For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

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Speculations are rife that the government may levy a Covid cess of around 4 per cent on high income earners to fund the coronavirus vaccination drive

Of the last 10 budgets, the stock market has closed lower six times. Twice the indices closed over 1% lower (2012, 2013). This excludes Budget 2020's 2.4% drop in Sensex, the worst budget-day plunge since 2009

Apart from long pending demands of hike in limits under Sections 80-C and 80-D of Income-tax Act, they also expect COVID-linked tax concessions, more attractive new tax regime and simplified capital gains structure

Tax policies must adapt to changing times to provide buoyancy and enable companies to undertake business in a time-bound and efficient manner

With vaccination against the coronavirus underway, the sector is finally hopeful of a turnaround. It is also hoping for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to announce measures to substantiate this optimism

Solar power developers fear that this could derail the government's ambitious target of having 175GW renewables by 2022, requiring an investment flow of Rs 1.75 lakh crore

Budget 2021: Multiple associations and experts have opined that the Section 80C limit must be increased. However, most have suggested almost doubling the limit

Analysts expect recovery in RIL's overall earnings in the October-December quarter though refinery earnings remain flat. RIL's consolidated revenue may fall to Rs 1.21 lakh crore from Rs 1.69 lakh crore during the year-ago period, a Bloomberg survey of 10 brokerages says

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First advance estimates of national income highlight three key imperatives to revive growth: generate demand and investment cycles by directly spending more and reverse import substitution

Morgan Stanley expects the upcoming earnings results to prompt an earnings upgrade cycle with chemicals in the driver's seat, before refining picks up by mid-2021

The Department on Tuesday had said that over 5 crore income tax returns (ITRs) for fiscal year 2019-20 have been filed till January 4

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Over 5.01 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 04th of January, 2021, the Income Tax Department said in a tweet

Stocks to watch today on January 5: HDFC, Bajaj Finance, Edelweiss Financial, Sun Pharma, NBCC, L&T among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session

Traders' body FAIVM advocated levying income tax on partnership firms and limited liability partnerships at 22 per cent instead of the present 30 per cent, bringing it at par with corporate tax rate

According to Finance Secretary Ajay Pandey, the officials were able to arrest tax evaders because of the data taken from agencies like Income Tax Department, Customs unit, FIU and GST department, and banks

Over 4.84 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 31st of December, 2020, the Income Tax Department tweeted