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Parliament updates: We live by spirit of Constitution & do not resort to politics of poison, says PM

Parliament Budget Session 2025 latest news updates: Catch all the major updates from the ongoing Budget session of the Parliament

Domestic demand to boost growth post income tax cuts in Budget 2025: S&P

S&P said India's union Budget is in line with its expectation of gradual fiscal consolidation and that undergirds the positive outlook on India's sovereign ratings 'BBB-'

100% FDI in insurance sector to woo more foreign players: Moody's

Presenting Budget 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to raise the foreign investment limit to 100 per cent from 74 per cent in the insurance sector

Budget 2025 aims to foster public-private cooperation in infra sector

In her budget speech on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several announcements to give a push to various sectors, including infrastructure

Some parties are like 'AAPda' for youth: PM Modi taunts AAP in Lok Sabha

PM Modi's remark comes a day before Delhi Assembly elections, where the BJP is the main challenger to the ruling AAP

Budget 2025: Shipbuilding gets big push from govt eyeing global trade

The Maritime Development Fund announced by the FM will have a corpus of Rs 25,000 cr; besides, tax breaks and easier infra credit access to shipbuilders aim to reinvigorate the shipbuilding industry

Govt framing schemes under export promotion mission for exporters: DGFT

These schemes are being formulated under the export promotion mission, announced in the Union Budget for 2025-26

Budget 2025: Internship scheme gets massive fund infusion, to see changes

Based on inputs from the pilot project, government is likely to introduce some tweaks to the programme to make it more viable for applicants and industry, besides raising awareness about the scheme

Budget 2025: Outcomes keep outlay for drinking water and sanitation intact

Given the transformative effect the two schemes have had on infant mortality and other health indicators, government has decided to keep the momentum going with similar levels of Budgetary allocations

Substantial increase in budget allocation to several states: Vaishnaw

According to Vaishnaw, when a comparison is drawn with 2009-2014, the average budgetary allocation for the next financial year 2025-26 is 27 times higher for Delhi, and 23 times for MP among others

Parl panel stresses on need for financial allocations to MEA: Report

The panel in its report has also mentioned that India's budgetary allocation under the sub-head 'Aid to Bangladesh' came down from Rs 200 crore in BE 2023-24 to Rs 120 crore in BE 2024-25

Proposed TCS threshold hike on LRS expected to boost outbound travel

The revision, which will be effective from April 1, 2025, is expected to boost travel and foreign exchange segments, provide additional benefits to students, and improve tax compliance

Budget 2025-26: Govt may clarify transfer pricing changes in 3 months

Transfer pricing refers to the actual price charged in transactions between related entities within the same multinational firm

Tax relief move has reduced demand uncertainty: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

Nageswaran says Budget gave a nudge to pvt sector investments

Budget's MSME, manufacturing push boosts paper sector; imports a concern

Policy incentives aimed at encouraging recycling, and the use of sustainable raw materials would further strengthen the Paper Industry's commitment to a circular economy

Budget 2025: Strategic petroleum reserves see Rs 5,597 cr allocation boost

Petroleum Ministry gets funding to explore sedimentary basins for hydrocarbons

Budget 2025: Women, SC/STs entrepreneurs can now get up to Rs 2 crore loan

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2025-2026 on February 1

Budget's focus on clean energy to push sector growth: RE industry

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her record eighth straight Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Saturday

Chandrababu Naidu backs Union Budget, emphasises development over politics

Drawing from his experience in implementing reforms in Andhra Pradesh, he predicted the state would play a pivotal role in national development

Rs 20K cr for research, AI, geospatial initiatives to drive R&D: Industry

The 2025 Union Budget marks a significant step forward in strengthening India's R&D ecosystem, Shirshendu Mukherjee, Managing Director, Wadhwani Innovation Network, said