Mumbai, Feb. 2 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Budget 2026-27, proposed seven high-speed corridors connecting major cities, including one between Mumbai and Pune and another between Pun... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced government support for the 'Orange Economy' (the creative economy) as part of the 2026 Union Budget. Sitharaman proposed ... Read More
NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 -- Offshoots of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological fount of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have flagged concerns about the Union Budget, pointing out that it d... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2026 speech, increased the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures and options (F&O) transactions, raising the levy on... Read More
new delhi, Feb. 2 -- India's 7.4 million micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will soon be beneficiaries of a new Rs. 10,000 crore fund, a top-up of an existing fund for startups, and reforms ... Read More
new delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Centre will roll out a scheme to incentivise the carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technologies with an outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for a period of five years, Uni... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- India's sports goods manufacturing sector received a boost in the allocation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs in the union budget presented with Rs.500 crore set aside... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2026 speech, increased the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures and options (F&O) transactions, raising the levy on... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget on Sunday placed tourism among the key sectors for employment generation and regional development, with proposals covering eco-tourism, heritage conservation, tra... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will launch a Rs.10,000-crore initiative over five years to position India as a global biopharma manufacturing hub and set up a second National Institute of Mental ... Read More