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Personal finance and Budget 2025: Key strategies for smart planning

Smart planning can help individuals maximise benefits and achieve long-term financial goals, say experts

Budget boost for AIFs: Securities reclassified as capital assets

Securities sales to attract capital gains tax, not business income tax

Budget 2025 announcements 'bold', will boost consumption: Assocham

Assocham President Nayar said that pick up in consumption demand would, in turn, encourage investment as well in the medium term

Track and Trace Mechanism to aid in curbing illicit trade: Tobacco industry

The industry, on the basis of the current duty rates, estimates that the illicit trade results in an annual revenue loss of Rs 21,000 crore to the government

Financial planning post-Budget 2025, taking into account new changes

The period for filing updated returns, ITR-U, has been extended from 2 years to 4 years from the end of the relevant assessment year

Budget 2025: TN CM Stalin says, 'state got ignored out of biasness'

The Union Budget for 2025-2026 was 'biased' in completely ignoring Tamil Nadu and betrayed the expectation of the people, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday.

Union Budget 2025: Govt allocates Rs 141.83 crore for President's office

The fund allocation is for salaries and allowances of the president, the expenditure on the household establishment of the president, including staff salaries, discretionary grants

Budget 2025: Breathing life into India's consumption and investment story

The upcoming Income Tax Bill further promises to be clearer, reducing the number of chapters in the current law by half, which could lead to greater certainty and reduced litigation

Budget 2025: Govt to table new income tax bill next week, says FM

The Income Tax Act 1961, which deals with imposition of direct taxes -- personal I-T, corporate tax, securities transaction tax, besides gift and wealth tax, currently has about 298 sections

Zero tax, TDS exemptions, TCS removal: How Budget 2025 affects your income

Take a look at the changes announced in Budget 2025 that will reduce your monetary burden

Govt increases culture budget by Rs 100 crore, prioritises heritage, arts

Within the ministry, a major chunk has gone to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which has been allocated Rs 1,278.49 crore against Rs 1273.91 crore allocated in 2024-25

Budget 2025: A boost for handicrafts, handlooms, says Stylist Prasad Bidapa

I'm disappointed that the Budget doesn't do more to address climate change and environmental sustainability, he said

Budget 2025: NaBFID's partial credit guarantee to boost corporate bond mkt

Insurance and pension regulatory norms require that investment papers must have at least an "AA" rating to be eligible for investment from pension and insurance funds

Budget 2025: Who is Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao quoted by Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman used Telugu poet and playwright Gurajada Apparao's famous words to emphasise the government's vision for Viksit Bharat

Budget 2025: FM calls for mining sector reforms, says govt to frame policy

Reacting to the budget, Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal said mining is one of the six domains identified for transformational reforms over the next five years

Budget 2025: Thrilled by continued investment in sports, says Gagan Narang

The government has given a fillip to businesses and eased the entry of international brands by reducing red tape

Budget marks pivotal moment in economic trajectory: Kerala biz community

The direction of the budget is towards the goal of Vikasit Bharat, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Kerala Chairman Vinod Manjila said

Game changer for property market: Real estate sector lauds Budget 2025

Establishment of the India Infrastructure Fund and emphasis on Public-Private partnerships for infrastructure in the budget is also a game-changer for the real estate industry

Rahul Gandhi slams Union Budget 2025, calls it 'band-aid for bullet wounds'

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati criticised the Budget calling it 'politically motivated'

No immediate upgrade of India's sovereign rating: Moody's after Budget 2025

While India is making strides toward fiscal discipline and inflation control, Moody's maintains that for a rating upgrade, a substantial reduction in the debt burden is essential