The Delhi CM targeted the previous AAP government for their inaction and claimed that the government income decreased because the government revenue was going into the ‘pockets’ of liquor mafia…
The Union Cabinet has approved the revised Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, paving the way for its introduction in Parliament. The bill incorporates amendments suggested from the Joint Parliamentary Comm…
The Union government is expected to table the new Income Tax Bill in the parliament on Thursday.
In the Budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that she will introduce new…
It’s 2025, and we are too lazy to go out and get our groceries. Thanks to apps like BlinkIt and Zepto our life has become somewhat easy. But now, what if you are stuck on a big life decision let’s say…
As President Trump issued new threats of 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into the US (on top of existing metal duties), India is preparing to unbracket itself from countries he has…
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday took a swipe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman , questioning whether she was doing an Elon Musk by cutting the budget for the External Affairs…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday cut the repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent. The move comes after a gap of five years, with the central bank citing easing inflation and slow growth as the…
With the rationalisation of tariffs, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had two key messages for US President Donald Trump in the Budget 2025-26.
One, Sitharaman signalled that India was no…
Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman delivered big relief for the middle class as she presented her eighth consecutive Union Budget. One interesting fact from the Saturday address was that…
In a significant move, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget 2025, has brought much-needed relief and recognition to India’s growing gig economy.
With the workforce rapidly…
With an eye on the middle class, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed an overhaul of income tax in the Budget 2024-25.
Under Sitharaman’s proposals,
income of up to Rs 12 lakh would be…
The government has put “substantial amount of money” in hands of people through rejig of I-T slabs in the Budget and an additional 1 crore people will pay no tax due to hike in tax rebate to Rs 12…
In the Budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid out a vision for Healthy India by proposing schemes for the promotion of healthy foods, such as vegetables, fruits, millets, and…
The central government will facilitate the establishment of day-care cancer centers in all district hospitals over the next three years with 200 of these set to be established in 2025-26, Union…
India’s Union Budget for 2025-26 sets overall government expenditure at Rs 50.65 lakh crore, up from Rs 47.16 lakh crore in the revised projections for 2024-25. The fiscal deficit is forecast at 4.4…
Individuals earning up to Rs 12 lakh annually will not have to pay any income tax under the new tax regime as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday gave relief to middle class by raising…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced the removal of import duties on 12 critical minerals, lithium-ion batteries scrap, cobalt products, LED, zinc and 36 drugs for cancer and rare…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said tax deductions at source (TDS) will be rationalised for senior citizens and doubled from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
“I propose to rationalise tax…
In the Budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to overhaul direct taxes.
From the current threshold of taxable income of Rs 7.5 lakh, Sitharaman has proposed to raise it…
Today (February 1), across the country, there’s one thing on everyone’s mind — the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting a record eighth consecutive Budget, which comes in…
In her Budget 2025-26 speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed that there would be no income tax on income up to Rs 12 lakh.
Sitharaman also announced the restructuring of income tax…
Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman introduced several initiatives for poll-bound Bihar as she presented the 2025-2025 Union Budget. Sitharaman laid out the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman told the parliament that the Union Budget 2025-2026 will focus on the development of four sections of society. The four sections are “Garib, Yuva, Annadata and…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will deliver the Union Budget 2025 as part of Parliament’s Budget session, which started on January 31, 2025. The first portion of the budget session will conclude…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam said that India Post will be transformed into large public logistic organisation with 1.5 lakh rural post offices to become catalyst for rural economy.
Sitharaman on…
In the Union Budget 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced ‘Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojna’ for farmers.
The scheme would be run in partnership with states in 100 districts with…
As the economy slows down owing to rising inflation and weak wage growth, investors are looking for measures that would encourage spending, which is why Indian equities edged up during Saturday’s…
Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister, is set to present her record eighth Budget and all eyes have turned towards her.
While financial pundits await the big announcements from the Budget,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for Goddess Lakshmi’s blessings for the poor and middle class has sparked speculation that
Union Budget 2025 will lower the income tax burden on individual…
As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the
Union Budget 2025 today, the Indian stock market opened on a flat note.
At the start, Nifty was up by 0.14 percent or 33.5 points…
Set to make history with her eighth consecutive Union Budget, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has worked tirelessly with key officials to prepare a budget of over Rs 50 lakh crore for…
A cut or tweak in income tax rates/slabs to ease the burden of middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth is widely expected in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s record…
The Union Budget 2025, set to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at 11 AM on February 1, 2025, is highly anticipated across various sectors. This will be her eighth consecutive budget…
The Economic Survey of 2024-25 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Friday mentioned the five key schemes introduced in last year’s Union Budget that helped generate…
The Economic Survey has suggested that China’s role as the world’s manufacturing hub is set for a reset.
Since 2020, more than 20,000 new trade restrictions have been introduced across the worlds. In…
Even as Indian economy is set to grow at the four-year low in 2024-25 at 6.4 per cent, the Economic Survey has said India is about to get back into the fast lane after years of coronavirus…
India’s foreign exchange reserves are currently robust enough to cover approximately 90% of the nation’s external debt, which reached $711.8 billion as of September 2024, reflecting a strong buffer…
The government’s third term is seeing work done at thrice the speed of previous administrations, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday, citing decisions on issues such as Waqf boards and One Nation,…
Before the budget session commenced in the Indian parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government’s third term would focus on “India’s self-round development”. The prime minister…
The Union government is planning to table The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 during the Budget session starting Friday.
The Bill is likely to introduce stricter measures to control illegal…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey in Lok Sabha on Friday. The survey pegged India’s growth in the financial year 2026 at 6.3-6.8 per cent.
The economic survey, documented…
The Economic Survey 2024-25 is expected to project economic growth of 6.3-6.8 per cent for the financial year 2025-26.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in the…
A day before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her 8th consecutive Union Budget, she tabled the Economic Survey 2024-25 at the parliament. The survey provided an official assessment of the…
While addressing a joint session of Parliament, the President of India, Droupadi Murmu said that India will soon become the third largest economy in the world. In her customary address, Murmu…
As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget for FY 2025-26 on February 1, investors are closely watching key sectors that could benefit from government policies.
The…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey 2024-25 in Parliament at 12 PM on Friday (January 31). The Economic Survey is a pre-budget document detailing the state of the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th straight Budget and all eyes will be on the much-expected tax relief for the middle class.
Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced…
As the Union Budget 2025 approaches, anticipation is building across industries, with the automotive and electric vehicle (EV) sectors hoping for pivotal reforms to accelerate green mobility in India….
As the Finance Minister is set to present the Union Budget on 1st February for the upcoming financial year of 2025-26, the middle-class people of the country are eyeing some tax benefits and a…
Lack of infrastructure status, rationalisation of tax rates, easier visa processes and more incentives by state governments to promote investments are some of the key issues that need to be addressed…
India’s apex IT industry body Nasscom has batted for tweaks in safe harbour rules and widening the scope for utilisation of SEZ reinvestment reserves in its Budget wishlist, while advocating for…
In a bid to reduce litigation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the upcoming Budget may announce an Amnesty Scheme for customs to foster ease of doing business.
“The main asks of the industry…
As the Union Budget 2025 approaches, the aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians converge towards a transformative vision of a “Swarnim Bharat” (Golden India), “Shaktishali Bharat” (Powerful India) and…
India is weighing a proposal to cut income tax for individuals earning up to Rs 1.5 million ($17,590) annually in its upcoming budget, aiming to ease the financial burden on the middle class and…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (September 16) asked a burning question most Indian taxpayers wants the answer to: Will income tax rate for middle class be reduced?
In her extensive…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in an exclusive interview with News18 on Monday (September 16), hit back at the allegations that Modi 3.0 is a government that keeps making “U-turns” when it comes…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday replied to the Opposition’s claim that most states were ignored from the Union Budget as she made a special mention of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
Citing…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply to the budget discussions in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday at around 4 pm.
With her reply, the budget process will reach a conclusion following which the…
Sitharaman has undertaken various measures such as allocation of Rs 10 trillion, including a central assistance of Rs 2.2 trillion, for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) and provision of rental…
Apple has slashed iPhone prices in India in the range of Rs 300-6,000 after the government reduced import duty on mobile phones.
According to the rate list issued by Apple, the imported iPhone Pro…