"There are various schemes on agriculture and irrigation and also on the Renewable energy side," said Shreekant Somany," says Shreekant Somany
Read MoreThe Government has tried to give something to everyone by specifically trying to target 50 crore people, targeting 10 lakh families granting them 5 lakh per annum of medical expense facilities," Sanjeev Gupta, MD, NEXGEN Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd & Chairman, ASEAN+ Japan, China & South Korea Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Read More"The main focus of the budget has been, if you look at the budget speech, the whole speech is announcing schemes, welfare schemes, for the poor and rural sector and the agriculture sector, rural housing, health protection schemes for the below poverty line people," R.S. Sharma, Former CMD, ONGC Ltd
Read More"For senior citizens it is very good as they have got exemptions on health, on TDS, interest rates have been substantially increased, and that increase is very appreciable," Krishan Malhotra, Senior Partner at Dhruva Advisors LLP
Read More"Strengthening of the banks is a much more overarching issue," Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairperson, Max Financial Services
Read More"Several measures in the budget have tried to address themselves to the rural distress situation. The focus on improving productivity, increasing agricultural incomes, strengthening the agri-logistics infrastructure are positive generally but raise questions from a resource efficiency point of view", Dr Leena Srivastava
Read More"The budget is a high rater for its focus on rural and farm sector," Vishwas Udgirkar, Partner, Deloitte India
Read More"Overall it is a great budget. Also, the Government’s target of 8 per cent growth seems achievable to me," Anil Khaitan- Chairman, SNK Corp & President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Read MoreCharity means you only give what you think you can spare. Charity will always be a drop, but investment is a chunk
Read MoreDavid Litteken, Vice President-Asia Pacific Region for BI WORLDWIDE talks to BW Businessworld around engagement solutions, importance of feedback and challenges for HR leaders. Edited excerpts:
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