The Prime Minister and Musk can be seen shaking hands at the Tesla Motors campus

D.K. Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, National Spokesperson, BJP on Economic Affairs, Gourav Vallabh, Spokesperson, Indian National Congress, and Mukesh Butani, Managing Partner, BMR Legal Advocates discuss the realistic expectations from the upcoming budget, the challenges the FM faces during these pandemic-hit times and what best can be done. Watch them in discussion with Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business Today.

Nilesh Shah, Group President and Managing director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, D.K. Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, National Spokesperson, BJP on Economic Affairs, Gourav Vallabh, Spokesperson, Indian National Congress, and Mukesh Butani, Managing Partner, BMR Legal Advocates discuss both long and short term strategies the govt should adopt to raise resources in the upcoming budget. Watch them in conversation with Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business Today.

IndiGo airport manager Rupesh Kumar was taken to a nearby hospital immediately by the police but he died on the way. Kumar had reportedly returned from a family vacation in Goa one day before his death

India's lockdown-struck gross domestic product (GDP) contracted an unprecedented 23.9 per cent, the worst among major economies, during the first quarter of FY21. However, the pent-up demand pushed up consumption, but shrank GDP by 7.5 per cent in the following quarter. With RBI predicting a small growth, in the third and fourth quarters, the current financial year is likely destined to go down in history as India's fifth recession. Watch as Business Today holds a pre-budget discussion with experts from different industries, including D.K. Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL; Gopal Krishna Agarwal, National Spokesperson, BJP on Economic Affairs; Prof. Gourav Vallabh, Spokesperson, Indian National Congress; Mukesh Butani, Managing Partner, BMR Legal Advocates; Nilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company; and Akhil Gupta, Vice-Chairman, Bharti Enterprises. They offer their  suggestions for economic growth and expectations from the upcoming budget. Also Read: India's industry output contracts 1.9% in November, bucks revival trend

Farmers, who had earlier announced to oppose the 'kisan mahapanchayat', were carrying black flags and shouting slogans against the BJP-led Central government as they tried to march towards Kaimla village

Farmers' protest: Sources said not much discussions could take place at the meeting and the next date has been decided after keeping in mind a scheduled hearing of Supreme Court on January 11

Equity markets are entering the New Year with hope. Here's what lies ahead

The New Year raises new hopes, new expectations, new aspirations - even new anxieties. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has raised hopes by inviting ideas to spur growth with a promise to deliver \"a Budget like never before\"

How the FM can make it a 'never before' Budget. Top experts weigh in

Suffering poor financial health, Central government has not given a concrete answer on who will bear the cost of vaccinating Indians - Centre, states, or the people themselves

The resolution was passed in a special session convened in compliance with COVID-19 protocols to express solidarity with the agitating farmers

Explaining how even Shiv Sena abandoned BJP in Maharashtra owing to the latter's dominating and uncooperative methods, RJD said that \"BJP is like a big fish which swallows the smaller ones\"

Rahul Gandhi's conspicuous absence from the country comes at a crucial time for Congress as it gets ready for party presidential elections

On Wednesday, Bedi had shot a letter to the Delhi and District Cricket Association, lambasting it for installing a statue of its late former President Arun Jaitley at the Kotla

About forty farmer unions wrote to the Centre on Saturday proposing for the talks to take place on Tuesday, December 29. For them, a repeal of all laws will still be the top priority

Boasting about the recently concluded DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Modi's remarks came days after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that the Centre will brand anyone a terrorist, be it RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, if they stood up against the Prime Minister

Union Home Minister Shah said that rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are yet to be framed because of the pandemic situation and the matter will be considered once the COVID-19 vaccination starts and the corona chain breaks

While Shah also accused Abhishek Banerjee - Mamata Banerjee's nephew - for \"bullying,\" he maintained that this election is not about a change in the political leader but about \"getting rid of corruption, political violence, extortion and Bangladeshi infiltration\"

Addressing the Delhi Assembly, the Chief Minister also alleged the laws have been made for 'electoral funding of the BJP and not the farmers'