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Budget 2021 LIVE: Budget is a shot in the arm for Indian economy, says S&P

Budget 2021 LIVE: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2021 speech announced a slew of taxation reforms but left personal income tax slab unchanged. Track Budget 2021 highlights

A post-contraction Budget with a difference

Those who were expecting a stimulus package through higher revenue expenditure in the Budget will surely be deeply disappointed

KNR Constructions soars 17%, hits new high ahead of 1:1 bonus share issue

The stock will turn ex-date for bonus issue on Wednesday, February 3

Budget 2021: Govt enhances anti-doping 'contribution to WADA by Rs 50 lakh

To support World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) mission for clean sports, the government has marginally increased its annual contribution from Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore in the Union budget for 2021-22

Budget marks a change of course

There is progress on ideological front, but will this suffice in generating private investment?

India's $500 billion Budget to spur growth leaves little for the poor

The budget -- among India's most highly anticipated and closely watched events -- didn't have major proposals to address the job losses, hunger, and rising pressures on the farming and rural sectors

Top headlines: Budget bets big on growth, its finances explained in charts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said huge spending on infrastructure and health care was a key feature of the post-Covid Budget. Read what she said in a post-Budget interaction

India's budget will boost infra, create new jobs: US chamber of commerce

Fiscal deficit is projected to be high, but these are extraordinary times. India has been fiscally prudent compared to other countries at a time of unprecedented economic pressure

Budget positions India towards its target of $5 trillion economy: USISPF

Budget 2021-22 has taken into consideration the needs of all sectors of the economy, reflecting a robust growth plan for India

Best of BS Opinion: A BJP Budget, a driver of economic revival, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Budget a booster shot for India, has ambition, resolution and innovation

It was one of the toughest times in history to announce a budget, writes Harsh Goenka.

Shekhar Gupta: Finally, a BJP Budget

The ones so far were all Congress+ to Congress+++

Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman allocates Rs 50K crore for Jal Jeevan Mission

A whopping Rs 50,000 crore has been earmarked for the Jal Jeevan Mission in Budget 2021-22, even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday announced the scheme's urban segment that aims to provide tap water connections to 2.86 crore households. In the budget, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department under the Jal Shakti Ministry has been allocated Rs 60,030 crore while Rs 9,022.57 crore has been earmarked for the Department of Water Resources, the River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The DWS has seen a hike of more than three times in its budget allocation. In 2019-20, the DWS was allocated Rs 18,264.26 crore. It came down marginally to Rs 17,023.50 in 2020-21. In the coming fiscal year, the DWS has been earmarked Rs 60,030 crore. Launched in 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission, a flagship programme of the Modi government, aims to provide tap water connections to rural households by 2024. So far, tap water connections have been given to 3.3 crore rural households. In this ...

Non-protectionist but non-performing Budget

Budget is good but not good enough to live up to the FM's promise of getting rid of "socialist baggage"

A driver of economic revival

The finance minister must be appreciated for resisting the temptation to increase taxes

Budget 2021: We have spent, we have spent and we have spent, says FM

She also said increased spending and high market borrowings led to a significant widening of the fiscal deficit

Investors have little to complain

The government shows its intent to continue with reforms

Budget 2021: It's business as usual

There are several welcome standalone reforms but these do not add up to a coherent strategy to achieve a $5 trillion economy

Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi 'bahi khata' with tablet

Sitharaman walked into the House several minutes before 11 am and placed the tablet on the podium

Union Budget 2021: Need to move beyond the chant for real effect

What sort of grand policy produces the opposite result of the one that it sought to achieve? What failed and how would this be corrected?