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A Look At Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget Day Sarees Over The Years

February 1, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is known for making statements with her sarees on Budget Day. Every year, she wears a saree that represents India’s rich textile heritage and traditional craftsmanship. This year was no different. This year, Ms Sitharaman chose an off-white coloured handloom silk saree with fish-themed embroidery and a golden…

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Budget 2025 Stock market update: Markets open higher ahead of Budget presentation

February 1, 2025 admin

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat in a special trading session on Saturday (February 1, 2025) as investors saw little coming in from the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for retail investors and the overall markets in the Union Budget. But, buying in consumption-related sectors after Ms. Sitharaman exempted annual income of up to ₹12…

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Markets open higher ahead of Budget presentation

February 1, 2025 admin

A traffic signal in the foreground of the Bombay Stock Exchange’s on Dalal Street seems to reflect the mood of the stock markets in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PAUL NORONHA Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in opening trade on Saturday (February 1, 2025) ahead of the Union Budget presentation. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex…

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Union Budget 2025 LIVE updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present 8th consecutive budget

February 1, 2025 admin

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today will present a record eighth consecutive Union Budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth and ease the burden on the middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth while being fiscally prudent. This will take Ms. Sitharaman closer to the record of…

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Hopes running high of tax cut as Nirmala Sitharaman presents record 8th budget

January 31, 2025 admin

A cut or tweak in income tax rates/slabs to ease the burden of the middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth is widely expected in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s record-setting eighth consecutive Budget. The Budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic…

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India shouldn’t give up on coal without ‘alternatives’: Economic Survey

January 31, 2025 admin

India must harness its “best resources, advanced technologies, and expertise” to becoming a developed nation by 2047 while ensuring a low-carbon pathway. However, it shouldn’t shut its coal-fired plants “without adequate alternatives,” the Economic Survey noted. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India must harness its “best resources, advanced technologies, and expertise” to becoming a developed…

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Watch: Highlights of Economic Survey 2024-25

January 31, 2025 admin

Highlights of Economic Survey 2024-25 | Video Credit: The Hindu Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2024-25 in the Parliament on Friday (January 31, 2025), providing an official assessment of the performance of the economy in the ongoing financial year, and listing out the challenges being faced by the nation. The Economic…

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Union Budget 2025: What do farmers want?

January 31, 2025 admin

Considering the ten earlier Budgets of the BJP-led government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is nothing much that the farmers and agricultural workers of India can expect from the coming Union Budget 2025 (eleventh) except more vicious attacks on their livelihood, made under the smokescreen of high-sounding phrases about their welfare. Dismal record…

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Nirmala Sitharaman To Table Economic Survey

January 31, 2025 admin

Budget Session Live Updates: The budget session of the Parliament will commence today with President Droupadi Murmu addressing the joint sitting of the two Houses. After her address, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The document, prepared by a team led by Chief Economic Adviser…

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37 old and new schemes to look out for on Budget day

January 31, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth pre-budget consultation in New Delhi, on Jan. 6, 2025. With Budget FY2025-26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, here is a look at some of the recently launched schemes, older schemes with significantly reduced funding, schemes under the Production Linked…

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