Page 11 - Budget 2026 News

Indices indecisive on Budget moves: EY India analyses top stock reactions

Benchmark indices ended flat in a special trading session on Saturday

Budget: Railway capex stays flat; revenue receipts set to cross Rs 3 trn

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has kept the outlay provided for capital expenditure (capex) in the Railways at Rs 2.65 trillion, almost the same as the 2024-25 budget estimate

Budget 2025: Charting a new growth path with a boost to the tax net

Higher collections have also resulted in calls to use the opportunity to simplify the goods and services tax structure

Budget sets a comprehensive blueprint for India's economic growth

The FM announced income tax relief for middle-class households to the tune of $12 billion (0.3 per cent of GDP), which is expected to give a significant boost to urban consumption and savings

Budget 2025: Govt plans to reduce debt-to-GDP ratio to 47.5-52% by FY31

The six-year roadmap until FY31 aims to bring down the debt-to-GDP ratio to a range of 47.5-52 per cent from 57.1 per cent in FY25

Budget 2025-26: Balancing prudence with growth for a resilient economy

The budget underscores the government's belief that infrastructure is the bedrock of sustained growth

Will work out measures to help industry address non-tariff barriers: Goyal

The commerce and finance ministries are working as a team to see which are the sectors that require maximum support in terms of availability of capital, technology upgradation, marketing

A blueprint for Viksit Bharat: Budget 2025 focuses on growth, reforms

The Finance Minister has also been cognizant of the need to undertake regulatory reforms that are needed to ensure that the economy does not get bogged down and steams ahead

Budget 2025: Govt allows 100% FDI in insurance, easing foreign entry

The jury is divided on whether this move has led to the expected inflow of investments

Budget 2025: We've responded to the voice of the people, says FM Sitharaman

We continue to place emphasis on the multiplier effect that capital expenditure done by the government has shown, said FM Sitharaman

Govt introduces new compliance requirements for crypto-asset transactions

Under the proposed framework, any prescribed reporting entity dealing in crypto-assets will be required to furnish transaction details within a specified period

Budget 2025-26: Operationalising the trade route to economic growth

It would have been better had the government gone in for across-the-board Customs duty rationalisation instead of picking and choosing sectors across the board

Union Budget 2025-26: A blueprint for sustainability and certainty

Anticipating US action on tariffs, India seems to have made the first move by revamping its tariff structure by reducing the slabs to eight rates

New Income Tax Bill to be introduced next week, says FM Sitharaman

The minister had previously announced in July last year that a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act of 1961 would be completed within six months

Budget 2025: Shot in the arm for startups with Rs 10K cr new fund of Funds

The FM said that the initial FoF announced by the government with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore managed to catalyse commitments worth Rs 91,000 crore

Pragmatic and sensible: FM Sitharaman incentivises growth beyond govt capex

By providing an effective tax cut of Rs 1 trillion to the middle class, the FM will improve consumer confidence and boost consumption

Noble intentions, but questions remain: Budget's allocations fall short

This was an opportune moment to get rid of the old tax system entirely and move fully to the new one. A broad-based, low-rated, and less differentiated tax structure is the need of the hour

Socialist delivery, a nuclear promise: Hoping the Budget meets its goals

Those of us who were so excited by that flurry of reforms and hailed it as a true and virtuous example of not wasting a crisis are now chastened

Budget updates: Diya Kumari terms Union Budget as 'game changer,' Gehlot criticises lack of relief

New tax regime updates: Under the new system, taxpayers will not have to pay any income tax on earnings up to Rs 12 lakh per annum

Budget 2025-26: Business as usual for farm, food, and petrol subsidies

The food subsidy for FY26 was estimated at Rs 2.03 trillion, which is 3.04 per cent more than the RE but 0.9 per cent lower than the BE of FY25