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Budget 2026: Govt to set up high-powered Education to Employment panel to assess AI impact on jobs

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The government on Sunday announced the setting up of a high-powered Education to Employment and Enterprises Standing Committee to strengthen employment outcomes and assess the imp... Read More


Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman proposes seven high-speed rail corridors, freight links, new waterways push

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Asserting that the Union Budget 2026-27 is driven by "Yuvashakti" and based on "three kartavyas," Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed seven high-speed rai... Read More


Budget 2026: Market-making framework, Rs.100-crore incentive for municipal bonds to give bond market fresh fillip

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the bond market regulators in India, and the government have been taking various steps to st... Read More


Budget 2026: Fiscal deficit target pegged at 4.3% for 2026-27

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has pegged fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of the GDP for the year 2026-27, as against 4.4 per cent being targeted ... Read More


Centre pegs fiscal deficit at 4.3% of GDP for FY27

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Continuing on the path of fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday pegged fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of GDP for the next fiscal as against 4.4 per c... Read More


Budget FY27: Govt announces tax relief and market access for non-residents

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed to exempt Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for non-residents who pay tax on presumptive basis. In her Budget speech, she said th... Read More


Budget Briefs

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- CREDAI West Bangal hails infra push, fiscal discipline in Budget Kolkata: CREDAI West Bengal President and Merlin Group Chairman Sushil Mohta said the Budget 2026-27 reinforces g... Read More


Union Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman announces three new All India Institutes for Ayurveda

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced three new All India Institute of Ayurveda in line with the objective of meeting global demand for Ayurvedic medicine.... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Continuity over colour in an age of constraint

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Indian Budgets are often remembered for symbols. One of the most cited examples is N.D. Tiwari's "sindoor Budget" of the 1980s, recalled less for its fiscal impact than for a toke... Read More


Union Budget 2026 Loves AI Platforms. But What About AI Startups?

India, Feb. 1 -- When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget, artificial intelligence was not positioned as a startup opportunity or a disruptive frontier. In... Read More