Page 7 - Budget 2026 News

Union Budget 2026-27: ECMS outlay nearly doubled to ₹40,000 crore

Phase-II of semicon mission announced

Union Budget 2026-27: Credit rises amid improvement in asset quality

Rising credit-deposit ratios are straining bank liquidity even as RBI data shows NPAs falling largely due to write-offs, not recoveries

Union Budget 2026-27: High-level panel set to review banking sector

The proposed committee could examine long-pending issues such as corporate entry into banking, FDI norms, voting rights caps and consolidation

No word on merger: Budget 2026 proposes restructuring of PFC, REC

The Union Budget proposes restructuring of state-owned NBFCs PFC and REC to improve scale and efficiency, but the government has stopped short of indicating whether the two lenders will be merged

Budget 2026-27: Gsec yields may harden on higher FY27 borrowing

Rupee likely to come under pressure due to foreign outflows

Buyback taxed as capital gains, not dividends, to benefit high earners

Finance Bill 2026 shifts share buyback proceeds to capital gains tax from April 2026, easing the burden for many investors, while tightening tax rules for SGB buyers

Financial Services to Auto: How the Budget 2026-27 affects key sectors

High-level committee on banking for Viksit Bharat to steer banking reforms for next growth phase

Reforms for new world order: Budget shows India struggling to feed growth

Despite new policy support and AI-led productivity tools, India's agriculture still faces structural challenges as its GVA share in GDP continues to fluctuate

SEZ units get one-time domestic sales window in Budget amid 50% US tariffs

The Union Budget proposes a one-time measure allowing eligible SEZ manufacturing units to sell a portion of their output in the domestic market at concessional duty to offset US tariff shocks

STT hike hits sentiment: EY India tracks Nifty 50 response to Budget 2026

Benchmark indices dived by over 2 per cent in a special trading session on Sunday. EY India takes a look at how Nifty 50 firms responded to Union Budget 2026-27

Budget 2026: TCS cuts on LRS, tour packages to ease upfront cash outgo

Budget 2026 lowers TCS on foreign education, medical remittances and overseas tours, easing cash flow for families and simplifying compliance for NRI property deals

'Highway of immense opportunities': PM Modi lauds 'futuristic' Budget

PM Modi said the Union Budget, aligned with recent trade deals, provides unprecedented support to MSMEs, sunrise sectors, infrastructure, laying the foundation for jobs, growth, Viksit Bharat by 2047

Budget 2026: Defence spending rises to 2% of GDP, pushes for modernisation

The government's allocation touches 2 per cent of the GDP months after Operation Sindoor and with an eye on modernisation

Union Budget 2026-27: Buyback proceeds to be treated as capital gains

Budget 2026 proposes a major overhaul of share buyback taxation, shifting proceeds from dividend income to capital gains to simplify rules, reduce arbitrage, and rebalance outcomes for promoters

How midcap stocks moved: EY India analyses trends and key drivers

EY India analyses the movement of stocks and the reasons behind it

Budget 2026: Calibrated approach anchors atmanirbhar India vision

The proposed Rs 10,000 crore MSME Growth Fund reflects the government's intent to participate as an equity partner in their growth

Education Budget jumps to ₹1.39 trillion, school learning gets record push

School education and learning receive their highest-ever allocation as Budget 2026-27 raises overall education spending by over 8 per cent, with higher outlays for KVs, IITs and new initiatives

Budget 2026-27: ₹9.4 trillion erased as markets recoil on STT surprise

A sharp hike in derivatives transaction tax and lack of market-friendly measures in Budget 2026 rattled sentiment, dragging Sensex and Nifty to their steepest Budget-day fall in six years

Union Budget 2026-27: STT increase on F&O to curb speculative trade

The second increase in STT since 2024, effective April 1, seeks to curb excessive speculation in derivatives markets and boost tax collections hit by lower trading volumes this fiscal

Union Budget 2026-27: India's economy driven by investment projects

The government trails the private sector in the scale and value of new projects undertaken