quite attractive for foreign investors.

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Jan 27, 2023 8:12 PM

PM Gati Shakti allocation to states may be doubled to Rs 10000 cr

Allocations for states under the PM Gati Shakti - National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity initiative, are likely to be doubled in this year's Union Budget 2023. Budget allocations for schemes may rise from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore after requests from states to the Ministry of Finance, sources said.

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Jan 27, 2023 7:31 PM
Budget 2023 | Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 | Toy makers wish more sops, lower logistics cost & lower drawback rates
The Indian government is mulling Rs 3500 crore production-linked incentive scheme for the toy industry. The government believes there is strong manufacturing and export potential in the Indian toy sector which could become a $3 billion industry soon. CNBC-TV18’s Daanish Anand is at the Toy City in Greater Noida near the National Capital which is a house for a lot of toy factories to gauge the mood of toy manufacturers ahead of the Budget.
Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 | India should focus on attracting more foreign capital into the country, says Russell Napier
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Budget 2023 | Ease of doing business should be further streamlined to support the growth of startups
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Budget 2023 Expectations Highlights: Govt may cut food, fertiliser, fuel subsidies next fiscal
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Budget 2023 | A look at the longest and shortest Union Budget speeches in the Parliament

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