The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with Dhruva Advisors LLP, organized a Virtual Session on “Union Budget 2022−23: An In−depth Analysis” on 2nd February 2022 on a specially designed e−platform focusing on the detailed analysis and discussion on the proposals presented in the Union Budget 2022−23.

The Chamber’s Overview on Union Budget 2022−23 was presented by Mr. Abraham George Stephanos, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Director, Tata Steel Downstream Products Limited. Mr. Dinesh Kanabar, CEO, Dhruva Advisors LLP, presented the views on the Union Budget 2022−23 on behalf of Dhruva Advisors LLP.

The 1st Session was on Economic Perspectives on Union Budget 2022−23. The Session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Ajitava Ray Chaudhuri, Chairperson − Economic Affairs Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Professor of Economics & Former Head and Coordinator, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. Other distinguished Panelists were Mr. Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Author & Columnist and Mentor, Banking and Finance Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Dr. Biswajit Mandal, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Politics, Visva Bharati University.

It was followed by experts’ comments on implications of the Budget on Direct & Indirect Taxes. The Speakers of the Session were Mr. Umesh Gala, Partner, Dhruva Advisors LLP, Mr. Aditya Hans, Partner, Dhruva Advisors LLP and Mr. Ranjeet Mahtani, Partner, Dhruva Advisors LLP.

Industry Perspectives on Direct Taxes & Indirect Taxes were shared by Mr. Praveen Sood, Chief (Corporate & International Taxation) Tax Centre of Excellence, Tata Steel Ltd, Mr. Pradeep Mitra, Deputy General Manager Finance − Tax, Tata Sons Ltd, Mr. Rahul Verma, Head Taxation, Cipla Ltd and Mr. Naresh Somani, Head Taxation, Marico Limited. The Session was moderated by Mr. Aditya Hans, Partner, Dhruva Advisors LLP.

Mr. Aditya Hans, Partner, Dhruva Advisors LLP, also moderated the next Session on Industry Perspectives on Union Budget 2022−23. The distinguished Panelists were Dr. Alok Roy, Former President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals and Mr. Vinod Kumar Jain, Chairman, Safechem Industries.

More than 250 participants had registered for the Virtual Session on Post Budget Analysis. The programme was also streamed Live via Facebook and YouTube. Delegates joined via Cloud−link, Facebook and YouTube.