New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed to increase the outlay on electronics manufacturing to Rs 40,000 crore in the 2026-27 fiscal year. Presenting the Union Budget for 2026-27, she said high-tech tool rooms will be established at two locations to give push to...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed Rs 10,000 crore investment over the next five years to develop India as a biopharma manufacturing hub, set up 1,000 clinical trial sites and strengthen the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. Biopharmaceuticals, or biologics, are complex medicines...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday that the government has chosen the path of reforms over rhetoric. Presenting the Budget for 2026-27 in Lok Sabha, she said India will continue to take steps towards becoming a Viksit Bharat. The finance minister also laid the...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record 9th straight Budget, and all eyes will be on the much-awaited customs reforms. Sitharaman had, in her first Budget in 2019, replaced the leather briefcase -- which had been in use for decades for carrying...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday approved the Union Budget 2026-27. Following the approval, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of global uncertainties and slowdown in...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday makes history as she presents a record ninth consecutive Budget that is expected to unveil measures to sustain growth momentum, maintain fiscal discipline, and contain reforms that could buffer the economy from global trade frictions, including US tariffs....
New Delhi: Ahead of presenting her ninth consecutive Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu. As per established tradition, the finance minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament. Sitharaman posed with her Budget team in front...
New Delhi: Commercial LPG cylinder prices have been increased by Rs 49 from February 1, bringing higher costs for businesses that rely on these cylinders for daily operations. Oil marketing companies announced the hike as part of their regular monthly price revision. The increase applies...
New Delhi: Congress Sunday took a swipe at the Modi government over US President Donald Trump's remarks that India is going to buy oil from Venezuela instead of Iran, saying the American leader continues to give "information on what our own government has done or...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2026–27, marking a historic moment as it is being delivered a Sunday for the first time in independent India’s history. This will be her ninth consecutive Budget, making her the first woman finance...
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An unseemly controversy has been created over an unpublished book penned by former Army Chief General MM Naravane. It has...
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After punishing Indian exporters with a steep 50 per cent tariff on their goods sold in America for more than...
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By Aakar Patel Violation of sovereignty is defined as an infringement on a nation’s territorial integrity or an interference with...
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