The outcome of the Union Budget, quarterly earnings from corporates and...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Tuesday...
Alloting more funds for MNREGA and PM-KISAN could wipe out the entire...
Whether she will pare the fiscal deficit target of 5.1 per cent of GDP, using...
With the fiscal deficit target staring at the government, the FY25 Budget has...
To boost domestic manufacturing under the Make in India initiative and reduce...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday participated in a traditional...
The generation of quality jobs and skill development should be the focal...
'There is no immediate threat to the government, and they would prefer the...
The government is likely to introduce a bill seeking amendments to the...
Doubling standard deduction to Rs 1 lakh, increasing tax break on interest...
Ahead of the upcoming budget, eminent economists during a meeting with Prime...
India's leading steel companies hope the Modi 3.0 Budget will continue the...
A lot of the 100-day programmes would be 'milestone-based' with timelines for...
Tomato prices in the delhi markets surged to Rs 90 per kg as supplies have...
The government may relax the requirement of making payments to MSMEs within...
There is a need to incentivise R&D investments, offer corporate tax...
Hospitality players want the government to accord infrastructure status to...
This will be the first budget presented by the government led by Prime...
India SME Forum, an organisation for small and medium businesses, has called...
'The nominal GDP growth assumption for FY25 may be revised upwards on higher...
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the...
The real estate sector wants "high-impact" measures, like special schemes and...
Amid the Budget preparation, the revenue department is assessing the...
'Any finality in such matters requires political views. We will review it...
The Budget should use the extra RBI surplus to better effect, suggests A K...
India Inc on Thursday pitched for lowering income tax burden on common man,...
The Budget for 2024-25 should focus on employment generation, besides...
State Bank of India chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has pitched for tax relief on...
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has received...
Three industry bodies suggested changes in India's tax regime in their...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to hold pre-budget...
Ensuring that government capex crowds in private investment will be one of...
Continuing our series on how to achieve Financial Independence and Retire...
Modi claimed the Congress, when in power at the Centre, had drawn up plans to...
India should have learnt lessons from the 1962 war but no headway was made in...
Thrust on infrastructure and capital expenditure is expected to continue in...
India has allocated Rs 1.72 trillion, or 27.67 per cent of the total defence...
China, which is the second highest spender on defence after the United...
India spends significantly less on defence than could be expected from a...
In his budget speech, the minister said the indiscriminate use of chemical...
'The revenue projection arises out of all sectors doing well and the...
Sarma said his government was looking forward to the legislation on the...
Among the Sensex firms, Power Grid, NTPC, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy...
Following are comments from economists at leading financial institutions,...
Analysts and economists have hailed the fiscal projections in the interim...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday made a modest increase of 11...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 11.11 lakh...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Pradhanmantri Suryodaya...
The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for...
She has shown shrewdness, sensitivity, and courage. All of these will be...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday presented her sixth Budget in...
The size of Budget 2024-25 has increased 6.1 per cent to Rs 47.66 lakh crore...
The interim budget 2024-24 on Thursday allocated Rs 1,277.80 crore for...
She also holds the distinction of delivering the longest budget speech at two...
So tell us, does Sitharaman's budget deserve cheers or boos?
Continuing on the fiscally prudent path, the Modi government in the interim...
The government will formulate a strategy to make India self-reliant in edible...
Delivering her sixth straight Budget, on Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the interim Budget presented by...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said projects for port...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commended the outstanding performance of...
Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman finance minister, had in July 2019...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said there are no changes in...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth straight Budget...
All eyes will be on whether Sitharaman will deliver a populist budget leaving...
Benchmark equity indices climbed nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday on buying in...
Dear Finance Minister, We don't expect magic, just a little understanding and...
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha committees had recommended that their...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget on...
Interim Budget, the US Federal policy decision and quarterly earnings will be...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will set a record by presenting the sixth...
The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the budget preparation process...
To offer additional support at the low end of the income ranges, the Centre...
The ministry of finance is likely to assume crude oil price to remain within...
Hospitality and travel sector players on Tuesday demanded infrastructure...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to step up efforts to boost...
A brief Budget session of Parliament, the last of the 17th Lok Sabha, will be...
During 2023, the Indian real estate sector - both housing and commercial -...
The Interim Budget for 2024-25 (FY25) to be presented on February 1 is likely...
Indian fintechs and associated entities are hoping that the Union Budget 2024...
If the Budget makes no big announcements on new schemes, projects, or tax...
The rising goods and services tax (GST) and personal income-tax collections...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the budget to be...
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Taking both direct and indirect taxes, the gross collection is expected to...
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal if they can to...
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents the outgoing government...
'The global situation is not very good.'
Pre-Budget excercise next month should scrupulously avoid adventurism of all...
The Union government's revenue from securities transaction tax (STT) is on...
The decision is expected to provide a push for their development in...
Time to start your preparation for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Besides, Rs 360 crore will be allocated for Chief Ministers' Special...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met top officials of the...
'The formula now is even if there is no profit there should be...
Kerala on Monday became the first state to adopt a water budget in a bid to...
My grandmother made a fragrant, simple wheat halwa that I often hanker for....
Lok Sabha could function for only 45 hours this Budget Session against its...
Two wonderful recipes from Pratibha Karan's The Book Of Dals.
The Lower House of Parliament took up the Demands for Grants and...
The Delhi government's budget size for 2022-23 was Rs 75,800 crore and Rs...
A day after heated exchanges between the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation and the...
Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Tuesday said the budget file has...
The presentation of the Delhi government's Budget for 2023-24, which was...
Sources in the Delhi government said the ministry of home affairs has stopped...
The opposition leaders are expected to meet at Leader of Opposition in Rajya...
Announcing a Re 1 crop insurance scheme for farmers, the deputy CM said the...
Women and child development minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha made the...
China last year pegged its defence budget at 1.45 trillion yuan, a 7.1 per...
Amid a tussle with the Aam Aadmi Party government, Punjab Governor Banwarilal...
The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has issued a...
The Union Budget's focus on capital expenditure is expected to crowd-in...
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in poll-bound Karnataka on Friday sought to...
'One of the biggest employment generators, the MSMEs, have not got much from...
Capital gains exemption limit and a steep reduction in the highest surcharge...
The meeting is believed to be called to chalk out the strategy of the...
Nirmala Sitharaman's messaging was clear when she presented a well-balanced...
To threaten China and Pakistan, and then to sharply cut back on military...
As soon as the chief minister made the first two announcements, which...
If this happens, it will be an "unprecedented development" in the civic...
'For free supply of drugs and medicines itself, almost Rs 20,000 crores would...
Could it have been more reformist? Of course, but this is an election year...
'...to address the serious faultlines that had got exposed during the...
'That is the one headline the world is reading about India this week, and it...
Let's wait for the monetary policy on February 8 -- to see how it complements...
'We had tremendous faith in honorable Modiji in his second term as he was...
The Taliban's remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed...
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The duty hike on cigarettes by 16 per cent announced in the Union Budget...
Glimpses of lady MPs as the nation's lady finance minister presents the...
"There has been a 0.05 percentage points decline in the share of allocation...
The finance minister has stayed true to her commitment to fiscal...
The new income tax regime for filing returns has been "sweetened" in the...
'Indian families' needs and expectations have gone through a revolution...
'The BJP's real weapons are Hindutva, organisation and finance.'
Mobile phones and TV sets manufactured in India would become cheaper with...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government has made...
"The budget adopts following seven priorities -- inclusive development,...
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday hailed the Union Budget as an...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech on Wednesday was marked...
A taxpayer whose deductions and exemption claims are less than Rs 3.75 lakh...
In her Budget 2023-24 presentation, she also said the Centre will launch the...
The middle class is a big force to fulfil dreams of a prosperous and...
Opposition leaders slammed the Centre on Wednesday for its 'limited' focus on...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech in Lok Sabha said, "Our...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday raised the personal income...
The government on Wednesday imposed a limit of Rs 10 crore for deduction on...
At the same time, Rs 53.32 crore is for the President's Secretariat and Rs...
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been allocated a total of Rs...
The health sector has been allocated Rs 89,155 crore in the Union Budget...
The defence budget was increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24, up from...
The Union budget for 2023-24 has allocated Rs 1,258.68 crore for various...
According to the budget document, Rs 1,891.78 crore has been allocated for...
Presenting the Budget in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said the outlay for the...
Per capita income has more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh in around nine...
The government on Wednesday said there won't be any capital gain tax if...
According to state officials, the project envisages lifting of 17.40 thousand...
Earlier, proceeds from disinvestment were shown separately as part of the...
The deposit facility for the women and girls will be for a period of two...
For the cooperation ministry, the government made a total budget outlay of Rs...
The agency received Rs 911 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget...
This will not affect the tax exemption provided to the amount received on the...
The Union Budget on Wednesday outlined several initiatives to drive India's...
The Sports Ministry has got a fillip with the government allocating Rs...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her fifth Union Budget made five major...
For every rupee in the government coffer, 58 paise will come from direct and...
The government plans to borrow a record Rs 15.4 lakh crore from dated...
So how do you rate the Modi government's 11th budget?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that the government proposes to...
The FM also proposed that the maximum deposit limit for Monthly Income...
The move would help in further promoting ease of doing business in the country.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a 66 per cent hike...
Fiscal deficit would be brought down to below 4.5 per cent by 2025-26,...
The Vivad Se Vishwas scheme provides for settlement of disputed tax, disputed...
Addressing the inaugural session of the joint conference of chief ministers...
The world has recognised India as a bright star as the country is recording...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the National Rural...
As many as 38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential...
In times of global challenges, G-20 presidency gives an opportunity to...
This is the first Budget in Amrit Kaal, she said.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her fifth Budget that...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday again took a digital tablet...
Equity benchmarks climbed in early trade on Wednesday amid an overall...
Other ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will have to do a tight-rope walk between...
From the Sensex pack, Mahindra & Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid,...
"The ray of hope being seen by the world will glow brighter -- for this, I...
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are...
The real requirement for the finance minister's explanatory speech is to...
'While the Budget would be growth-friendly, it would not come at the expense...
The session will commence with the maiden address of President Droupadi Murmu...
7 key areas that the Budget must address to re-energise the infrastructure...
Ahead of the 2023-24 Union Budget, the thinking at the top level of the...
'India is showing a reasonable amount of resilience, but we are still living...
Coming Wednesday, Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman will present the...
Stock market investors are expecting a balanced Budget with a focus on job...
Reminiscent of the past two years, the market has made positive strides ahead...
"India is the best market right now in the world with the digital initiatives...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2023-24...
as the FAME II deadline of March 31, 2024, nears, EV manufacturers are...
The government is likely to extend fiscal incentives for production of toys,...
'Government's focus should be on the expenditure side in this Budget, not so...
The government should take measures to promote innovation and R&D while...
It may plan a significant hike in budgetary support aimed at completing the...
Ahead of the Union Budget 2023, insurers are hoping that the Centre will act...
Ahead of the Union Budget, the banking sector, through the Indian Banks'...
For fiscal year FY23, the 2022 Union Budget had targeted a capex outlay of Rs...
A vast majority of the business leaders believe that the Production Linked...
Parliament will reconvene on March 12 for the second part of the Budget Session.
'It has been an ongoing process, talking to the relevant ministries about...
The Centre and states are likely to budget for higher market borrowings to...
Widening of the tax base, doing away with cess and surcharge, improvement in...
Ahead of the Union Budget for 2023-24, Budget makers have welcomed the global...
The dream-run in railway stocks may soon run out of steam, caution...
Elections have become a "big budget affair" and holding simultaneous polls to...
Instead of conceding the demand for a cut in personal income-tax rates,...
It's that time of year -- gajar halwa days!
'It is requested that listed equity shares or units of equity-oriented fund...
The Union government could target a fiscal deficit of 5.8-6 per cent of...
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal on Friday urged the Centre to provide...
Exporters on Thursday demanded fiscal incentives, tweaking in customs duties...
Industry body CII has pitched for a reduction in personal income tax rates,...
The need of the hour for the government would be to tighten its fiscal belt,...
Seven of the meetings will be held in late November or early December at the...
The Budget may tweak capital gains taxes levied on equity, debt and immovable...