ELECTIONS BUDGETS

Nithin Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, has raised concerns about structural unemployment among Indian youth, emphasizing the need for targeted measures in the upcoming Union Budget. Despite India's impressive economic growth rates, issues with job cr...

Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena, who resigned from the Rajasthan cabinet, was granted permission by the Assembly to abstain from participating in the current session's proceedings. This came after voice vote by Speaker Vasudev Devnan...

Budget Expectations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh full budget on July 23. Known for fiscal prudence, aggressive capital expenditure, and boosting manufacturing, her previous budgets lacked populist proposals. With cha...

Despite the Modi regime's progressive policies ensuring macro-stability, the 2019 super-rich surcharge raises doubts, especially in view of the poor election show of the BJP. Markets however defied election outcome pullback expectations, hitting new...

Maharashtra's Maha Yuti government has announced several freebies in its last budget before assembly polls, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to eliminate the revdi culture. The budget includes three free cylinders a year for BPL families,...

Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented Maharashtra's budget for 2024-25, highlighting key initiatives including the extension of a Rs 5 per litre subsidy for milk producers and plans to establish 18 new medical colleges. This budget, the last before ...

These companies are quite cyclical, moving between downturns and upturns. Recently, there has been an upturn for Muthoot and Manappuram, partly because IIFL, a major player in the gold financing space, faced some RBI action leading to a slowdown in ...

With the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returning to administration for a third consecutive term and the 2024 Union Budget round the corner, analysts expect the government to retain focus on the infra sector with a sustained budgetary allocation.

Former deputy election commissioner Vinod Zutshi emphasized the need for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to have a separate budget instead of grants from the Consolidated Fund of India. He highlighted the Commission's long-standing demands fo...

Undoubtedly, markets will have their ups and downs. There will be bull market. There will be a bear market. But overall, being an investor, you will make money in India.

I think EPC companies can potentially do well because it is all about the order book that they will start getting in. With the new government formation in, you will see infrastructure activity particularly road building kind of activities start pick...

I think that there should be some more not exactly freebies or welfare, but something more attuned towards consumption and we were already seeing that even in the financial markets. I gave you the number of top line, the most obvious data point to c...

One key reason behind FMCG becoming a preferred choice in today’s time was this year’s general election. It was the most expensive affair with an estimated campaign cost incurred by political parties reaching a record Rs 1.35 lakh crore. A significa...

Fitch Ratings anticipates minimal policy shifts in India post-election losses. The upcoming July budget will detail economic reform plans and fiscal goals for the next five years, crucial for addressing fiscal metrics, reducing debt, potential devia...

Investor money is shifting to defensive shares like FMCG, healthcare, and information technology following the lower-than-anticipated seats for the BJP in recent elections. Marico, Godrej Consumer, Nestle India, ITC, Britannia, HUL, and Dabur saw si...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have consistently opposed the distribution of freebies, as seen in their manifesto "Modi ki Guarantee," which avoided commitments like guaranteed pensions for government employees or ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's smaller-than-expected poll victory is causing concerns among bond investors about increased populism. The election results shocked traders, leading to a selloff in Indian assets.

Food inflation challenges RBI, impacting rate cuts. Elections, populist spending, and fiscal landscape influence rate cut decisions.

Stockbrokers advise clients to keep extra margins for trading on election results day amidst rising volatility index, exceeding exchange limits, and cautioning investors to heed advice. Markets react to GDP data and upcoming central bank review. Inc...