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Union Budget 2025 expectations highlights: Finance sector calls for investments on infra for growth

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Budget 2025: Food, fertiliser, direct, indirect, interest subsidies decoded

All you need to know about government subsidies and what to expect in the upcoming Union Budget 2025, scheduled to be tabled on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Will Budget 2025 kickstart Indian manufacturing, drive GDP growth?

Focus on the manufacturing sector was among the primary suggestions made to the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the pre-Budget consultations by a group of economists

Agri research needs big boost, has to be more focused, say experts

Studies show that agri research has the highest RoI among farm-linked activities. Will ICAR get more funds in the Budget?

Budget session 2025 to be held from Jan 31 to Apr 4: Check key dates here

President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Upper and Lower Houses on January 31, after which the Economic Survey will be tabled

FM Sitharaman meets Singapore president to discuss strategic partnership

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday called on Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and discussed Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the bilateral meeting. "Honoured to meet with His Excellency the President of the Republic of Singapore @Tharman_S. India values its comprehensive strategic partnership with Singapore. This visit by the President will strengthen our bilateral relationship which marks its 60th anniversary," the Finance Minister said in a post on X. India-Singapore relations were elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Singapore in September 2024. The president is accompanied by Chee Hong Tat, Second Minister for Finance and Minister for Transport. "The two leaders discussed #ComprehensiveStrategicPartnership between the two countries highlighting sectors such as #fintech, #digital technologies, #semiconductor ecosystem and #skill development. Both sides expressed confidence in expandin

Union Budget 2025 expectations updates: Govt should target Rs 11 trillion capital spend, says ICRA

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Steel ministry seeks $1.7 bn from budget to help mills cut emissions

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the federal budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year on February 1

Union Budget 2025 updates: Medtech industry calls for standard GST rate

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Everything Rahul Gandhi says is in direction of breaking country: Nadda

Rahul Gandhi's remarks that "we are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian state itself" drew a sharp response from the BJP on Wednesday, with its president J P Nadda alleging that everything the Congress leader does or says is in the direction of breaking India and dividing the society. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked what for the Congress and Gandhi carry a copy of the Constitution when the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha is using such a language. Nadda said on X that Gandhi has exposed his own party's "ugly truth", claiming that it is no secret that Gandhi and his ecosystem have close links with urban naxals and the deep state who want to "defame, demean and discredit" India. He said Gandhi's repeated actions have also strengthened this belief. Everything he has done or said has been in the direction of breaking India and dividing our society, Nadda alleged. Speaking at the inauguration of the new building of the Congress party's headquarters, Gandhi had said

FM Sitharaman criticises Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on RSS, BJP

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday lashed out at Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his remarks that the Opposition is not only fighting BJP and RSS but also the "Indian state itself." She wondered why Gandhi has been carrying the Indian Constitution in his hand. "The LoP, who was sworn in by taking oath on the Constitution, is now saying, We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself, she said in a post on X. "So, @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi, what for are you carrying a copy of the constitution in your hand?," she wondered. Addressing party leaders after the inauguration of the Congress' new headquarters at 9A, Kotla Road here earlier in the day, Gandhi said, "Do not think that we are fighting a fair fight. There is no fairness in this. If you believe that we are fighting a political organisation called the BJP, that we are fighting a political organisation called the RSS, you have not understood what is going on. "The BJP and the

Budget Pulse: What does the middle class want from Union Budget 2025?

As the Union Budget 2025 draws near, the middle class has its fingers crossed, hoping for relief and meaningful reforms. Watch the video to know their key expectations.

GST Tribunals may be delayed by 6 months as states yet to appoint officials

In May 2023, the Centre appointed Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, former Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, as the GSTAT president for a four-year term

FinMin meet: MFI representatives seek lowering of asset qualification norms

In 2022, the RBI updated regulations for MFIs, which now apply to all entities in the sector, including banks, small finance banks, and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)

Need tech-savvy forces to protect digital world: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman said that India was growing in the eyes of all its competitors, many of whom find such growth astonishing

Budget FY26: Goldman Sachs highlights focus on fiscal deficit, growth

India's elevated public debt-to-GDP ratio remains a concern. A reduction in the general fiscal deficit from 8 per cent in FY25 to 7 per cent by FY30 is critical to keeping public debt sustainable

Centre likely to save over Rs 70,000 crore on expenditure in FY25

FinMin has parked Rs 62K cr towards "new schemes" with the DEA, most of which is expected to go unspent with only two and half months left in FY25

Retirees ask FM for Rs 7,500 minimum monthly pension under EPS-95

A delegation of EPS-95 pensioners met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday to press for their long-pending demand for a minimum monthly pension of Rs 7,500 along with dearness allowance (DA). Under the EPS-95 or Employees Pension Scheme 1995 run by retirement fund body EPFO, the existing minimum monthly pension is Rs 1,000. According to a statement issued by EPS-95 National Agitation Committee, the finance minister has conveyed to the delegation that their demands would be reviewed and addressed in a sympathetic manner. Commander Ashok Raut, National President of the committee, highlighted the plight of over 78 lakh pensioners from central and state government PSUs, private organizations, and factories across the country. Pensioners have been agitating for over 7-8 years for an increase in the minimum pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 7,500, along with DA and free medical treatment for both the pensioner and their spouse. "Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the .

How is the Indian Union Budget prepared?

The Indian Union Budget is crafted through a multi-step process involving various stakeholders.

Business Standard poll: Experts see FY26 nominal GDP growth at 10-11%

The first advance estimates released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday estimated a nominal GDP growth of 9.7 per cent for FY25