Stay tuned for live updates as FM Sitharaman presents her eighth Union Budget 2025. Follow our live coverage for all the ...

In the process, the government forgoes revenue of around ₹ 1 trillion in direct taxes. Sure, the move is a game-changer and is expected to offer the much-needed stimulus to demand, helping consumer ...

First, the budget. It can be dissected into three C's - consolidation, consumption, and capex. On the consolidation front, ...

The Union Budget 2025 reinforced government focus on inclusive growth, infrastructure expansion, MSME support, financial ...

The government has allocated Rs 11.2 lakh crore for capital expenditure in 2025-26, marking a 10% increase from the revised estimate of the current financial year. The Budget aims to attract private ...

The Rs 2.9 lakh crore allocated for road transport and highways ministry for 2025-26 - barely 2.4% higher than the revised estimate of FY25 - is the lowest increase in the last 10 years.Sources said ...

Budget highlights agriculture as a growth engine, but funding for flagship rural programs remains flat due to low spending in FY25.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shows the Budget tablet at Ministry of Finance before heading to the Parliament to ...

Focussing on rural women, young farmers, youth, marginal and small farmers, and landless families, the Budget announced a ...

The Budget attempts to revive growth by stimulating aggregate demand in the economy, with a crucial role assigned to the ...

The pace of capital expenditure slowed down in the current year primarily due to elections and monsoon-related disruptions. There have also been concerns about capex reaching capacity utilisation ...

Highlights:  VAT collection from cement, hotels, medicine, cigarettes, gas sectors fall NBR officials noted the decline in LTU-VAT revenue is rare Industry insiders attributed the decline to economic ...