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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the Union Budget 2025-26 will initiate reforms in six areas of taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory framework. Presenting her eighth consecutive budget, she said the government's development track record of the past 10...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday began the presentation of record 8th Union Budget 2025-26 in Lok Sabha. Watch the live stream of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025 speech by clicking here. This Budget continues efforts to accelerate growth and provide inclusive development,...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record 8th straight Budget and all eyes will be on the much-expected tax relief for the middle class. Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase -- which was in use for...

Mumbai: Domestic benchmark indices saw a bull rally early Saturday, ahead of the much-anticipated Union Budget 2025-26, while continuing their rise for another trading session this week. At 9.36 a.m., the Sensex was trading almost 1.17 per cent or 898 points up at 77,657.84 while...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the eighth consecutive time Saturday. Nirmala Sitharaman, who surpassed the record of former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Morarji Desai last year, is set to present the Union Budget for 2025-26 in...

New Delhi: India has to be prepared to take advantage of the conducive global situations to grow at a faster pace to achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said Friday. Nageswaran attributed the slowdown in...

New Delhi: India needs to guard against the dominance of financial markets in shaping policy and macroeconomic outcomes, a phenomenon known as financialisation, to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25. The consequences of financialisation are evident in...

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex jumped 741 points while Nifty rallied to close above 23,500 Friday on heavy buying in Larsen & Toubro post its Q3 results and the Economic Survey predicting a pro-growth budget. Rallying for the fourth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 740.76...

New Delhi: Sounding a note of caution on the elevated stock market valuation, the Economic Survey Friday said any correction in the US markets could have a cascading effect in India, which has witnessed increased participation from young investors post-Covid. Over the past few years,...

New Delhi: Coordinated efforts from the government, private sector, academia, R&D institutions, and financial stakeholders are crucial for India to achieve its goal of becoming a manufacturing powerhouse amid an uncertain global environment, Economic Survey 2024-2025 said Friday. It also said that the rise of...