Budget 2024: On February 1, 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget, outlining a comprehensive financial plan ahead of the general elections 2024. The budget proposed a total expenditure of ₹47.65 trillion for FY 2024-25, marking a 6% increase over the revised estimate for FY 2023-24. The Interim Budget projected total receipts at … Read more
A rally fuelled by robust fundamentals has led to a re-rating in the infrastructure and capital-goods sectors, pushing several stocks into what seems like overvalued territory. Several infrastructure and capital-goods stocks are trading above their 10-year average price-to-earnings (PE) ratio. The PE ratio compares a company’s stock price to its earnings per share, so a … Read more
GDP growth Intent: The budget document is vital to understand GDP growth expected for the next year. The budget is presented two months prior to the start of the next financial year (2024-25) and within a month of the first estimate for the current year (2023-24). Higher growth estimates can mask higher deficit numbers, which … Read more