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Nobody remained hungry during pandemic-induced lockdown: President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said nobody was left hungry during the pandemic induced lockdown as the government ensured free distribution of ration to 80 crore people for 19 months

What should you expect from the Budget session?

Budget session 2022 of the Parliament beginning today will decide the future course on the Indian economy. It will start with tabling of the Economic Survey that serves as precursor to the Budget

TMS Ep97: Budget session, bank privatisation, markets, expenditure budget

What to expect in the Budget session? What to expect on bank privatisation and subsidy reform? What data points of Economic Survey are markets eyeing? What is Expenditure Budget? All answers here

Stormy Budget session likely as Oppn to raise Pegasus, farmers' issues

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey 2021-22 on Monday and the Union Budget on Tuesday

Govt calls all-party meeting on Jan 31 to discuss Budget Session

The government has called an all-party meeting on January 31 to discuss issues and legislative business for the Budget Session. The all-party meeting of the floor leaders will be held virtually.

Budget session: Different timings for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha amid Covid

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet at separate times of a day for five hours each to ensure Covid distancing norms during the Budget Session beginning January 31

Budget 2022: Indian startups seek friendly policies, tax incentives

Union Budget 2022-23 should introduce additional startup-friendly policies and tax relaxations to enable spending on innovation, ease-of-doing business, a slew of homegrown startups said

Budget FY23: Reduce central excise on ATF to 5%, says airline major IndiGo

Airline major IndiGo on Wednesday urged the Centre to reduce central excise on jet fuel to 5 per cent from 11 per cent in the Union Budget FY23, to be tabled in the Parliament on February 1.

Market wrap: Sensex stages smart recovery, ends 12 pts down; Nifty holds 18,250

Mindtree dips 4% on profit booking after December quarter results; Aurobindo Pharma ends 5% down on US FDA warning letter for unit; India Cements gains 4%; hits highest level since January 2008

Top headlines: Budget session from Jan 31; WPI inflation eases to 13.56%

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Friday

Covid-19: Houses likely to function in shifts during Budget session

Amid spike in COVID -19 cases in Delhi and over 400 Parliament staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the government has been forced to consider functioning of both Houses in shifts

Budget Session will be 'out of focus': TMC on announcement of poll dates

Parliament's Budget Session usually begins in the last week of January every year

India Inc pitches for more reforms and tax stability in Budget 2022-23

India Inc on Thursday pitched for continuation of reforms while ensuring tax and policy stability in the forthcoming Budget to prop up the economy hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the virtual pre-budget consultation held with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, industry chambers said that government measures will help firmly entrench the nascent signs of recovery being currently seen in private investment. Capital expenditure by the government through enhanced infrastructure spending should in the meantime continue to support growth, CII president TV Narendran said. "Infrastructure sector with a multiplier impact on rest of the economy requires interventions especially to improve and diversify sources of financing. In this context, it is suggested that government should consider developing the municipal bond market so that urban local bodies can raise funds for investing in infrastructure," he said. Meanwhile, Assocham suggested extending a scheme the 'Vivad Se Vishwas' for .

Trade unions to observe two-day nationwide strike on Feb 23-24

A joint platform of central trade unions has given a call for a nationwide general strike on February 23 and 24 during the Budget Session of Parliament

India's 'never seen before' Budget may fall flat as virus strikes back

The health crisis has hit the Indian bureaucracy badly with many key officials infected by the coronavirus, slowing decisions on privatisations, among other proposed reforms

2-month-long Budget session concludes, Lok Sabha records 114% productivity

To compensate the session's lost time, the House sat till midnight for several days

Parliament's Budget Session likely to be curtailed amid Assembly polls

With ongoing Assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory, the curtailment of the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament is likely, sources said

Budget Session: BJP, Congress MPs give Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Mahesh Poddar and Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday gave Zero Hour Notice in the Rajya Sabha

Budget session of Parliament may conclude before 1st phase of state polls

Houses will resume normal timing of 11 am from today

TMC seeks adjournment of Parliament session, cites elections in 5 states

The Trinamool Congress on Monday sought an adjournment of the Parliament session citing assembly elections in five states of the country