Owing to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being new to her role, a number of crucial announcements in the Budget bore Garg's imprint, especially the decision to borrow in overseas markets, reduce the fiscal deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product, and resort to off-Budget borrowing to meet that target, says Arup Roychoudury.
A summary of the third day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches played at various venues across the country.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday
Budget planners for now have been told to prepare with the assumption that GST will apply from April 1.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
Courtesy Jadeja's knock, Saurashtra lead Railways by 144 runs after they ended the Day 2 at 344/8.
Maharashtra's Swapnil Gugale slammed a triple century while Ankit Bawane hit a double hundred as the duo registered the highest-partnership in the history of the Ranji Trophy, against Delhi, in the Ranji Trophy Group B match at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, on Friday.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Sunday
Clever wordplay does not change the fact that the government is going pretty easy on some tax offenders, says Arup Roychoudhury.
'Why can't a person who has supervised military intelligence head RA&W?' 'Why can't one who has overseen national security planning become our NSA or chair the National Security Advisory Board?' asks Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).
A summary of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
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A summary of the opening day's play from the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
'A bit of foresight would have helped.' 'Isn't it common sense that this is sowing and wedding season?' 'The plan is indeed unquestionably revolutionary, but better preparedness could have avoided such teething troubles.'
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Friday
A summary of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
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