India, Feb. 2 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday described the Union Budget for 2026-27 as "directionless and visionless", claiming that it had nothing to offer to the common man ... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- A Budget for the real economy. Welcome increase in defence spend. Broad fiscal discipline continues. Works on balancing between financialisation of the economy, and focused developmen... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- The Budget 2026-27 has simplified customs regime by rationalising exemptions, waiving customs duty on 17 cancer drugs, while easing baggage rules and reducing duty to 10 per cent on g... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- The announcements in the Budget with regard to customs duty rationalisation will help boost exports and promote domestic manufacturing, experts and exporters said.The Union Budget 202... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Income Tax Act, 2025 will be implemented from April 1 and rules and tax returns forms will be notified shortly. Beginning April ... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Cong slams Govt Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the Modi Government has run out of ideas, and the Union Budget for 2026-27 does not provide any single solution t... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Union Budget 2026-27 as ambitious and futuristic, stressing that it will further strengthen India's global role. In his televised ... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Stock market dipped on Sunday after the budget. Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty dived sharply by nearly 2 per cent after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a hike i... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Giving top priority to national security, defence outlay for the next fiscal has seen a big jump of nearly 16 per cent with a massive INR 7,84,678 crore allocation. The first budget a... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget for 2026-27, presented in Parliament today by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is best read as a deliberate consolidation of the Government's medium-term economic... Read More