- 01, Feb 2021
Budget 2021 LIVE Updates: Govt always open for dialogue, consultation only way forward, Sitharaman on farm agitation
Budget 2021: On a question about the ongoing farm crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, 'On Farm laws, government is and has always been open to dialogue with farmers; agriculture...
- 30, Jan 2021
Budget 2021 is a chance to revitalise the Smart Cities mission
The Modi government’s previous budgets, too, have focused on investing in smart cities across the country. The aim, as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Parliament, was to “maximise the...
- 31, Jan 2021
Budget 2021 Expectations: MSMEs, startups seek better debt access, GST relaxation, more from FM Sitharaman
Union Budget 2021-22 Expectations for MSMEs: Union budgets are events similar to annual appraisals – every employee expects a promotion, additional emoluments, or at least a pay hike, however, not all...
- 31, Jan 2021
Union Budget 2021: Reintroduce single tax slab structure, raise minimum taxable income to Rs 7.5 lakh
Divakar Vijayasarathy, Founder and Managing Partner, DVS Advisors LLP The salaried class could be disappointed if it’s expecting a reduction in tax rates. In fact, it should brace itself for...
- 28, Jan 2021
Budget 2021 needs to attract foreign investment. Here’s how.
“Attracting FDI requires a two-pronged approach; first, restrictions specific to the sector in which FDI is desired to be attracted is relaxed, which includes increasing FDI limit, reducing compliance, setting...
- 26, Jan 2021
Budget 2021: Are you expecting big income tax relief this year? ‘You will be disappointed’
'The salaried class could be disappointed if it’s expecting for reduction in tax rates,' said Divakar Vijayasarathy, founder & managing partner, DVS Advisors LLP
- 19, Jan 2021
Union budget: Development Finance Institution likely to be announced
Divakar Vijayasarathy, founder and managing partner at consulting firm DVS Advisors LLP, said funding is the most important aspect of infrastructure projects.
- 08, Jan 2021
Year 2020 in flashback: Key decisions that drove economy and those that failed
Divakar Vijayasarathy  2020, will be remembered as one of the fascinating stories of mass cooperation in human history, where the entire world came together to fight an invisible enemy, rather...
- 11, Jan 2021
Union Budget may give fiscal breather to states
Divakar Vijayasarathy, founder and managing partner at consulting firm DVS Advisors LLP, said that although performance-based incentives for state governments “is a tricky issue, going forward, this could become the...
- 11, Jan 2021
I made LTCG on sale of equity shares in FY 2020-21. Can tax be saved by buying a house?
Divakar Vijayasarathy, Founder and Managing Partner, DVS Advisors LLP replies: Exemption from capital gains tax on sale of equity shares, being long term in nature, is available in Sec 54F...