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Budget 2026: Infrastructure push to focus on Tier 2, Tier 3 cities-key announcements by FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Sunday, during her Union Budget 2026 speech, announced a sustained infrastructure push, particularly targeting cities with populations of o... Read More


Budget 2026: Infrastructure push to focus on Tier 2, Tier 3 cities-key things announced by FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, during her Union Budget 2026 speech, announced a sustained infrastructure push, particularly targeting cities over 5 lakh population... Read More


New Income Tax Act will come into effect from April 1, 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament, unveiling the government's fiscal strategy for the coming year. Nirmala Sitharaman said... Read More


New Income Tax Act to come into effect from April 1, 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament, unveiling the government's fiscal strategy for the coming year. Nirmala Sitharaman said... Read More


Cargo stocks rally after FM proposes new dedicated freight corridor

Mumbai, Feb. 1 -- The Finance Minister also announced an increase in public capital expenditure to Rs 12.2 lakh crore in FY27 and the creation of an Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund to support infra... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Key announcements for education, youth

Hyderabad, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, said the Union Budget 2026-27 is a "yuva shakti-driven budget", placing renewed emphasis on education, skills and the se... Read More


Union Budget 2026: FM pushes AYUSH, Ayurveda; Jamnagar's WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine to get a boost

Union Budget 2026, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth Budget speech on Sunday, announced multiple proposals for reforms in the health sector. She said the government plans to ... Read More


Union Budget 2026: FM proposes push for AYUSH, Ayurveda; Jamnagar's WHO Global Medical Centre to get a boost

Union Budget 2026, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth Budget speech on Sunday made multiple proposals for reforms in health sector. She also announced that the government plan... Read More


Budget 2026: Govt will maintain reform momentum to achieve developed-nation goal, says FM

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Union Budget speech on Sunday that the government would maintain its reform momentum to support India's economic ascent to a develo... Read More


Union Budget 2026 live: Income Tax Act 2025 to be implemented from April 1

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, said that Income Tax Act, 2025, to be implemented from April 1. The minister said that the target for capex will be rai... Read More