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Union Budget 2026-27: A Kartavya-led push to sustain growth momentum

Budget FY27 bets on fiscal discipline, public investment and technology-led reforms to sustain growth and build long-term economic resilience

Budget 2026 softens penalty, prosecution norms for individual taxpayers

Budget 2026 signals a shift towards trust-based taxation by easing penalties, limiting prosecution for small and technical lapses

Union Budget 2026-27: Credit rises amid improvement in asset quality

Rising credit-deposit ratios are straining bank liquidity even as RBI data shows NPAs falling largely due to write-offs, not recoveries

Union Budget 2026-27: High-level panel set to review banking sector

The proposed committee could examine long-pending issues such as corporate entry into banking, FDI norms, voting rights caps and consolidation

No word on merger: Budget 2026 proposes restructuring of PFC, REC

The Union Budget proposes restructuring of state-owned NBFCs PFC and REC to improve scale and efficiency, but the government has stopped short of indicating whether the two lenders will be merged

Budget 2026-27: Gsec yields may harden on higher FY27 borrowing

Rupee likely to come under pressure due to foreign outflows

Buyback taxed as capital gains, not dividends, to benefit high earners

Finance Bill 2026 shifts share buyback proceeds to capital gains tax from April 2026, easing the burden for many investors, while tightening tax rules for SGB buyers

Reforms for new world order: Budget shows India struggling to feed growth

Despite new policy support and AI-led productivity tools, India's agriculture still faces structural challenges as its GVA share in GDP continues to fluctuate

STT hike hits sentiment: EY India tracks Nifty 50 response to Budget 2026

Benchmark indices dived by over 2 per cent in a special trading session on Sunday. EY India takes a look at how Nifty 50 firms responded to Union Budget 2026-27

Budget 2026: Defence spending rises to 2% of GDP, pushes for modernisation

The government's allocation touches 2 per cent of the GDP months after Operation Sindoor and with an eye on modernisation

Union Budget 2026-27: Buyback proceeds to be treated as capital gains

Budget 2026 proposes a major overhaul of share buyback taxation, shifting proceeds from dividend income to capital gains to simplify rules, reduce arbitrage, and rebalance outcomes for promoters

How midcap stocks moved: EY India analyses trends and key drivers

EY India analyses the movement of stocks and the reasons behind it

Budget 2026: Calibrated approach anchors atmanirbhar India vision

The proposed Rs 10,000 crore MSME Growth Fund reflects the government's intent to participate as an equity partner in their growth

Union Budget 2026-27: Policy support to keep agri, rural revival on track

Budget 2026-27 strengthens agriculture, MSMEs and rural infrastructure, positioning villages, Tier-II and Tier-III towns at the heart of India's Viksit Bharat vision

Union Budget 2026-27: STT increase on F&O to curb speculative trade

The second increase in STT since 2024, effective April 1, seeks to curb excessive speculation in derivatives markets and boost tax collections hit by lower trading volumes this fiscal

Union Budget 2026-27: India's economy driven by investment projects

The government trails the private sector in the scale and value of new projects undertaken

Budget 2026: Centre allocates ₹30K cr for MGNREGA to clear pending dues

New Act to be notified from April 1, giving states six months to transition and notify it individually

A Budget for the emerging new global order: How India positions itself

The measures to promote and further the Make in India policy have to be seen in this context, such as the SME Growth Fund announced in the Budget

Budget 2026-27: Higher borrowing plan, STT move hit market sentiment

A surprise STT hike in Budget FY27 triggered a sharp market sell-off, with banks and metals hit hard amid worries over borrowing, bond yields and financial conditions

Budget 2026 plans seven high-speed rail corridors at ₹16 trillion outlay

Massive indigenisation has occurred in high-speed tech, detailed plan may not need foreign funding