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JANUARY 27, 2023
CFOs are overhauling their technology budgets as inflation, slumping economic growth and other external forces jeopardize their earnings targets.
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OCTOBER 3, 2023
Average security budget growth was lowest in cyber-mature sectors, such as tech, finance and healthcare, according to the research.
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Budget 2024: How India's recent economic prints can shape FM Sitharaman's interim budget moves
CFO News
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Budget 2024: In a convergence of inflation, GDP growth, and existing policies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's interim Budget for FY25 takes center stage. The preparation of fiscal strategies underscores the critical role played by the present economic landscape in shaping future financial trajectories.
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Holding Onto Your Marketing Budget in a Downturn
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
If you’re a chief marketing officer (CMO), the current economic uncertainty undoubtedly creates anxiety for you, your team, and your agencies. The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has demonstrated the tight correlation between advertising spend and economic indicators like GDP growth by looking at historical data.
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Budget 2024: Sankalp for an Unstoppable INDIA: Rakesh Nangia
CFO News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
In this article, Rakesh Nangia and Rajan Sachdev delve into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Interim Budget 2024. They highlighted that this budget presents a Sankalp (pledge) for an Unstoppable India, emphasizing inclusive growth, innovation, and the strategic importance of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
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Interim Budget 2024-25: The BIG Picture
CFO News
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Finance expert Robin Banerjee evaluates the Union Budget 2024, emphasizing long-term planning, infrastructure focus, fiscal responsibility, and sector-specific strategies. While praising positive moves, he points out areas that need more attention for a comprehensive economic uplift.
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Overcoming Challenges to Economic Freedom in States
CFO News Room
DECEMBER 18, 2022
People point to tax burdens and over-regulation as the reasons for economic decline. Look no further than the Fraser Institute’s latest report to see how states rank for economic freedom based on government spending, taxes, and labor market regulation. . But the real question is: why should we care about economic freedom?
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CFO budget 2023: What’s unlikely to get cuts
Future CFO
OCTOBER 4, 2022
When it comes to CFO budget 2023, only 7% of finance leaders plan to cut customer service spending over the next 12 months, said Gartner recently. According to results of a July survey of 234 finance leaders, 21% plan to increase customer spending and 72% to maintain spending, despite economic pressures.
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Interim Budget 2024 – The Placeholder Budget
CFO News
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Gaurav Mehndiratta, Partner and Head of Corporate and International Tax at KPMG in India, dissects the Interim Budget 2024, praising its pragmatism and measures to sustain economic growth amidst a pivotal election year.
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Union Budget 2022| Impactful long-term growth-oriented Budget: Mohit Malhotra, CEO, Dabur
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s shortest Budget ever may not have met the general expectations of being a short-term consumption booster, but it surely has all the right ingredients for becoming an impactful long-term growth-oriented move. Also Read | Union Budget 2022: Solar PLI scheme corpus grows over five times to Rs 19,500 crore.
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Budget 2022 focuses on futuristic growth: Vidit Aatrey, CEO, Meesho
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
lakh crore in the next fiscal will percolate down to the real engines of our economic growth — the MSMEs. Resilience, inclusive growth, and technology-enabled development – the Budget 2022 by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman aims to create an enabling framework to achieve these three benchmarks. Stepping up capex to Rs7.5
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Budget 2022: A thumbs-up for Digital India
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The Indian technology sector saw several major announcements in the Union Budget 2022, with a few misses in the startup segment. Budget 2022’s announcements on manufacturing, sustainability, electronics, digital currency, innovation and startups with technology as the cornerstone are expected to give a fillip to the tech industry. “The
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Union Budget 2022: Tech push for agri sector
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
In her Budget speeches for 2019-20 and 2020-21, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman referred to ZBNF as ‘innovative model for doubling farmers’ income’. To reduce import dependence, the Budget has also proposed formulation of a comprehensive scheme for boosting domestic production of oilseeds. In 2020-21, India imported 13.35
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Market gives thumbs up to Budget 2022
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The equity market witnessed some wild swings on the Budget Day, with the Sensex rebounding after losing more-than 2% from the day’s high. But unlike other Budget Days, benchmarks ended the day in the green, as investors cheered a growth-oriented Budget. By Yoosef Kp & Ruchit Purohit. After surging as much as 1,018.03
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Union Budget 2022-23: Govt maintains focus on sector
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
While the sizeable increase in infra spend and sectoral initiatives in Union Budget augur well, there is need for policy reforms that help create a robust private investment ecosystem. Both of these would be addressed through the Gati Shakti initiative which is one of the cornerstones of Budget 2022-23.
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Security budgets rise more than in 2022 despite economic headwinds
Future CFO
MARCH 26, 2023
Security budgets are forecast to net increase by 29% in 2023 compared to a year ago, after a 26% rise in 2022, said S&P Global Market Intelligence recently when releasing the report of the Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security, Budgets & Outlook 2023 study.
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Union Budget can lead to more jobs, better healthcare: Saugata Gupta, CEO, Marico
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The previous year’s Budget focused on foundational measures towards a consumer-driven economy while keeping a keen eye on post-Covid recovery. The Union Budget continues the policy direction set by last year’s Budget. Also Read | Union Budget 2022: Tech push for agri sector. By Saugata Gupta.
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CFOs plan to cut staff, increase hiring budgets
CFO Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
Concern about higher wages and a skilled labor shortage are foremost in CFOs minds as they grapple with continued economic headwinds.
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Budget 2024: Unpacking Key Tax Highlights
CFO News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Discover the essence of India's Budget 2024 with key tax highlights. Finance Minister Sitharaman's strategic measures promise tax stability, support for startups, and streamlined processes, shaping the nation's economic course.
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Budget infuses more atmanirbharta into MSMEs — Sanjay Agarwal
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The finance minister has managed the tough balancing act of spurring economic revival while also maintaining fiscal discipline. Crucially, while the Budget had a clear digital focus, it did not leave the needs of the grassroots unattended. By Sanjay Agarwal.
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How an EPM Solution Supports Managing Economic Uncertainty
Jedox Finance
APRIL 16, 2020
He shares his expertise on how an EPM solution supports managing economic uncertainty, particularly in times of crisis. What does your economic forecast look like for the foreseeable future? To achieve greater agility, the Office of the CFO needs to be able to do the following: Process a vast amount of data in a short period.
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Budget Highlights 2024: Sitharaman gets Dahi Shakkar blessings from President Murmu
CFO News
JANUARY 31, 2024
Budget Highlights 2024: The Modi government is striving for consistent economic growth despite geopolitical uncertainties, with ongoing initiatives designed to support farmers, women, and those facing economic challenges.
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Budget 2022| Conservative budget estimates leave room for pandemic response, macroeconomic risks: Moody’s
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Union Budget 2022: Moody’s Investors Service on Friday said India’s conservative budget assumptions leave room for the government to respond to prevailing macroeconomic and pandemic risks over the next year. India’s budget projects a narrowing in the central government deficit to 6.4 per cent in fiscal 2021. lakh crore (0.8
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Budget 2024: Govt likely to maintain capex momentum in FY25
CFO News
JANUARY 29, 2024
Union budget 2024: The government is expected to continue prioritizing capital expenditure, particularly in the infrastructure sector, in the upcoming Budget to drive economic growth. The government has allocated a record high of Rs 10 lakh crore for capex during the current financial year, with a consistent increase.
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CFOs aim to expand budgets for sales, supply chain
CFO Dive
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
CFOs are preparing to bump up spending in sales, corporate IT and supply chain, but are keeping a close watch on economic conditions before shelling out new funding.
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Budget 2022: Digital rupee from FY23
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The Union Budget for 2022-23 made a string of other announcements on digital payments, including a plan to offer netbanking to depositors with India Post and another to set up 75 digital banking units across as many districts. The government also intends to tax transfer of ‘digital assets’, widely interpreted as cryptocurrencies, at 30%.
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Budget 2024: Govt likely to maintain capex momentum in FY25
CFO News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Union budget 2024: The government is expected to continue prioritizing capital expenditure, particularly in the infrastructure sector, in the upcoming Budget to drive economic growth. The government has allocated a record high of Rs 10 lakh crore for capex during the current financial year, with a consistent increase.
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CFOs eye budget increase for employee compensation, Gartner says
Future CFO
MARCH 21, 2024
Chief financial officers are planning to increase budgets for employee compensation, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The post CFOs eye budget increase for employee compensation, Gartner says appeared first on FutureCFO.
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Economic Survey to be presented today; All you need to know about the pre-Budget survey
CFO News
JANUARY 30, 2023
The Economic Survey for 2022-23 will be released on Tuesday, January 31. It will be presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament during the Budget Session. The release will be followed by a press conference held by the Chief Economic Advisor along with other senior officials of the finance minister.
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Budget 2022: Key loan scheme for MSMEs fortified, limit hiked to Rs 5L cr
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The Budget on Tuesday proposed to extend the validity of its flagship guaranteed loan scheme by a year through March 2023 and widened its coverage by Rs 50,000 crore to Rs 5 lakh crore, acknowledging the need for a protracted period of succour to start-ups and small businesses as they grapple with the spread of the latest Covid strain.
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Budgeting tips for resilient organisations??
CFO Talks
JUNE 20, 2022
Resiliency is the foundation for all business models, says Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, in an article published by The World Economic Forum. Zero-based budgeting. Chris Strauss implemented zero-based budgeting when he was first appointed as CFO of BJK. The post Budgeting tips for resilient organisations??
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Hong Kong budget seeks to cushion economy from “zero infection”
Future CFO
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Hong Kong budget seeks to deploy its considerable fiscal buffers to cushion the economic impact on households and businesses as the city pursues a so-called dynamic”zero infection policy with a range of social restrictions, said Fitch Ratings recently. Zero covid strategy curb economic growth to 1.5%
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Interim Budget: GST, subsidy, affordable housing are India Inc's wish list
CFO News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Union Budget: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has offered policy suggestions to the Narendra Modi government for the upcoming interim Union Budget. The CII suggests balancing fiscal consolidation with economic growth by reducing the fiscal deficit to around 5.4% of the GDP.
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Budget 2022 lays the blueprint for India@100: Pawan Munjal, Chairman & CEO, Hero MotoCorp
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
With India’s growth estimated to be at 9.2% – the highest among large economies – the country is now in a robust position to withstand challenges and adopt a resilient approach for economic growth and welfare of its citizens. Also Read | Budget 2022: Growth-oriented Budget focuses on green energy, fiscal deficit, PSU divestment, green bonds.
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Budget makes a directional shift in expenditure mix but concerns remain, says Dr C Rangarajan
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
per cent that was originally budgeted. The major thrust of the just announced Union budget is on enhancing capital expenditure. This emphasis on capital expenditure is a major takeaway from the budget, says Dr Rangarajan speaking to Financial Express Online in the context of the just announced Union budget.
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What’s the 2022 economic confidence level?
CFO Strategic Partners
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
With preparation for 2022 underway, CFO Strategic Partners has been hearing whispers of uncertainty. A majority of organizations are looking at the budget/forecast monthly Due to the uncertainty the pandemic brought, many organizations had to adjust their typical budgeting/forecasting model.
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Budget 2022 | Steering the economy — From India at 75 to India at 100: Sanjay Tolia, partner, Price Waterhouse & Co LLP
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Tthe Budget is a testimony to the fact that good voluntary tax compliance leads to better revenue collection and a stable tax regime. The FM entered Parliament to present her fourth Budget with a ‘Made in India’ tablet wrapped in a red pouch like a traditional bahi khata. Also Read | Industry speak | A relatively conservative Budget.
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CFOs: Budget cuts for these two functions likely
Future CFO
AUGUST 8, 2022
Budget cuts for real estate/facilities management and finance functions are the most likely in the next 12 months, said Gartner when releasing results of a July 2022 survey of more than 200 CFOs and finance leaders. IT and sales, on the contrary, are the most likely to get budget increases, the advisory firm noted.
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Global economic outlook is improving
Future CFO
JUNE 27, 2023
The global economic outlook is improving though recovery is expected to be weak, said OECD recently. According to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook, a moderation of global GDP growth from 3.3% Global economic outlook highlights Headline inflation in the OECD is projected to decline from 9.4% in 2022 to 2.7% in 2022 to 6.6%
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Union Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MGNREGA, 25.51% lower than 2021-22 revised estimate
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in last year’s budget too. The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the rural jobs guarantee programme MGNREGA for 2022-23 in the Union Budget presented on Tuesday. This is 25.51
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Budget 2023: Key Updates For India Inc
CFO News
JANUARY 31, 2023
The Economic Survey 2023 looks at the medium term growth because pandemic response and recovery phase is over and the recovery is complete. The CEA Anantha Nageswaran announced that Economic Survey 2023 has projected India's GDP growth at 6% to 6.8% in 2023-24.
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Budget 2022 | Delicate balance between near-term goals, blueprint for future: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Budget 2022-23 has has attempted to strike a delicate balance between near-term priorities and long-term objectives by seeking to provide immediate comfort to the vulnerable impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and preparing a blueprint for India’s future at the same time. By Chandra Shekhar Ghosh. The writer is MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank.
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SA Budget Speech 2023: What can CFOs expect?
CFO Talks
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
By Jeff Ryan , MD of AWCape, a Platinum Sage business partner for HR, payroll and financial solutions South Africa’s Budget Speech for 2023 is an eagerly anticipated event for CFOs and financial leaders alike, as it provides insight into the government’s economic priorities and plans for the year ahead.
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A Budget for agri-innovation and sustainable growth — D Narain
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
This Budget has continued to follow the reform initiative started a few years ago by bringing in enabling policy initiatives that will help transform the sector.
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