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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the volatility in gold prices is arising due to the global uncertainty, according to news agency PTI on Monday, Feb. 2. The yellow metal’s swing in prices has spooked commodity market investors. FM Sitharaman also added that the reason why investors do not have confidence in any particular…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) announced a slew of measures to boost manufacturing, a tax holiday for global data centres, and incentives for the agriculture and tourism sectors as she unveiled a ₹53.5 lakh crore Budget seen as a long-term blueprint for sustaining growth amid rising global risks. Edit: Naveen Published…
With Assembly elections months away, expectations were high that the Union Budget would include special schemes or targeted allocations for these poll-bound Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry . But in her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman avoided election-specific announcements, sticking instead to broader national priorities and fiscal…
India only safeguarded its domestic industries against flooding which happens from a “predator”, the Finance Minister said. File | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) said global trade is increasingly “getting weaponised” through tariffs and other measures, and India will have to negotiate its way carefully. She said…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (September 18, 2025) asked India Inc. to take advantage of the policies and reforms undertaken by the government and no longer hesitate to invest more and expand capacities. Ms. Sitharaman also asked the industry to partner with the government for skilling the youth and also to engage with the…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 2, 2025) described the Union Budget as “by the people, for the people, of the people”, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was fully…
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Watch: Union Budget 2025 | Key Highlights Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of growth slowing down to four-year-low of 6.4%. This is the second Budget of the BJP-led NDA Government in its third term in office. Ms. Sitharaman started her speech by…
Budget 2025: The Union Budget is a crucial document that lays the roadmap for the economy and its various sectors for the upcoming fiscal year. As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2025 on Saturday at 11 am, experts anticipate that the government will focus on AI-driven initiatives. They suggest that Budget 2025…
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New Delhi: The Economic Survey, a pre-budget document detailing the state of the economy over the last fiscal year, will be presented in Parliament at 12 p.m. on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The presentation comes a day before the much-anticipated arrival of the Union Budget 2025-26. The survey will be tabled in Lok…
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The ceremony is a customary ritual in which traditional dessert ‘halwa’ is prepared and served to officials and staff members of the finance ministry who are involved in the preparation of the budget. File | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (January 24, 2025) participated in a traditional ‘halwa’ ceremony, marking the…