Several parties had requested that the session, which was originally...
Opposition parties created an uproar over its demand to hold a discussion on...
But it is disappointing to note that Sitharaman's third Union Budget...
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Tanden, president of the left-leaning think tank Center for American...
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government on Wednesday...
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The central government's clarification on the 2 per cent equalisation levy on...
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The recess allows department-related standing committees to examine demands...
Spiraling steel prices led the government to cut customs duty by 2.5-5.5 per...
Parliament will now meet on March 8 for the second part of the Budget session.
She said that despite government scheme and initiatives ranging from roads to...
Participating in the debate on the budget, leaders of parties like the...
It is important to increase employment in general.It is even better to...
While a DFI will help banks derisk their loan portfolios, creation of a bad...
The department of investment and public asset management (Dipam) can also...
Women and children have been given short shrift with these crucial sectors...
'There is good indication that the economy is bouncing back, but the problem...
"For decades in our country, the meaning of the Budget was restricted to what...
All banks are eligible for privatisation. A committee of secretaries will...
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That's a big change that was made possible due to corporate tax cuts....
The government on Tuesday asserted in Lok Sabha that it was ready to discuss...
Investor wealth zoomed over Rs 10.48 lakh crore in two days as the...
Tuesday's top gainers included SBI, UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, L&T,...
It was one of the toughest times in history to announce a budget, says Harsh...
Accusing the Centre of setting a new trend of playing "dirty politics" for...
The continuing fiscal stimulus is heavily tilted towards capex, to the extent...
The Budget proposed abolishing the under-performing, authority of advance...
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The Budget kept away from mood dampeners such as an increase in taxes...
'Rationalising TDS on dividends for FPIs to reduce it to treaty rates ranging...
Sitharaman does away with loans from National Small Savings Fund to Food...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her third Budget on February 1.
The BJP would want that by March 2022, when UP votes, the economy starts...
Excluding the pension outgo, the allocation in the Union Budget for the armed...
Farmers protesting at various sites on the border of Delhi on Monday...
The government has created a comprehensive budget with sharp focus on...
RSS-aligned Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Monday expressed disappointment...
India on Monday set aside over Rs 7,100 crore in its budget for 2021-22 as...
The government on Monday projected a 16.67 per cent growth in gross tax...
The Union Budget on Monday evoked contrasting responses in the political...
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The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government has come...
Over 1.4 lakh jobs are estimated to be created between March 2019 and March...
Interest on employee contributions to provident fund over Rs 2.5 lakh per...
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged...
The government has decided to spend big on infrastructure across a wide...
The Budget would have been the perfect vehicle to introduce some bold...
In her Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, she restricted tax-free...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Monday a record sum of Rs...
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Drawing inspiration from the recent performance of the Indian cricket team in...
"This is a budget to deceive the masses. It's an anti-farmer, anti-people and...
The government on Monday budgeted Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in...
The government on Monday said the employers who delay the deposit of workers'...
The government on Monday said it proposes to incentivise incorporation of one...
On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank was the top gainer, rallying over 11 per...
Expressing commitment to augment the country's infrastructure, Finance...
In Budget 2020-21, the Department of Space has been allocated Rs 13,949.09...
The CBI had received Rs 802.19 crore initially in the last budget and it was...
It was also the shortest speech by Sitharaman, who had delivered the longest...
The Congress on Monday strongly criticised the Union budget, saying Finance...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government estimates...
Sitharaman also said states will get 41 per cent share of taxes as per the...
While presenting the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament, the finance minister...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government would...
The government on Monday proposed to increase foreign direct investment limit...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government's...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called on President Ram Nath...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday used her trademark...
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The finance minister will also visit the school in Tamil Nadu where she...
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also made a fervent appeal to the...
As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi...
'It is just an excuse to say that the Centre has run out of money.''Pruning...
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The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament is likely to end on...
Revenue from divestment has fetched Rs 40,000-50,000 crore against target of...
The Budget, to be presented on February 1, is likely to be less worried about...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Finance Minister Nirmala...
'If the Union Budget can provide incentives for animal spirits to come as...
Watch all the proceeding from the Parliament.
The session will begin with the address of the President to the joint sitting...
Ahead of India's annual budget presentation next week, IMF's chief economist...
RRBs were formed under an Act to provide credit to small farmers,...
Dominic Xavier hopes Budget 2021-2022 will belong to the common man.
The Centre plans to create a special window for strategically important...
Ahead of their proposed tractor parade on Republic Day, protesting farmer...
The government may tweak customs duties in the Budget next week on several...
Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, Society of Manufacturers of Electric...
To enable widen the fiscal deficit beyond the permissible limit under the...
As part of the ritual, ''halwa'' is prepared in a big ''kadhai'' (large...
While most experts suggest the government loosen its purse strings and not...
While the tax-to-GDP ratio of 9.88 per cent has been assumed for FY21, the...
There are various estimates of India's debt to GDP ratio, but the consensus...
Last year's Budget had created uncertainty about the quantum of tax to be...
The government could look at providing deductions for expenses incurred by...
Industry players believe the new DFI model will be initially risk capital,...
CII has also called for tax incentives for new health care projects and...
The budget session of Parliament is starting from January 29 and will be held...
The government, it would seem, is reserving its firepower to spend on...
As spending on infrastructure has three times the desired impact, the...
Besides low interest rates, a reduction in active Covid cases and strong...
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It is estimating that this would help monetise assets worth Rs 10,000 crore.
'But can it afford to present a scenario within the existing legal framework...
In the first of the series on Budget 2021, Dominic Xavier hopes the FinMIn...
This will be the first time since the presentation of independent India's...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing restrictions in mobility may result in...
With the Budget-making exercise in full swing, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das...
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Among the handful of countries with large defence budgets and armed forces,...
Budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said it has been designated as the...
At a combined level, the fiscal deficit of the Centre and states together...
'China's opaque defence allocation processes are shrouded in mystery and have...
The hike in the budget is the lowest increment in recent years apparently due...
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That would result in the military under-spending about Rs 80,000 crore over...
'The numbers are null and void now. Look, we can give out projections now,...
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Tax experts say one of the most dispute-prone proposals is making "fraudulent...
'More a show that you are doing something in the Budget even if that...
No attention to detail seems to have been paid while introducing such a major...
While the American Club Cool Fresh Taste saw the minimum hike of 10 per cent,...
'The next general election is four years away. That's enough time to recover...
An analysis of S&P BSE 500 companies suggests that promoters of Indian...
The Budget has relaxed a few safe harbour rules that aim to make it easier...
India is often viewed as an aggressive tax jurisdiction by domestic and...
'There are no new benefits for senior citizens, but on the other hand senior...
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Despite a slowing economy, the Budget does not envisage any major stimulus...
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The tax rate rises to 10 per cent, 15, per cent, 20 per cent and 25 per cent...
The ministry said it was an anti-abuse provision amid growing instances of...
There was no relief for existing home buyers who are stuck in stalled...
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'The market was expecting the Budget to do more, given the domestic economic...
While the proposed new tax regime is optional for taxpayers, the finance...
The immediate need is to put more money in the hands of agriculture-based and...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has brought down the budgetary allocation...
It is a tribute to India's democracy, however flawed, that the very same MPs...
The government also proposed promoting 'one product one district' for better...
Slamming the Union budget as 'insipid' and lacking in stimulus for growth,...
The government has utilised 'escape clause' under the FRBM Act which provides...
The PM said that the Union Budget will accelerate the economic growth,...
In the Union budget, Rs 65,011.8 crore has been allocated to the Ministry of...
The collection from borrowings and other liabilities will be 20 paise, while...
The government has limited room to reduce expenditure without further...
It is proposed to provide a combined upper limit of Rs 7.5 lakh in respect of...
Sources in the Rural Development Ministry said the actual expenditure...
The new tax regime will be optional and the taxpayers will be given the...
She recited a Kashmiri verse, which was part of a poem by Sahitya Akademi...
This could impact non-resident Indians staying in countries such as UAE which...
February 01, 2020, was the benchmark's biggest drop since October 24, 2008.
Automobile dealers' body FADA said the Budget lacked immediate demand...
The cut in income tax rates, which would help save about Rs 31,000 a year in...
The actual expenditure will only be marginally higher and hence, the...
Taxpayer will also have to forego deduction under 80CCC (contribution towards...
ITC was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, tanking 6.97 per cent, followed...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled the budget for...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while unveiling the Union Budget said the...
Slamming the Budget, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced increasing customs...
There have been some benefits to the corporate sector, agreed they also need...
This is an increment of about 0.50 per cent compared to the last budget.
The defence budget was increased to Rs 3.37 lakh crore for 2020-21 against...
The Budget emphasises on capacity building and empowerment of marginalised...
Under the Start-Up India campaign, recognition has been accorded to 27,000...
'The global corporates are concerned: You used to have policy predictability,...
The CVC has been allocated Rs 39 crore for 2020-21, up from the revised Rs...
Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 1.7 lakh crore has been...
She was offered sweets by her ministerial colleagues, but that did not help...
The revised estimated expenditure for FY20 has been pegged at Rs 26.99 lakh...
The FM further said that the listing brings in more financial discipline...
Steps will be taken to attract external commercial borrowing and FDI in the...
At present, except some households in difficult areas and Maoist-hit...
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Average household now saves 4 per cent in monthly expense after the rollout...
Sectors which attract maximum foreign inflows include services, computer...
"Of the structural reforms, the GST has been the most historic in our...
Sitharaman also listed out various welfare schemes like affordable housing,...
Like last year, Sitharaman opted for a traditional 'bahi-khata' to carry...
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Last year, Sitharaman had ditched the long-standing tradition of carrying...
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The Survey noted that while women account for almost half of India's...
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Investment in infrastructure was necessary for the economy, as power...
Uptick in growth projected in second half of current fiscal based on 10...
The pre-Budget Survey said for wealth to be distributed, it first has to be...
Mutual funds subscriptions and redemptions will not be permitted on February...
Piyush Goyal's comments about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's investment in India...
The bulk of states' revenue comes from the devolution from the Centre's...
The numbers become all the more important because actual tax collections fell...
'The slide in growth has arisen primarily because we have an NBFC crisis on...
Neither the CAA nor the proposed NRC are important enough to stake the...
DDT is levied on dividends that a company pays its shareholders out of its...
'Slowing down of the economy was mainly due to the demonetisation...
With exporters' claim for over five months still pending, liquidity has been...
Sources said much has been done to ease the tax burden of the middle classes...
Majority of respondents feel that the government in the forthcoming Budget...
'The economy has to become the government's No. 1 priority, which it is not...
The decision has been taken following requests made in this regard by market...
Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan claimed that Modi held 13 pre-Budget...
A robust dispute settlement system would help the government unlock tax...
The 'halwa ceremony' marks the beginning of the lockdown of several officials...
It will take a female domestic worker 22,277 years to earn a top CEO of a...
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Oil sank to the lowest level in a month after shedding all of its gains from...
The new provision under the Income-Tax Act may enable the authorities to...
Later, Sitharaman's office clarified that the FM had already met the...
"The Union Budget represents the aspirations of 130 crore Indians and lays...
Most CEOs say fear is the main reason for the slowdown and spending on the...
Measures that quickly boost demand and increase employment are needed to push...
Further stimulus measures are expected in the upcoming Budget where the focus...
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'We will prioritise our requirements so that the country's maritime interests...
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