Pre-Budget media coverage

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      Budget 2026: Industry Advocates for GST-Style Simplification in Customs Duties and Faster Clearance Processes
      Abhishek Jain
      Observer Voice

       
      Union Budget 2026: Industry seeks GST-style simplification in customs duty structure
      Mathrubhumi
      Abhishek Jain
       
      Union Budget 2026: Corporate India seeks GST-style overhaul of customs duty regime
      Mathrubhumi
      Abhishek Jain
       
      Union Budget 2026| Indian Industries Seek Steps To Facilitate Trade & Enhance Ease of Doing Business
      NDTV 24X7
      Abhishek Jain

       
      Why Start-ups Want More ESOP Tax Reforms from FM Sitharaman in Budget
      Outlook Business
      Parizad Sirwalla
       
      Budget 2026: Why standard deduction should be hiked under the new income tax regime - explained
      The Times of India
      Parizad Sirwalla

       
      Recalibration of tax regime may attract larger share of global capital
      The Financial Express
      Sunil Badala
       
      Industry seeks GST-style simplification in customs duty structure in budget
      MSN
      Abhishek Jain
       
      Budget 2026: Industry seeks GST-style simplification in customs duty; urges speeding up and simplification of clearences
      The Times of India
      Abhishek Jain

       
      Budget 2026 could be the gear shift India’s auto industry is waiting for
      The Economic Times
      Waman Parkhi

      Budget 2026: India Inc seeks GST-style simplification in customs duty structure
      The Economic Times
      Abhishek Jain
       
      Budget 2026: Catalysing Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence
      The Economic Times
      Gaurav Mehndiratta
       
      Budget 2026 expectations: Why India must put prevention at the centre of healthcare reform
      The Times of India
      Sunil Badala

      Budget 2026: The missing tax framework for India’s outbound M&A wave
      The Economic Times
      Kalpesh Maroo
      Palaniappan A
       
      Budget 2026 income tax expectations: Will new income tax regime be made more lucrative?
      The Times of India
      Parizad Sirwalla

       
      Budget 2026: Will old income tax regime be discontinued leaving new regime as the only option?
      The Times of India
      Parizad Sirwalla

       
      Budget 2026 Expectations: KPMG Lists Tax Clarity, Faster Dispute Resolution For Ease Of Doing Biz
      News 18
      Sunil Badala

       
      KPMG India Pushes For Higher Standard Deduction, Extended Tax Filing Timelines & Ease of Doing Business Measures In Union Budget
      The Free Press Journal
      Sunil Badala

       
      India Budget 2026: Key Expectations for UAE NRIs and Businesses on February 1
      Gulf News
      Sunil Badala
       
      Budget 2024 Expectations: Standard Deduction, Tax Ease
      New Kerala
      Sunil Badala
       
      Increase in Standard Deduction, Ease of Doing Biz among Top Budget Expectations
      The Financial World
      Sunil Badala

       
      Higher standard deduction, ease of doing business among top budget hopes
      The Assam Tribune
      Sunil Badala
       
      India Budget 2026: Tax reforms to help India win the new industrial power game
      The Economic Times
      Kalpesh Maroo
       
      India's Budget 2026: Key Tax Reforms to Propel Industrial Growth and Attract Investment
      The Economic Times BFSI
      Kalpesh Maroo

       
      Budget 2026: KPMG calls for higher standard deduction, home loan tax relief
      Fortune India
      Sunil Badala
       
      Budget 2026: Is Customs Amnesty Scheme On The Cards?
      Rediff
      Abhishek Jain
       
      India's Data Centre Infrastructure: Key to AI Growth in Budget 2026
      The Economic Times Infra
      Sunil Badala

       
      Should Budget 2026 put India’s data centre backbone at the centre of its AI ambitions? 
      The Economic Times
      Sunil Badala

       
      Budget 2026 outlook: Rethinking tax and regulatory policies for a new era of wealth creation
      The Economic Times
      Sunil Badala
      Lata Daswani
       
      GST collections show early signs of stabilisation in December after rate cuts; imports, refunds shape revenue mix
      CNBC TV18
      Abhishek Jain

       
      Amnesty scheme on anvil to ease Customs cases backlog, clear disputes
      Business Standard
      Abhishek Jain
       
      Budget 2026-27: Make demergers tax-neutral, biz houses nudge govt
      Business Standard
      Himanshu Parekh
       

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      KPMG in India

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