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Full text of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech in LS

Here is the full text of the Budget speech of FM Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

Budget 2021: Full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill tabled in LS

Here is the full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill as tabled in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

DATA STORY: Kerala, Maharashtra alone account for 79% of all active Covid cases in India

With 14,509 vaccinations on Sunday, India has so far inoculated 3,758,843 people. That is 34.938 per cent of its total caseload, and 0.2708 per cent of its population

After RBI's paper on new regulatory framework, what next for NBFCs?

Over the last five years, their balance sheet more than doubled to Rs 49.22 trillion

Knee-jerk shutdowns

India has a dubious record of net disruptions

Fiscal activism

Govt should tread carefully on this path

DATA STORY: 97% of India's total Covid-19 caseload has now recovered

With 244,307 more vaccinations on Saturday, India has so far inoculated 3,744,334 people. That is 34.84 per cent of the country's total caseload, and 0.2698 per cent of its population

DATA STORY: At 3,500,027, India's total vaccination now at 32% of its caseload

India on Friday conducted 756,329 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 195,837,408. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.7%

Roads, health care consistent priority for govt: Economic Survey

Private participation remains low, the Survey shows

Echoes from the Mahabharata to a new index: A few nuggets from Eco Survey

Stringent lockdown at the very onset of the pandemic enabled flattening of the pandemic curve and provided necessary time to ramp up the health and testing infrastructure

Flashbacks: Here're some key facts about Union Budget that will amaze you

From 1955-56, Budget papers began to be printed in Hindi as well.

DATA STORY: With 572,060 vaccinations in a day, India's total now at 27% of caseload

At 18,855, daily spike in India's total Covid cases the highest since Jan 7, mainly because of a massive jump in recovered cases in Chhattisgarh

Beyond Budget Headlines: What the key elements of FM's speech mean to us

Given that the FM has already said that this will be extraordinary Budget, all eyes will be on how she allocates the resources to the most pressing needs of the present time

Make in America

Joe Biden's executive order raises concerns

'Dream Budget' to 'Millennium Budget': Here're India-specific snippets

Budget 1997-98 reduced corporate tax rates; and encouraged higher investment from FIIs

Keeping competition alive

CCI's suggestions on telecom are timely

DATA STORY: Delhi adds 96 Covid cases, first sub-100 spike since May 1

India has so far vaccinated 2,355,979 people. That is 22.01 per cent of its total caseload, and 0.1698 per cent of its population

Combating climate change

US must ensure that developed world does its bit

Turnaround time

Early trends in corporate earnings hold out hope

DATA STORY: India conducts 550,426 Covid tests; daily positivity rate rises to 2.3%

India on Tuesday conducted 550,426 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 193,613,120. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.3%