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Govt announces 500,000 free visas, loan guarantee scheme for travel sector

The scheme will benefit 11,000 stakeholders including 904 tour operators and 10,700 tourist guides, FM says

Health, credit, jobs: FM announces 8 measures to revive economy in pandemic

Nirmala Sitharaman unveils more support measures for the economy, including a 50% expansion in its emergency credit program.

Big-ticket stake: Tamil Nadu's Thiagarajan sets out to fix state finances

From banking in the US to politics in India, Thiagarajan's journey has been eventful.

Do not politicise GST Council: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The government is conscious of the intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 and is assessing its full impact before coming out with further packages and interventions, says FM Sitharaman

How first-time FMs of Kerala, TN, Assam may impact Centre-state relation

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam, all have first-time finance ministers. Aditi Phadnis looks at how they may impact Centre-state relation in terms of revenue and power-sharing

Qatar Finance Minister al-Emadi arrested in corruption investigation

Qatar's finance minister was being questioned over alleged abuse of power and misuse of public funds in the energy-rich state after the attorney general ordered him arrested

Centre working with states to protect lives, livelihood: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Centre is working together with states to protect lives and livelihoods.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan replaces finance minister as part of govt shake-up

Hammad Azhar, the minister for industries and production, will replace Abdul Hafeez Shaikh

Retro changes to Google Tax will hurt foreign investment: Industry

The government widened the scope to impose 2 per cent tax on non-resident e-commerce players with a turnover of Rs 2 crore from April 1, 2020

GST rate rationalisation: The larger objective

Besides merging the rate slabs of 12 per cent and 18 per cent, the GST Council could consider phasing out exemptions to those commodities that were subject to VAT duty by the States

Unleash animal spirits; make India fastest growing economy: FM to India Inc

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday exhorted India Inc to unleash animal spirits and bring in fresh investment to make India one of the fastest growing economies of the world.

Was FM's Budget like 'never seen before'? Here's what D-Street mavens say

The FM has delivered a unique Budget, wherein all the right measures have been proposed to speed up growth, said Dhiraj Relli, MD & CEO at HDFC Securities

Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present Budget 2021

As all eyes across the country are set to witness the Budget 2021 to be presented in Parliament very soon, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday moved for the House

Union Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Ministry of Finance

MoS Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur has also arrived at the Ministry of Finance

Exporters urge FM to increase R&D spends, reduce taxes in budget

The budget will be presented on February 1

Beyond headlines: The various elements of the Budget & what they mean to us

Did you know that the finance minister's Budget speech has no legal sanctity in India? Yes, there is no provision for the Budget speech under the Constitution of India or any law. It is in addition to what is provided under various laws. Technically, once the FM has presented the three key documents, the Budget exercise is over, says our in-house policy expert A K Bhattacharya in his special video series Beyond Budget Headlines with AKB, as he explains the important areas that we should focus on while listening to the finance minister's speech. Union Budget 2021-22 which will be presented on 1st February 2021 will be the first budget in the history of India in the paperless form. >

Forex crisis to Kargil War: Yashwant Sinha's Budget events and revisions

Sinha's Budget 2002 also saw the maximum rollbacks; he went back on some five Budget proposals

An impossible combination of things that India's Budgets attempt

Successive Indian governments have tried to do what they can't: target economic growth and equitable distribution simultaneously

Longest speech to fine print: Here're India-specific snippets on Budget

The record for the longest Budget speech - 160 minutes -is held by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2021 wishlist: What these nine sectors want from FM Sitharaman

Listen to the podcast to know the Budget 2021-22 expectations of various sectors