Page 8 - Latest Updates on Budget 2025-26

There is no plan to phase out old tax regime: CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal

Agrawal discussed a range of topics, including framing of tax proposals, and why he feels most taxpayers would opt for the new tax regime

Maritime fund to spur Rs 1.5 trn investment by 2030: Sarbananda Sonowal

The Rs 25,000 crore MDF will give a strong start to India's shipbuilding journey tells Sonowal

Budget 2025 impact: Street overweight on consumption and largecaps

Largecaps remain the preferred investments for most brokerages

No immediate impact of Pay Commission on FY26 Budget: Expenditure Secy

Govil spoke about issues ranging from Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and pay commission to continued thrust on capital expenditure

Maintaining capex at over 3% is a good benchmark: DEA Secy Ajay Seth

Seth explains the rationale and the Budget fine print

Hub & spoke, PPPs likely to help manage 4,500 new daycare cancer beds

India has around 6000-7000 oncologists at the moment, adding 300 every yr

Tax incentives will not lead to inflation: Revenue and Finance Secretary

He is confident of the government achieving 14.4 per cent growth in income-tax collection even after forgoing Rs 1 trillion revenue

Union Budget 2025-26: PMJAY allocation may not suffice, say experts

Budget estimates (BE) for the financial year (FY) 2025-26 have put the allocation for PMJAY at Rs 9,406 crore, a 28.8 per cent increase from Rs 7,300 crore in FY25's BE

Budget 2025: P-notes from Gift City set to rise with new relaxations

Relaxations announced in Budget could prompt FPIs issue P-notes from Gujarat over Mauritius, Singapore

Budget 2025: Fiscal consolidation efforts may pull govt bond yields down

RBI's six-member rate setting panel will announce the review of the policy on Friday, 7 February

Presumptive tax regime likely to woo global talent into electronics

Govt proposes only 25% of total remuneration received by expats to be treated as taxable profits

Budget 2025: Govt shows resolve to take bold steps for transforming economy

Among the key pillars of this Budget, as highlighted by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is a sweeping regulatory reform agenda aimed at reducing red tape and fostering a pro-business environment

Budget 2025 impact: Viksit Bharat through social sector transformation

Budget focuses on equitable prosperity by increasing accessibility to quality education, healthcare and social welfare programmes

Union Budget 2025: Setting a road map to transform India's economy

The people, economy, and innovation underpin the investment strategy of the Government

Going by liquidity measures taken, rate cut possible: BoB MD & CEO

Currently, the deposit market is very tight, both in terms of growth and also on the cost side. So, clearly, the cost of deposit is higher resulting in a lower NII growth, Chand said

Budget 2025: Individual credit score boost for 100 mn SHG members

Tucked away as an innocuous para in the Budget document, it says "PSBs will develop a 'Grameen Credit Score' framework to serve the credit needs of SHG members, and people in rural areas"

Indirect Taxes: Budget 2025 boosts domestic manufacturing, eases tax burden

The Budget supports the government's pledge to reduce tax burden and move towards a trust-based tax framework

Manufacturing of electronics to double to $200 bn in 3-4 years: Vaishnaw

The scheme to set up outsourced assembly and testing units has been allocated Rs 3,900 crore in the Budget for 2025-26, compared to Rs 2,500 crore allocated last fiscal

Direct tax: Budget 2025-26 eases burden, boosts spending and growth

Proposals aim to encourage the middle class to spend and help economic growth. By Pwc India

2025 is the year for investors to build portfolio for the future: Jaipuria

'In the markets, it's now time to move from playing a T20 match to playing a Test'