India Inc on Budget

Updated : Mar 9, 2015

Budget 2015: Expansion of health coverage is positive, but lack of support for R&D disappointing

The reduction in corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 25 per cent will boost investor confidence and encourage companies to continue the process of job creation and overall growth.

Updated : Mar 4, 2015

Budget 2015-16 will put realty sector on fast track growth

The plan on regulatory reform for infrastructure and single-window clearances will enable more overseas investment into the sector.

Updated : Mar 4, 2015

Budget 2015-16 will boost investor confidence

The ambiguities in the provisions relating to indirect transfers have been suitably addressed in this Union Budget to eliminate scope for discretionary exercise of power.

Updated : Mar 3, 2015

Positive Budget but more should have been done

The ingenuity of this Budget lies in the government's intent to manage cash flows into the economy without merely resorting to increasing taxes.

Updated : Mar 3, 2015

Budget 2015: Preparing India for a brighter economic future

It may not have been the 'Big Bang' Budget that most were expecting, but Mr Jaitley has succeeded in creating a pro-growth and pro-investment roadmap.

Updated : Mar 3, 2015

Expected more direct support for the auto industry

The automobile industry accounts for a significant share of the country's manufacturing GDP... Some favourable measures would have given a fillip to the industry.

Updated : Mar 3, 2015

Budget 2015 was a mixed bag for IT industry

In this Budget, we might have missed an opportunity to drive 'Make in India' in computers, writes Amar Babu, managing director, Lenovo India.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced on Saturday a Budget that aims to boost economic growth, slows the pace of fiscal deficit cuts and seeks to put domestic and foreign capital to work.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget 2015 has sharp focus on agriculture

The focus on Swachh Bharat will greatly benefit the health of our farmers, as also create employment.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget 2015: No major initiatives for consumer goods and appliances industry

It also clearly lays down the GST implementation timeline to April 2016 and that is a welcome step for the entire consumer goods industry as it helps demand and reduces cost of doing business.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Growth-oriented and people-centric Budget: Ashok Chandak

We appreciate the government's intent on making India a manufacturing hub through various initiatives including ease of doing business.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget is well-intentioned, reformative, but issues of chemical industry unaddressed

The Budget is well-intentioned, reformative, rehabilitative, pragmatic, inclusive and growth-oriented.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

A wide-ranging, yet balanced Budget: Marico's Saugata Gupta

The direction on reducing the corporate tax rates from 30 per cent to 25 per cent will probably help the FMCG sector to maintain the prices, thereby accelerating the conversion.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Union Budget 2015-16 to positively impact agriculture

The Budget shows intent to support organic farming and continued support for micro irrigation and watershed management.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Union Budget 2015-16: FM's prescription on financial exclusion

While micro and small enterprises are fairly well targeted in this budget, there is no coverage or mention of the housing finance needs of these categories.

RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka (Photo: Nishikant Gamre/BT Photo)

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka rates Budget 2015 9 on 10

Business Today held a Twitter chat with RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka on whether Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's first full Budget met the industry's expectations or not.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget 2015-16: No cohesive vision for Digital India

While the Budget mentioned the National Optic Fibre Network connecting 2.5 lakh villages with 7.5 lakh km of optic fibre, it needs to be noted that simply laying fibre will not make it an operational 'network' without huge private sector investments.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget 2015 endorses popular pragmatism, finely balances growth and fiscal discipline

The Budget is a step forward in similar pragmatic thinking. This budget attempts to give a direction that, if well implemented, will inspire confidence that India is serious about economic growth that is truly inclusive and balanced.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Union Budget 2015: The Modi-Jaitley development Budget

This is a Budget that will revive long-term growth, provide opportunity and protection to the poor and more vulnerable, while remaining fiscally prudent.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Budget 2015 lacks big push for entrepreneurship: Kishore Biyani

"We were expecting a strong impetus towards domestic demand creation that can lead to growth of India's manufacturing secto," writes Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani.

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Union Budget 2015: What it offers for agriculture sector

A target to achieve Rs 8.5 lakh crore for the farm credit through bank network will provide much needed credit to the farming community.

Vishal Bali, co-founder and chairman, Medwell Ventures

Updated : Mar 2, 2015

Union Budget 2015 fails to deliver on health care

The allocation of Rs 33,150 crore for the sector is similar to the outlay in previous budgets and does not translate to the much anticipated increase from 1.2 per cent of GDP spend to 2 per cent spend, writes the co-founder and chairman of Medwell Ventures.