Page 29 - Latest Updates on Budget 2025-26

India needs 7.8 mn non-farm jobs yearly to sustain growth: Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2025: India's unemployment rate for those 15+ fell from 6% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24; urban joblessness dropped from 6.6% in Q2FY24 to 6.4% in Q2FY25

Union Budget 2025: What Economic Survey says about the agriculture sector

The Economic Survey 2024-25 highlights 3.5 per cent growth in India's agriculture sector, with a strong focus on horticulture, livestock, and fisheries as key growth drivers

Indian economy expected to grow 6.3-6.8% in 2025-26: Economic Survey

Budget 2025: GDP projections in line with international agencies including International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and World Bank

Policy stability, rational taxes tops Budget wishlist of gaming companies

A stable policy that spurs investments and job creation, alongside a more rational and progressive taxation regime, tops the Budget wishlist of online gaming companies, according to E-Gaming Federation Anuraag Saxena. His comments assume significance as the Directorate General of GST Intelligence's (DGGI) tax demands totalling Rs 1.12 lakh crore against online gaming companies, over the past many months, spooked the industry, although the Supreme Court's recent stay on showcause notices issued by GST authorities has provided a breather. Saxena said a slew of measures suggested by the industry can "turbocharge" the sector. The online gaming industry is also keen on playing a bigger role in participating in initiatives that involve and educate people about various government schemes through online educational games. "We need policy clarity and policy stability, which is what both domestic investors and foreign investors look for," Saxena said. The e-gaming industry is also pitching

First time since 2014, no bids to cause trouble before Parl session: PM

It is perhaps the first time since 2014 that no attempt has been made from abroad to "stoke a fire" in India before the start of a Parliament session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. Ahead of Parliament's Budget session, Modi also took a swipe at opposition parties, saying that there were people ready to do mischief before every session since 2014 and there was also no dearth of those who would fuel such attempts. "Shayad 2014 se lekar ab tak, ye pehla Parliament ka satr hai, ki jiske ek-do din pehle koi videshi chingari nahi pakdi hai, videsh mein se aag lagane ki koshish nahi hui hai (Perhaps since 2014, this is the first session of Parliament in which a day or two before the session, there has been no foreign attempt to stoke a fire from abroad)," Modi told reporters before the start of the session. "This is the first session I am seeing in the last 10 years in which there has been no attempt to stoke a fire from any foreign corner," the prime minister said. With hi

Income tax relief, capex: Budget 2025 wishlist from Motilal Oswal Sec

Indirect tax relief, interest-free capex loans, household income boost, among 5 key expectations from Motilal Oswal for Budget 2025

Will Sensex, Nifty rally or tank on Budget 2025 day? Check key levels here

On the last 3 Budget days, the Nifty ended marginally in red; the NSE benchmark has ended lower on 5 out of previous 7 occasions when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget.

Defence stocks: GRSE, BDL, BEL, HAL surge up to 9% day ahead of Budget 2025

Shares of BEL, for instance, soared 5 per cent to Rs 292.10 on the back of two-fold jump in average trading volumes after the company reported a healthy December 2024 quarter

Finance, Waqf Amendment Act among 16 bills to be tabled in Budget session

Budget session: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present Union Budget 2025 on February 1

Economic Survey likely to project 6.3-6.8% GDP growth for next fiscal year

The Economic Survey is likely to project a 6.3-6.8 per cent GDP growth for the next fiscal year, sources said. The Survey 2024-25, authored by Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageshwaran and his team, will be tabled in Parliament this afternoon. India's GDP is projected to grow at a 4-year low pace of 6.4 per cent in the current fiscal on weak manufacturing and investments, as per estimates of the National Statistics office. This is lower than the growth projected in last year's Economic Survey of 6.5-7 per cent and the Reserve Bank of India's 6.6 per cent estimate. The Economic Survey, tabled every year a day ahead of the Union Budget, gives a broad roundup on macroeconomic performance of the ongoing fiscal and a glimpse of how the next fiscal is likely to pan out.

President Murmu opens Budget session 2025: Housing, healthcare, AI in focus

The President also offered condolences to those who lost their lives in the Kumbh Mela stampede at Prayagraj

How to trade Silver ahead of Budget 2025? Check support, resistance levels

Silver rate today: Given the fact that industrial commodities are struggling, and tariff threats loom large, silver may struggle to extend its rally much further on a sustained basis

Should you buy or sell Gold ahead of Budget 2025? Check rate, outlook

Gold rate today: India's budget to be presented on February 1 will be important for domestic gold prices as import duty on precious metals may be increased.

PM Modi's 'no foreign interference' jibe at Oppn ahead of Budget session

PM Modi has claimed that, for the first time in 10 years, there has been no foreign interference before the Budget session

Hopeful that Budget will offer schemes to aid MSMEs: UCCI president

Mohanty stated that he wants the corporate tax to be further reduced for the MSME sector

May Goddess Lakshmi bless poor, middle-class: PM Modi ahead of Budget 2025

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey 2025, which marks the beginning of the Budget Session 2025

Here's why Feb F&O series could be bullish for Nifty; key analysis here

Derivative data shows that Nifty is starting the February series after a 4-month losing streak, high rollovers, and short positions ahead of Budget. Here are the key analyses as per HDFC Securities.

Budget session to commence today; FM to present Economic Survey at noon

The first part of the Budget session will continue till February 13 and the two Houses will again meet on March 10 after recess with the session concluding on April 4

Growth, reforms and fiscal discipline: What will Union Budget 2025 have in store?

In this special podcast we discuss the pulse of the Indian economy and uncover what will the Union Budget 2025 have in store

US tariff worries may push rupee to all-time low before upcoming budget

Trump is planning to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday and is considering fresh tariffs on China