Budget 2026 News

Union Budget 2026: NRIs seek return to simpler 182-day tax residency rule

Bombay Chambers says graded residency norms introduced in 2020 have made tax status harder to assess for visiting NRIs and PIOs

Budget 2026-27: Here are key challenges in the health care sector

As digital health gains pace, Budget expectations centre on higher spending, insurance expansion and a preventive-care shift to fix India's healthcare gaps

Budget 2026-27: Govt bond market may face ₹30.5 trillion supply test

Budget 2026-27 faces a ₹30.5 trillion bond supply as higher state borrowing adds pressure, likely keeping government bond yields elevated despite easing inflation

M Nagaraju to V Anantha Nageswaran: Meet Sitharaman's team for Budget FY27

As Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present her ninth Budget, a new team of top bureaucrats and economists will shape India's FY27 fiscal and reform roadmap

Budget 2026-27: New playbook for trade, Customs reforms needed

A high-level committee should be set up to review India's trade and Customs regulations, and undertake economic impact analyses of trade agreements

The Budget, govt borrowing and the RBI: Managing mounting FY27 pressures

The Centre's higher gross borrowing won't be a challenge in FY27, but the increasing size of state development loans is a concern

Budget 2026: Why old income tax regime still appeals to salaried taxpayers

As the Finance Minister readies Budget 2026, salaried taxpayers remain split on whether lower rates can truly replace deductions

Precious metal refiners seek duty parity to ease import disadvantage

Currently, dore duty stands at 6 per cent for both gold and silver, with refiners getting a 0.65 per cent duty differential, making the effective rate 5.35 per cent

India to stick to fiscal consolidation path in Budget, say economists: Poll

Capital spending has risen more than fivefold over the past decade and has been a key contributor to recent strong growth in Asia's third-largest economy

Budget 2026-27: Here are the key challenges for India's green push

Renewable energy developers flag transmission bottlenecks, weak DISCOM finances and high borrowing costs, seeking Budget support for grids, storage and cheaper green finance

Budget 2026: What India's ageing population needs from the finance minister

From home care bills to insurance gaps, why Budget 2026 matters for families supporting ageing parents

Budget 2026: ₹10 lakh TCS relief not enough for Indians abroad, say experts

As Budget 2026 approaches, students, travellers and families want simpler TCS rules under LRS and relief from upfront cash-flow pressure

Budget 2026: Nasscom urges cloud tax clarity, ESOP deferment for startups

Nasscom also observed that India's data centre sector drives digital and AI growth, offering hosting services to global cloud providers on arm's-length terms

Budget 2026 expectations: Home buyers seek relief on EMIs and upfront costs

As Budget 2026 nears, home buyers want higher loan deductions, lower upfront costs and targeted help for first-time purchasers

Will Budget 2026 lower your Mutual Fund tax bill? AMFI's pitch to FM

Association of Mutual Funds in India has urged the government to reinstate indexation benefits for debt funds, and allow mutual funds to offer pension-focused schemes with tax benefits similar to NPS

Budget 2026-27: Key challenges for retailers and consumer packaged goods

Retailers and CPG firms face weak consumption, rising compliance and real estate costs, GST working capital issues, and low innovation, seek FTAs, labour reforms, tourism push, Census, ONDC revival

Budget 2026-27: Insurance industry bats for income tax relief for premiums

Insurers also seek an increase in threshold for taxing maturity proceeds of high-value policies

Budget 2026: No big-bang cuts but some relief likely for salaried class

Tax experts say the Centre is expected to strengthen the new tax regime through slab rationalisation and higher rebates rather than expanding deductions

Budget 2026-27: Mutual fund industry seeks capital gains relief

Urges Centre to roll back recent tax changes on debt schemes

Recycling industry seeks GST cut on scrap ahead of Budget 2026-27

Apex body MRAI warns current GST regime hurting formalisation; demands removal of aluminium scrap duty