Budget 2021: Will the Centre speed up disinvestments to fill its coffers?
Budget 2021: Will the Centre speed up disinvestments to fill its coffers?
In addition to accelerating the disinvestment process to boost infrastructure and the health sector, the government also has a number of other options, such as additional borrowing, increased import duties, higher tax realisation, etc.
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UPDATED: January 26, 2021 14:58 IST
Compared to the revised Budget of 2019-20, capital receipts from disinvestment have been budgeted to increase by more than 200 per cent in 2020-21
In an effort to boost the infrastructure and health sectors, the government might resort to the option of disinvestment to fill its coffers. Apart from expediting the disinvestment process, the government also has several other options such as additional borrowings, raising import duties, higher tax realisation, etc.
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Governor has time for Kangana, not for kisan: Sharad Pawar
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January 25, 2021
Mumbai, Jan 25: The Maharashtra Governor has time to meet Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, but not the thousands of kisan brothers who have assembled in Mumbai in huge numbers from all over the state, Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar said on Monday.
Slamming Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari - without taking his name - Pawar said that the farmers were planning to go to Raj Bhavan to submit a memorandum to him after today s rally at Azad Maidan. However, now I am told he (Governor) has gone away to Goa… We have never had such a Governor in the state s entire history… He has time to meet Kangana, but our Kisan brothers who have come here from all over the state… Pawar said sharply while addressing a huge farmers rally at Azad Maidan.
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