Budget has already bombed at the box office and passing it without a revisit...
By any economic theory or doctrine, this is no Budget that supports economic...
'We can go somewhere between 35 per cent and 40 per cent.'
Evidently, households see a brighter future after the Budget, reveals Mahesh...
Budget for 2022-2023 has returned to its agenda for protectionism in the name...
As the FM said, this is a Budget that lays the foundation for the next 25...
Had Finance Minister Sitharaman thought a little more about the middle class,...
Amid FY23 Union Budget's focus on investments, leading domestic credit rating...
'Increased allocations for MNREGA could have provided the much needed push to...
Moody's Investors Service on Friday said India's conservative budget...
'The most important expenditure in the Budget that indicates employment...
'The fiscal pressure will be there, but the intent of the government behind...
India's budget for the fiscal beginning April focuses on giving a boost to...
The government is likely to file draft papers for the mega initial public...
The Budget announcement of taxing 'virtual digital assets' or crypto...
IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, spurting over 5 per...
At the customary post-Budget media interactions, Finance Minister Nirmala...
'There is a vision in the Budget, and the vision is to take India from a...
Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from...
The focus of the Union Budget is on providing basic amenities to the poor,...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore...
In the midst of third wave of COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
'Market feels this Budget will promote all-round growth and that is what is...
The Railway ministry has been allocated budgetary support of Rs 140367.13...
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated...
Congress leader and ex-finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that income...
The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class...
While duty on products such as methyl alcohol (methanol) and acetic acid has...
The government on Tuesday announced Rs 900-crore allocation in the Budget for...
This was the one Budget that required radical departures on all these fronts,...
One per cent TDS will apply on non-agriculture immovable property of over Rs...
The government on Tuesday proposed to extend the period of incorporation of...
After a gap of three years, direct tax collections -- which include corporate...
The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore for the rural jobs guarantee...
For every rupee in the government coffer, 58 paise will come from direct and...
Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, zooming 7.57 per cent,...
With Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget presentation lasting for about one hour 31...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents her fourth Budget in Lok Sabha...
The government on Tuesday announced revoking of anti-dumping duties on...
The budget underscores government's previous emphasis on capex to sustain...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the country's economic...
So how do you rate the Modi government's 10th budget which comes ahead of the...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed enhancing the funding...
The additional amount will be exclusively earmarked for the hospitality and...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced cutting import duty...
Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with...
A new Digital Rupee is proposed to be introduced by the Reserve Bank of India...
GST collections touched a record of Rs 1.40 lakh crore in January on rapid...
The Centre will promote Kisan Drones, chemical-free natural farming,...
The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will...
While presenting the Budget for 2022-23, the finance minister also said the...
Here are the key numbers to watch out for in the Budget for 2022-23, which is...
Watch as Nirmala Sitharaman unveils India's economic roadmap for the next...
Housing sales mostly declined during the first and the second wave of the...
The primary market has seen hectic fundraising activity in April-November...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to strike a fine balance...
In order to achieve $5 trillion GDP by FY'25, India needs to spend about $1.4...
Inflation has reappeared as a global issue in both advanced and emerging...
The farm sector has been resilient to the COVID-19 shock and is estimated to...
Air India sale will give a boost to India's privatisation drive, the Economic...
According to the survey report, the government's move to earmark Rs 76,000...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday tabled the Economic Survey...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the much-awaited 2022-23...
The pre-budget Economic Survey, which is tabled in Parliament ahead of the...
'The robust tax collections give the finance minister a fair amount of...
The government may provide for targeted fiscal incentives and allocation of...
The forthcoming budget needs to delay fiscal consolidation, instead should...
The challenges before the coming Budget are more daunting than those in 2021,...
The Centre is considering a gradual phasing out of certain direct tax...
'The markets seem apprehensive and that explains why the markets have been...
Insurance companies are seeking a separate deduction limit of Rs 1 lakh for...
These could include strengthening the public-private partnership (PPP)...
Indian companies are expecting generous tax incentives from the Union Budget...
There are two ways: Deliver a rapidly growing economic pie or reform GST and...
House economists at the nation's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI)...
Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the government...
According to highly placed sources, the finance ministry is likely to extend...
With the fresh wave of COVID-19 plunging the hospitality sector back into...
While presenting her 2021-22 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala...
Rationalisation of income tax slabs, infrastructure status for digital...
The finance minister could well be on her way to setting a record of...
India Inc on Thursday pitched for continuation of reforms while ensuring tax...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will kick start the customary pre-Budget...
Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India has urged the Centre to...
The government is mulling changes in the income tax laws to bring...
The finance ministry will kick-start the exercise to prepare the Union Budget...
Providing comfort to the government on the revenue front amid fiscal stress,...
But it is disappointing to note that Sitharaman's third Union Budget...
Do the actual numbers bear out the claims made by the government or do they...
The sad truth is that the debt-to-GDP ratio will shoot up close to 90 per...
The finance minister did very well for equity market investors but not so...
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen...
The Union Budget 2021-22 has made it easier for sovereign wealth funds and...
The central government's clarification on the 2 per cent equalisation levy on...
As per the Budget proposals, migration of a fund to a fund in IFSC will not...
Of the three major Budget announcements related to the banking sector,...
There are several welcome standalone reforms, but these do not add up to a...
Spiraling steel prices led the government to cut customs duty by 2.5-5.5 per...
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...
'There is good indication that the economy is bouncing back, but the problem...
All banks are eligible for privatisation. A committee of secretaries will...
PSU divestment, LIC IPO, fiscal deficit: Budget 2021 marks a clear change in...
That's a big change that was made possible due to corporate tax cuts....
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...
The continuing fiscal stimulus is heavily tilted towards capex, to the extent...
The Budget proposed abolishing the under-performing, authority of advance...
From real estate to metals, what Sitharaman's Budget has in store.
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 government has created a comprehensive budget with sharp focus on...
RSS-aligned Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Monday expressed disappointment...
The government on Monday projected a 16.67 per cent growth in gross tax...
Here's how the budget impacts the pocket of the common man.
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...
In televised remarks after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the...
Does this Budget deserve cheers or boos? You decide
Drawing inspiration from the recent performance of the Indian cricket team in...
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...
It was also the shortest speech by Sitharaman, who had delivered the longest...
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...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Budget for...
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...
The finance minister will also visit the school in Tamil Nadu where she...
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...
That is what you will hear again after Nirmala Sitharaman presents a speech...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
A majority of the CEOs are expecting the economy to show growth in the next...
The pre-Budget proposals sent to the finance ministry aim to bring uniformity...
A security guard in Mumbai tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what he would...
They have also called for giving cash to the poor, so that demand is...
The budget-making exercise offers golden opportunities despite challenges,...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the upcoming Budget for...
Can the finance minister manage our expectations, asks A K Bhattacharya.
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...
Outlay for infra is also expected to see a significant increase in view of...
The ministry of finance will kickstart its massive budgetary exercise from...
The government had pegged the fiscal deficit for 2020-21 at Rs 7.96 lakh...
Instead, 2019-20 could be the base from which the Budget estimates for next...
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...
'This prime minister thinks he knows everything.''He has to consult, he has...
'The numbers are null and void now. Look, we can give out projections now,...
'Even before the outbreak of the flu, it had become clear that the tax...
Sunak announced that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) would be hiked...
While presenting the Union Budget to Parliament earlier this month, Finance...
'Nirmalaji's Budget announcements have long-term implications and are not...
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...
'The Modi doctrine of national Budget is clear now.''If six of these in a row...
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...
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, will be answering...
Mahesh Padmanabhan, principal advsior, RelaxWithTax, will answer all your...
Despite a slowing economy, the Budget does not envisage any major stimulus...
Titan was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 7.97 per cent,...
The impact of economic slump was visible in the Budget's fine print, as this...
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, will...
'The economy needed 3 or 4 major fixes. The major one was, of course, the...
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...
NSE Nifty finished higher by 46.05 points, or 0.39 per cent, at...
Tax experts G Srikanth and Anil Rego will answer all your tax queries in two...
The increased tax target comes at a time when consumer spending and sales...
This is the highest in the past five years and almost 24 per cent more than...
But it may come with a downside risk of further rise in prices of several...
Apart from making your purchases on these platforms expensive, it will also...
'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...
This is due to the newly formed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and...
The Union Budget is not everyone's cup of tea. But here's how you can make it...
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...
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...
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...
The Budget emphasises on capacity building and empowerment of marginalised...
Under the Start-Up India campaign, recognition has been accorded to 27,000...
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...
'There is a time for lowering one's expectations of the economy -- and...
The revised estimated expenditure for FY20 has been pegged at Rs 26.99 lakh...
Steps will be taken to attract external commercial borrowing and FDI in the...
At present, except some households in difficult areas and Maoist-hit...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Centre has proposed...
AI, IoT, 3D printing, drones, data storage, quantum computing etc are all...
Accelerated development of highways will be taken up with 2,500 km access...
Under the scheme, also called the Export Credit Insurance Scheme, the...
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...
Presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said it is aimed at...
Last year, Sitharaman had ditched the long-standing tradition of carrying...
It is unclear if he would be renamed the finance minister soon after his return.
Experts say improper records could lead to large-scale leakages and pilferage...
The government has budgeted to cut the fiscal deficit to 3.3 per cent of GDP...
Many developers are facing financial challenges after the IL&FS defaults,...
The point to note is that since the new rebate is up to a taxable income of...
Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Piyush...
The President's address to Parliament on January 31 will contain the...
At $2.6 trillion, the Indian economy is currently ranked sixth in the world...
Government is framing a rule that will make it compulsory for regulators like...
The Budget is expected to make some key announcements, including relief...
'Will Mr Jaitley listen, or is that expecting too much in pre-election...