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Union Budget 2025: Sitharaman's key allocations and reforms across sectors

With a focus on healthcare, defence, agriculture, maritime, and education, the Budget aims to enhance infrastructure, boost self-reliance, and foster long-term growth

Union Budget 2025: Where does the rupee come from and where does it go?

Union Budget 2025: This Budget reflects a move towards fiscal consolidation, with lower reliance on borrowings and higher revenue from direct taxes

Budget for Viksit Bharat shows PM's resolve to fulfill dreams: Scindia

Additionally, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia added that it is a composite budget that will take India forward

Amit Shah lauds Budget, says middle class always in PM Modi's heart

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the 2025-26 Union Budget 2025 is a blueprint of the Modi government's vision for building a developed country and that the middle class is always in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's heart. Shah said the Budget covers every section from farmers to the middle class and every sector from nutrition and health, startups to innovation and investment. It is the roadmap for Modi's self-reliant India, he said. "Zero Income Tax till Rs 12 Lakh Income. The proposed tax exemption will go a long way in enhancing the financial well-being of the middle class. Congratulations to all the beneficiaries on this occasion," the Union minister wrote on X with the hashtag 'ViksitBharatBudget2025'. Congratulating Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the "comprehensive and visionary budget", Shah said, "Budget 2025 is the blueprint of the Modi government's vision towards building a developed and best India in every field." In a relief to the middle .

Budget 2025: Jairam Ramesh slams FM Sitharaman for excluding basic schemes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech announced an increase in the money allocated to Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 scheme, in her 8th Budget presentation

Less about people and country: Mayawati criticises Union Budget 2025

BSP leader further questioned the focus of the current BJP government's budget, drawing parallels to previous Congress budgets

Budget 2025: New presumptive tax scheme for non-residents in electronics

Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, this initiative is part of India's strategy to position itself as a global hub for electronics system design and manufacturing

Budget 2025 allocates ₹98,311 crore for healthcare sector: Key takeaways

Union Budget 2025: In the coming year, 10,000 additional medical seats will be created, with a target of adding 75,000 seats over the next five years

From 2 hrs 40 mins to 1 hr 14 mins: Sitharaman's Budget speech evolution

From marathon speeches to concise presentations, Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget journey spans from a record 2 hours 40 minutes in 2020 to a crisp 1 hour 14 minutes in 2025

Bihar appears to have got bonanza, why was Andhra ignored: Cong on Budget

Taking a swipe at the Modi government over its budget announcements, the Congress on Saturday said Bihar appears to have got a bonanza and asked why the other pillar of the NDA, Andhra Pradesh, has been so "cruelly ignored". Bihar remained in focus in the presentation of the Union Budget for the fiscal 2025-26 with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making several announcements for the state, including setting up of a Makhana Board, financial support for western Kosi canal and support for enhancing capacity of IIT Patna. Presenting her record eighth Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, the finance minister also announced that the Centre will establish a National Institute of Food Technology, entrepreneurship and management in Bihar and also facilitate greenfield airports there to meet the future needs of the state. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Bihar appears to have got a bonanza of announcements. "It is natural since elections are due there late

Analysts pick sectors and stocks to invest in after Budget 2025; check list

Budget 2025: Budget announcements related to income tax reforms, consumption and agriculture production boosts, and so on were highlighted in the presentation

Budget 2025 Highlights: Here's the latest on capex, fiscal deficit and debt

India's Union Budget for FY26 has set total government expenditure at ₹50.65 trillion, marking an increase from ₹47.16 trillion in the revised estimates for 2024-25

Budget FY26: Govt increases KCC loan limit to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 3 lakh

Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) facilitate short-term loans for 7.7 crore farmers, fishermen, and dairy farmers

Budget 2025: Realty stocks gain on Rs 96.77-cr outlay for urban development

Nifty Realty index surged 1.88 per cent in intra-day trade, driven by investor optimism after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 96,777 crore allocation for urban development

Hospital stocks rally up to 7% post FM's 10,000 new medical seats plan

The uptick in hospital stocks came after the Finance Minister announced the government's plan to increase the number of medical colleges and hospital seats by 10,000 in the coming year

Budget boost for MSMEs with higher credit limits, lower guarantee fees

To help MSMEs scale up operations, enhance technological capabilities, and access capital, the Union Budget has introduced enhanced investment and turnover limits for MSME classification

Union Budget 2025: What's cheaper and what's costlier for consumers?

Budget 2025: This is the second full Budget under the Modi 3.0 government. Check the full list of items that will become cheaper or costlier after Budget 2025

Five things stand out in Budget 2025 as it works on fiscal consolidation

As Finance Minister Sitharaman has mentioned that the revenue foregone would be Rs 1 trillion, one can assume that it would lead to Rs 70,000 crore of consumption

Union Budget 2025: 10k new medical seats in 2025, 6500 new seats in 5 IITs

Govt to set up 50,000 more Atal Tinkering Labs in govt schools, excellence centre for AI in education

36 life-saving medicines fully exempted from customs duty: FM Sitharaman

Budget 2025: This decision is part of a broader push to make essential healthcare more affordable, especially for cancer patients struggling with the high costs of treatment