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After FY26, fiscal deficit target will be a range: Finance Secy Somanathan

Path towards a reduction in the debt-GDP ratio will be announced later

'Nothing has structurally changed on either food or fertiliser subsidy'

Somanathan responded to a range of queries arising from the Budget and explained the government's thinking, on employment schemes, capital gains indexation and fiscal roadmap and many more

'Internship scheme a complicated solution to a complicated issue': Fin secy

At 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print,' Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said companies costs for interns will be funded through their CSR budgets

'Can only provide fiscal incentives': Fin secy on govt's role in employment

At 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print,' Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said fiscal incentives are the central government's responsibility, while skilling and education primarily fall under state govt

Budget 2024 is an economists' Budget, says Citigroup MD Samiran Chakraborty

Focus of Budget 2024 is not restricted to railways, defence and infra, but expands to manufacturing and employment to aid human capital growth, said Citigroup MD at 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print'

Budget a right start to resolve jobs issues: Experts at 'Budget with BS'

At the 'Budget with BS' event in Mumbai on Wednesday, economic experts shared their perspectives on the recently introduced Budget during an insightful panel discussion with Business Standard

Titan Company MD C K Venkataraman on his 'sparkling' journey with Tanishq

Venkataraman, who has steered Tanishq for nearly two decades, shares with Aneeka Chatterjee the joys and challenges of the journey

Lamba's 2047 vision: Enhancing human capital, services-led growth

Says economic growth overstated at 8%, actually 6-6.5% and unsustainable without addressing K-shaped recovery

BS Manthan: Never had a funding winter, says Sanjeev Bikhchandani

The comment from Bikhchandani--who's sometimes referred to as the father of Indian startups-came in the backdrop of Indian startup funding hitting a seven-year low in 2023

Seema Nazareth Award: Media, diplomacy relationship evolving, says Menon

"I first became aware of the role of journalism in diplomacy in Beijing in the early 1970s during the last furious, or rather hectic, days of the Cultural Revolution," he recounted

Decline in political freedom worldwide is worrying, says Martin Wolf

Wolf was speaking through a video link at the Business Standard Manthan event in New Delhi on "The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism", which is also the title of his recent book

We need more large companies to aid India's high growth: Amitabh Kant

Amitabh Kant discusses India's role in G20 and path to becoming a developed nation by 2047 at Business Standard Manthan

No better country than India for tech firms: Amazon's Manish Tiwary

India is second-largest market for e-commerce major in terms of number of employees, only behind the US. Amazon is doubling down on its job creation efforts in the country

Harvesting progress for '47: Invest in R&D, address farm political economy

NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, eminent agriculture economist Ashok Gulati and Chairman of Bharat Krishak Samaj Ajay Vir Jakhar were part of the panel

BS Manthan: Trade policy in tune with development journey, says Goyal

Top names in polity, economy, diplomacy, business, startups, agri, luxury & sustainability made BS Manthan a star-studded show

Business Standard Manthan: Centre-state relations emerge as talking point

Ahluwalia suggested that a portion of central taxes be set aside for this transfer and the remaining be shared between the Centre and the states

Amitabh Kant's growth call: 10K big companies, 10 champion states

The government must take the lead in ensuring Life Insurance Corporation of India invests in startups, says Amitabh Kant

The bigger the pain, the sooner you will get the money: Rajesh Magow

Rajesh Magow of MakeMyTrip reveals the secret for startups to negotiate this funding winter

BS Manthan: Can't have one-size-fits-all trade policy, says Piyush Goyal

Speaking about free-trade agreements (FTAs), he said India was in dialogue with the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), Peru, Chile, and some countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

BS Manthan: 'India should chart own path to shed West's China-plus tag'

Say foreign companies only shifting incremental investments from China, not uprooting themselves.