Page 5 - Latest Updates on Nirmala Sitharaman
Budget 2026: FM allocates ₹5,000 crore to develop tier-II, tier-III cities
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pitches tier-II and tier-III cities as engines of growth, rolling out reform-linked funding for city economic regions to drive balanced urban development
 "Budget 2026: FM allocates ₹5,000 crore to develop tier-II, tier-III cities")
Budget 2026: Duty-free baggage limits to be increased, says FM Sitharaman
FM said the govt will revise baggage clearance rules and enhance duty-free allowances to reflect modern travel patterns and address passenger concerns over valuation and temporary carriage of goods
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Budget 2026-27 Highlights: FM Sitharaman boosts manufacturing across sectors
Budget 2026-27 Highlights: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth straight Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Sunday. Catch updates here
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India's economy and its fundamentals strong: FM hits back at Rahul Gandhi
Nirmala Sitharaman rebuts Rahul Gandhi's criticism, says India's economic fundamentals are strong and the Budget supports farmers, MSMEs and women
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Union Budget 2026: What industry leaders say about reforms, capex push
Union Budget 2026 drew mixed reactions from industry leaders, who welcomed the growth and capex push while stressing the need for execution clarity, long-term policy support and reform follow-through
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From Defence to R&D, what didn't make the cut in Sitharaman's Budget speech
Key sectors such as defence and railways saw large FY27 allocations in the Budget documents, even though they found little or no mention in Sitharaman's Budget 2026 speech
Budget 2026: Sitharaman did not address key concerns, says P Chidambaram
Chidambaram, who has served as the finance minister four times, said the Budget failed "the test of economic strategy and economic statesmanship"
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India clears foreign funding of manufacturing equipment, boosting Apple
In India, unlike China, Apple was concerned that if it paid for machines for its contract manufacturers, Indian law could consider that a so-called "business connection" and impose taxes
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Budget support will help MSMEs scale from local to global: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Union Budget, aligned with India's recent trade deals, provides unprecedented support to MSMEs, sunrise sectors and infrastructure, laying the foundation for jobs
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'Budget 2026 puts manufacturing, technology at centre of growth push'
Budget's priority seems to be to reinforce India's long term growth narrative while maintain a tight balancing act as far as fiscal discipline is concerned.
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Union Budget 2026: From semiconductors to rare-earth hubs, key takeaways
Budget 2026: The Budget lays out new schemes and higher spending on infrastructure, technology, healthcare and jobs, while offering support for industry and students
Union Budget 2026: Where does the rupee come from and where does it go?
The central government raises its money from a mix of taxes, borrowings, and other receipts, while it is spent on states, interest payments and pensions
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Sitharaman announces various customs duty exemptions in 2026 Budget
The exemptions are aimed at simplifying tax rates, supporting domestic manufacturing, boosting exports, and removing old duty exemptions that are no longer needed
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How Trump tariffs shaped FM Sitharaman's manufacturing push in Budget 2026
With US tariffs hitting Indian exports, Budget 2026-27 doubles down on manufacturing, capex and targeted relief for tariff-hit sectors
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India to benefit from 'ripple effects' of measures in 2026 Budget: FM
Sitharaman said that the focus will be on tier-2 and tier-3 cities so that growth is not limited to big metros
 "India to benefit from 'ripple effects' of measures in 2026 Budget: FM")
Budget 2026: Onus of executing incremental capex shifting towards states
Aditi Nayar analyses the Budget's fiscal prudence, higher public capex via states, a 4.3 per cent deficit target, debt consolidation, and the impact of higher gross borrowings on bond yields
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Stock Market Highlights: Sensex tanks 1,547 pts, Nifty ends at 24,825 as STT hike dampens mood
Budget 2026 | Stock Market LIVE Updates on February 1, 2026: FM Sitharaman on Sunday has raised STT on future trades to 0.05 per cent from 0.02 per cent under Budget 2026.
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Union Budget 2026: Zero customs duty for nuclear power imports till 2035
The Union Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman removes a key cost barrier for nuclear projects as India prepares for a major capacity expansion and opens the sector to private participation
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STT hike, bond market boost: 10 positives and 5 negatives of Budget 2026
Capital expenditure has been raised to ₹12.2 lakh crore (~9 per cent YoY), reinforcing the infrastructure- and manufacturing-led growth strategy without resorting to populist fiscal slippage
 "STT hike, bond market boost: 10 positives and 5 negatives of Budget 2026")
CIC, Public Enterprises Selection Board get ₹39.14 allocation in Budget
The Budget Estimate for the CIC and PESB in 2025-26 was higher at ₹42.49 crore
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