Budget 2026 to have marginal impact on bond markets
As the transition to a debt-to-GDP regime starts, the figure is 56.1 per cent for the current fiscal and is expected to go down further to 55.6% in FY27...
Union Budget 2026: Despite sharp dip in actual spends, Jal Jeevan mission retains allocation at ₹67,600 crore
Although the allocation last year was significant, the Jal Shakti Ministry, according to the Union Budget documents, expects to spend only about ₹17,000 ...
Budget FY27 gives boost to high-speed, multimodal infra creation
Public capital expenditure proposed at ₹12.2 lakh crore in FY27 as allocations rise across roads, railways and waterways...
Union Budget 2026 fails test of economic strategy, doesn’t address challenges identified in survey: Congress
Rahul Gandhi said the Union Budget for 2026-27 is “blind to India’s real crises”, and highlighted how the youth are without jobs, manufacturing is fa...
Exemption on drugs for cancer, rare disease: Patient-first or minimal benefits?
The proposal exempted 17 drugs from basic customs duty, reducing it from 5/10% to nil, and another seven rare diseases were exempt from import duties on pe...
Watch: What is cheaper and costlier?
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has again laid out customs duties and import tariffs changes for the upcoming fiscal year....
Not reporting crypto transaction will lead to daily penalty of ₹200
The proposed amendment seeks to rationalise the penal consequences under these provisions...
Defence outlay increases by 22%, but stocks fall
This has positive implications for the defence industry, but the stock reactions have been negative...
Defence budget up by unprecedented 15% at ₹7.84 lakh crore
Union Budget signals strategic defence focus with higher allocations across capital, revenue...
Budget 2026: Income Tax Dept clarifies on changes in ‘buyback tax’
The buyback taxation has been simplified with benefits to small shareholders, the Income Tax Department says....
Budget prioritises building clean energy value chain with BCD exemptions, rare earths corridor
The Centre aims to support Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for creating dedicated rare earth corridors to promote mining, processing, researc...
PM rooftop solar scheme gets more to speed up implementation
The current budget allocation is ₹5,000 crore more than the revised estimates for 2025-26, and ₹2,000 crore higher than the budget estimate for that ye...
Budget 2026 boosts the foundation for sustained economic growth says Pawan Goenka
Goenka added that the simplification of tax processes, decriminalisation of compliance-related provisions, and GST rationalisation will ease adherence, imp...
RBI will have to lend a hand to support the government’s large borrowing
The nervousness in the bond market in recent times reflects the increasing concerns that absorbing this large supply of paper may be an uphill task...
Budget 2026: Govt eases compliance for NRIs selling property in India
Currently, when the seller of the immovable property is a non-resident, the buyer is required to obtain a TAN to deduct tax at source...
How much one has to cough up for F&O trading
While the impact may be marginal for participants who trade less volume, those dealing in large volumes, such as high-frequency traders, could see a meanin...
Non audit tax filers to have 3 more months to file revised return, one time scheme to disclose foreign assets
According to the Income tax Department, a fee is imposed on the total income that has been filed during revised return...
Tax penalties, prosecution rules eased
Under the Income Tax Act, 2025, prosecution rules in sections 473 to 485 and 494 are proposed to be reworked to make punishment lighter and more proportion...
New schemes to provide livelihood and assistive devices for persons with disabilities
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled flags share of allocation for disability department; reduction in allocation for implementation of the Rig...
Nifty50 marks the worst Budget Day fall since 2020
The BSE PSU and BSE Energy indices still look good in spite of the fall...
Karnataka says no meaningful commitments on infra, farms in Union Budget
Congress leaders termed the budget a ‘betrayal’, saying it offered little in infrastructure funding, support for cities, farmers or job creation, e...
Chidambaram rips Into Budget, flags capex cuts, revenue shortfall
The senior Congress leader said revenue receipts were short by ₹78,086 crore, total expenditure was short by ₹1,00,503 crore...
Budget provides for girls’ hostel in each district; SHE Marts for women entrepreneurs
Building on the success of Lakpati Didi programme, government plans to help women move from credit-linked livelihoods to becoming enterprise owners ...
Union Budget 2026: Content creator labs for 15,000 schools to boost India’s orange economy
The Finance Minister said this is being done to support the growth of India’s Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) sector which is project...