In this exclusive interview, Manish Dutt, Managing Director, V R Films and Studios Limited, explains how their company has been able to surpass its revenue expectations through new initiatives along with a focus on localisation to help expand its reach.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the country expects a GDP of 9.2 per cent and this will lay the foundation for economic growth over the next 25 years. Inclusive development, productivity enhancement, energy transition, and climate action would be the four pillars of development. Budget 2022 seeks to lay the foundation to steer the economy over ‘Amrit Kaal’ for the next 25 years, from India at 75 to India at 100, continuing to build on the vision of Budget 2021.  

The cement sector finds itself in a sweet spot with allied sectors like real estate seeing a lot of activity in terms of new sales, pre-sales, and inventory, which are being fast absorbed by the end-users.  

In the Union Budget 2022-23, a bunch of expectations has been fulfilled. Healthcare and infrastructure appeared to be the main highlights of Budget 2022 while a huge investment has been allocated for the expansion of roadways & logistics networks.  

FM Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the government will enhance the national highway network by 25,000 kilometres under the PM Gati Shakti master plan in 2022-23. Continue reading to know how infrastructure funds may benefit.

This progressive step marks a new beginning for the adoption of digital currency by our nation.    

The Union budget is the vision statement of the Central Government for the next fiscal year. For the common man, the most coveted announcements relate to personal taxes. The common man sets his eyes on this section with hope of relaxation in tax slabs and increase in limits of  exemptions and deductions.  

Tax slabs remains unchanged for 5 consecutive year of Budget presentation by Sitharaman(last revised by then FM Arun Jaitley in 2014) 

This futuristic and inclusive vision aims to empower youth, women, farmers, SCs & STs and to promote big private-public investments for building modern infrastructure. 

The bulls seem to be dominating the market on the budget day with the advance decline ratio clearly in the favour of the advances and 149 stocks making a fresh 52 week high.  

Launch of Digital DESH e-portal for skilling, upskilling, and reskilling of youth