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Budget 2026: MAT rationalisation to help migration to new tax regime

Budget 2026 converts MAT into a final levy at 14 per cent, limits MAT credit utilisation, and extends exemptions for non-residents to encourage a shift to the new concessional corporate tax regime

Budget 2026: Cautious & prudent, yet focusing on the long-term journey

Economic Survey and Budget 2026 chart a fiscally prudent, future-ready roadmap, betting on infrastructure, manufacturing and resilience amid global uncertainty

FM: Building ecosystem for improving productivity, employment generation

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and top officials explain the thinking behind Budget 2026-27, from record capex and tax reforms to disinvestment and global risks

Union Budget 2026-27: Tariffs remain high and revenue share falls

Share of Customs duty collections declined in central tax receipts despite the government resorting to raising tariffs

Pakistan to boycott T20 World Cup 2026 match vs India on February 15

The game was set to take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as both teams were to face off in a Group A encounter.

A long-game Budget: FM pushes capability-building for growth resilience

FM Sitharaman tightens fiscal deficit target at 4.3% of GDP

Union Budget 2026-27 shows expansion advances, safety retreats persist

Reforms for new world order Expansion advances, safety retreats

T20 World Cup 2026: ICC warns PCB over boycott call on IND vs PAK game

ICC warns Pakistan Cricket Board that selective participation in the Men's T20 World Cup could undermine sporting integrity and have long-term consequences.

Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2026

Key figures on revenue, expenditure, fiscal deficit and market borrowings from the Union Budget

Budget 2026: Indian Railways to see record capex of ₹2.92 trillion in FY27

Union Budget for 2026-27 lines up new high-speed rails, freight corridor

Budget 2026: Confident yet anxious amid global and domestic uncertainty

The Budget has indeed woken up the sleeping markets, just not the way the government's fans would have expected

Budget 2026: Skilling, education and job creation at centre of growth plan

With a sharp rise in skilling and labour allocations, Budget 2026-27 focuses on aligning education with industry needs, boosting services-led employment, and preparing youth for emerging roles in the

Budget 2026: Oppn slams Budget for 'failing' the test of economic strategy

Opposition parties, including ruling dispensations in poll-bound West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, said the Budget fails on economic strategy, worsens fiscal stress on states, and undermines federalism

Union Budget 2026-27: Over ₹1 trillion earmarked for the nation's health

Biopharma Shakti initiative to tackle burden of non-communicable diseases, turn India into global, innovation-led hub

Budget 2026: Services sector put in the front seat of growth strategy

Budget targets 10% global services share by 2047

16th FC moots CSS overhaul, discom privatisation, subsidy bill pruning

To create incentives for privatisation, the panel said private investors need to be shielded from the accumulated debt burden after discom takeover

Political Pulse: What the Budget 2026 means for four poll-bound states

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed youth-led growth, SME capacity building and region-specific measures, seeking to address trade challenges while signalling outreach to poll-bound states

Pharma leap: Volume to value-based growth as India targets $500-bn industry

The Budget recognises that innovation must translate into tangible benefits for patients

A Budget for uncertain times: Modest fiscal path, services-led growth

FM goes for modest fiscal consolidation, while focusing on services and state capex for growth

16th FC report: From Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal, who gets how much

Southern states are projected to get a marginal increase