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Illustration related to the Union Budget 2026-27 | Photo Credit: The Hindu While acknowledging the strains created by the external global environment, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) presented Budget 2026, with the aim to increase productivity across sectors and ensuring employment generation. Presenting her record ninth consecutive Union Budget, Ms….
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth consecutive Union Budget today in the Lok Sabha today. The speech will be telecast live at 11:00 a.m. across the country. The country’s most important financial document will be released at a time when the world’s fastest-growing major economy has managed to withstand prohibitive US tariffs. The GDP…
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That convention is expected to change this year. According to people familiar with the matter, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to devote unprecedented detail and emphasis to Part B, making it the most closely watched portion of the speech. The section is expected to serve not just as a tax policy outline but as…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget in the Parliament on Feb. 1, outlining the Government’s roadmap on spending, taxation and key economic measures for FY 2026-27. The presentation comes at a time of heightened global uncertainty, with India facing a sharp 50% tariff imposed by the United States on its…
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament shortly. This will be followed by the Union Budget on Feb. 1, 2026. Source link
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 5, 2025. Photo Credits: Sansad TV via PTI The Lok Sabha on Friday (December 5, 2025) passed a Bill which would levy a special cess on pan masala and use the fund for improving…
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Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman meeting with startup founders and representatives as part of her pre-Budget consultations in New Delhi on November 18, 2025. Photo: X/@FinMinIndia For the first time, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) held a separate meeting with startup founders and representatives as part…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the 12th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave 2025, in Mumbai, on November 6, 2025. Picture: X/@nsitharamanoffc Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (November 6, 2025) asked banks to adhere to system driven lending practices and learn from the past so that financial discipline is not threatened. “We have many self-reliant…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on October 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (October 18, 2025) said the benefits of GST reforms are reaching consumers in the form of reduced prices. Addressing a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav, she said the…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with other dignitaries during the launch of the Nationwide Awareness Campaign of Unclaimed Financial Assets, in Gandhinagar on Saturday (October 4, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (October 4, 2025) said financial assets worth ₹1.84 lakh crore were lying unclaimed with banks and…