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Budget 2024: What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say on green mobility and EV

The Centre proposes mandatory blending of natural gas for transport, building a strong electric vehicle ecosystem and encouraging entrepreneurship among youth in the Interim budget 2024 speech

WATCH: Sitharaman infuses her Budget 2024 speech with PM Modi's quote

Speaking on the second day of the Budget session in the Parliament, Sitharaman began her sixth budget address, giving an extensive report card of the Narendra Modi government's decade-long tenure

Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman announces three new railway economic corridors

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed that around 40,000 trains running as part of the Indian Railways will be upgraded to Vande Bharat trains

Budget 2024: What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say on domestic tourism

From interest-free loans to Lakshadweep and island connectivity, here is everything Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on tourism in the Interim Budget 2024

Budget 2024: FM announces Rs 1 trillion corpus for research in technology

'A corpus of Rs 1 trillion will be established with 50-year interest free loan provided,' announced Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on Thursday

Interim Budget: Housing scheme for 'deserving' middle class soon, says FM

FM Nirmala Sitharaman also said that India is close to achieving the target of 30 million houses under the rural housing scheme

Budget 2024: 'Governance, development, performance,' FM redefines GDP

Budget 2024: Emphasising the government's narrative of inclusive growth, Sitharaman said the next five years will have golden moments in the Indian economy

Interim Budget: Ayushman Bharat cover to be extended to all ASHA workers

Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana was launched in 2018 and provides health coverage of Rs 5 lakh to over 500 million beneficiaries

Budget 2024: PM Modi-led Union Cabinet clears pre-election interim Budget

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the pre-election budget 2024-25, sources said. Following this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth budget in the Lok Sabha. She will equal the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Sitharaman, the first full-time woman finance minister of the country, has presented five full budgets since July 2019 and will present an interim or vote-on-account budget on Thursday. With this, she will surpass the records of her predecessors like Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, and Yashwant Sinha, who had presented five budgets in a row. Desai, as finance minister, had presented five annual budgets and one interim budget between 1959 and 1964. The interim budget 2024-25 will be a vote-on-account that will give the government authority to spend certain sums of money till a new government comes to office after the April-May general elections.

Budget 2024: Political reactions pour in ahead of Sitharaman's speech

Here's what political leaders are saying ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Interim Budget presentation

FM Sitharaman set to present her 6th Budget, showcases digital 'bahi khata'

In 2019, Sitharaman did away with the traditional Budget briefcase and instead went for a 'bahi-khata' with the national emblem to carry the speech and other documents

Budget 2024: How govt keeps Budget a secret until finance minister's speech

The Centre has been successfully guarding the Union Budget every year till the finance minister presents it during the Budget session. Read on to find how they do it

Budget 2024: What the nation wants from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

All eyes have turned to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of Budget 2024. From boosting job creation to income tax reliefs, here's what the nation wishes for

Stocks to watch on Budget day: Paytm, Godrej Consumer, Infra, rail, PSUs

Stocks to watch on February 1, 2024: Paytm expects an impact of Rs 300-500 crore to its annual EBITDA from the RBI's action on Paytm Payments Bank

Interim Budget 2024: Focus on credible fiscal math amid global scrutiny

A cursory look at the 2019-20 Interim Budget shows the Narendra Modi government may like to keep its fiscal maths credible

At Rs 9.82 trillion, April-Dec fiscal deficit 55% of govt's annual target

The fiscal deficit was marginally lower at Rs 9.9 trillion, recorded during the corresponding period last year

January GST collection rises 10.4% to Rs 1.72 trn, second-highest ever

RE for CGST may be higher than BE in the interim Budget today

FM will present Budget with 'disha nirdeshak baatein', says PM Modi

The Prime Minister's comments on the first day of the last session of the 17th Lok Sabha indicated his confidence that his government would return for a third successive term

Budget wishlist: Mercedes-Benz India expects long-term GST plan on EVs

Currently, all electric vehicles (EVs) benefit from a concessional GST rate of five per cent, while vehicles running on internal combustion engines (ICE) are charged a 28 per cent GST

Decoding budget documents: How to zero in on tax changes that affect you

Wait for full budget to be presented before incorporating relevant changes into your financial and tax planning for next year