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The 2016 Budget is commendable: VentureNursery

The 2016 Budget is commendable: VentureNursery

| | 29 Feb 2016, 05:46 pm
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IBNS): Ravi Kiran, angel investor and Co-Founder, VentureNursery, on Monday called the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as 'commendable'.

"The 2016 Budget is commendable as it decouples vision and policy from financial planning," he said.

"Many Government programs initiated and announced earlier--rural income, agriculture, infrastructure, social sector, small businesses, housing--got financial action supporting them. Government’s emphasis on usage of technology in many areas – land records, educational degree certificates, agri produce procurement, new company registration and even income tax records is commendable. The Rs 1000 crore Higher Education Fund and the decision to make 20 higher education institutions world class could have a transformative outcome," he said.

"It’s a Budget that aims to benefit our farmers, poor women, new employees, very small and small businesses. What’s good for the poor and the Economy cannot be bad for any business, including start-ups," said Ravi Kiran, Co-Founder, VentureNursery, India’s first angel backed accelerator, out of which have graduated companies such as OYO Rooms, Talview, Klip and InvenZone.

Kiran said the budget lacks any real attempt to increase the base of angel investors and corporate angels, and introduce incentives for people to take high risks and invest in disruption and innovation.

Kiran has has been an angel investor for 4 years on  personal capacity.

"But as they say, the real work happens outside the speech. So I am hopeful," Kiran said.
 

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