Watch BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey in conversation with Business Today's Editor Prosenjit Datta and Senior Editor Joe C Mathew on what has Arun Jaitley's Budget 2018 achieved, and what remains to be done.

The fact that the government would slip up on the fiscal deficit target because of the teething troubles in the GST, and the low growth in GDP this year, was also expected. And the government resetting the fiscal glide map for the next financial year had also been predicted by most economists and analysts.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the last full Budget of this government on February 1.

The Economic Survey 2017-18 tabled in Parliament on Monday predicts India's GDP would grow 7- 7.5 per cent in 2018-19. Businesstoday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey, Business Today Magazine Editor Prosenjit Datta and Business Today Senior Editor Joe C Mathew discuss key takeaways from the survey report.  

Farm reforms, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna, financing of irrigation solutions, pani panchayats, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha talks about Narendra Modi's economic and farm reforms ahead of the Union Budget2018. Watch Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta and BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey's report

Widening fiscal deficit, growing crude oil prices, GST's impact on fiscal deficit and the subsequent losses to the state exchequer, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha breaks down Narendra Modi's tax and economic reforms ahead of the Union Budget 2018. Watch Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta and BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey's report

At Business Today's flagship event MindRush 2018, Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta welcomed the guests where he talked about the idea behind Business Today MindRush. He also threw light on this year's theme 'Rebrain and Rot'.

Business Today will host the fifth edition of MindRush - India Today Group's annual flagship business event. The one-day conference will take place on January 13 at St Regis, Mumbai. Here are the highlights.

Leadership research - to identify what is common among successful leaders - has been taking place for over a century now.

Business Today Knowledge Forum on HR discusses staffing issues at start-ups and productivity challenges.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is a good solution to end the problem of companies that are piling up losses and running up a debt that they cannot service, but it is not a great tool for banks to recover the money they have lent out.

The telecom war will enter its bitterest phase in 2018 between the three big players and the other two players will be completely marginalized.

So brace up for more fireworks in the telecom sector in 2018. In the short run, it will also be good for consumers as data offers will get more attractive. In the long run, it will probably not be all that good because just two or three dominant players is never good for the consumer.

The Indian telecom sector had a 2017 full of disruptions and ended the year on a similar note, with Mukesh Amabni's Reliance Jio taking over brother Anil's debt-ridden Reliance Communications.

After all the accused in 2G spectrum case were acquitted by a special CBI court, the foreign telecom companies affected by the cancellation of licenses in 2012 are planning to drag Indian government to court. BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey discusses the matter with Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta and Associate Editor Manu Kaushik.

As we say goodbye to 2017 and get ready to welcome 2018, what is the economy looking like? Will 2018 bring more cheer? And what will the government do in the coming year.

The GST collection numbers have come down to Rs 80,800 crore in November, even lower than Rs 83,000 crore in October. Join BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey, Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta, and Senior Associate Editor Dipak Mondal as they discuss this continuous decline in the tax collection figures under GST.

The 2G technology is slowly rolling into oblivion as 3G and 4G take over. It is doubtful if any of the companies which won the 122 licences would have been able to survive the battle that is taking place now after Jio's entry

The 2G scam verdict has got people thinking: whether it was a botch up on part of the investigating agency or was it an accurate verdict from the CBI Special Court? Join Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta, BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey and Associate Editor Manu Kaushik as they dissect the decision on 2G spectrum scam.

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