Budget 2025

February 7, 2025 2:48 PM

Budget 2025: How It Can Propel India on The Growth Path

Less than a week after the finance minister announced the budget, the Reserve Bank of India announced a rate cut, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points. The synchronisation between the government and the central bank ensures that the temporary dip in the growth numbers is reversed immediately. The tea leaves are being read correctly and, more importantly, on time. In the second quarter of FY25, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.4 per cent. Much of it can be attributed to the ...

February 5, 2025 3:01 PM

Budget 2025: A Vindication for Modi Government’s Long-Term Policies

Unshackling the nation’s economy from the global turmoil of the last four years, the finance minister, rightfully, has earned her budget headlines this year. Giving the middle class the thrust it was eyeing, the Modi Government has also found vindication for its long-term policies, introduced since the Prime Minister took over in 2014. Each Budget, under the Modi Government, has been about building upon the achievements of the previous budget. Put simply, the annual finance conglomeration of ...

February 3, 2025 2:16 PM

Budget 2025: Modi Government Puts Farmers First

The Modi Government presented its second complete budget of its third term and its third budget within the last twelve months. Politically, the last fifteen months have been an electoral roller-coaster for the country, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has emerged as the primary preference of the voters across states and the country at large. The BJP secured critical victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh in December 2023. In June 2024...