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No Government Has Given Such Tax Relief To Middle Class So Far: Amitabh Kant To NDTV

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No Government Has Given Such Tax Relief To Middle Class So Far: Amitabh Kant To NDTV

New Delhi: The income tax benefit announced for the middle class in the Union Budget 2025-26 on Saturday is the biggest relief provided by any government for the concerned economic strata so far, India’s G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said. The budget for the upcoming financial year focuses on growth…

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Budget focussed on driving growth, inclusive development: Sitharaman

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Budget focussed on driving growth, inclusive development: Sitharaman

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman along with the Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and team members of Finance, outside the her office at North Block in New Delhi on Saturday. Finance Minister to be general budget 2025-26, in the Parliament, February 01, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR…

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Will the FY26 Budget reverse the decline in social sector spending?

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Will the FY26 Budget reverse the decline in social sector spending?

Village women work under MGNREGA scheme at Jagannath Prasad village in Odisha | Photo Credit: Gerra Madhusudan 10751@Chennai The share of the Union Budget allocated for the social sector has declined rapidly in recent years. Data show that the outlays to most schemes under the rural development, education, health, and social welfare heads have either…

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Sensex, Nifty settle marginally down in volatile trade on eventful Budget day

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Sensex, Nifty settle marginally down in volatile trade on eventful Budget day

People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Benchmark Sensex and Nifty settled marginally lower in volatile trade on Tuesday as the government proposed to hike securities transaction tax on futures & options in the budget for 2024-25. Recovering most of its intra-day losses of over 1,200 points,…

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2024 Union Budget: Measures to boost MSMEs announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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2024 Union Budget: Measures to boost MSMEs announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: V. Sreenivasa Murthy In her seventh budget speech and the first Union Budget presented by the new NDA government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a bevy of measures aimed at boosting the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. Click here for the Union Budget 2024 updates, highlights Saying…

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Union Budget 2024-25: Big push for agriculture to improve productivity, revolutionise agricultural research

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Union Budget 2024-25: Big push for agriculture to improve productivity, revolutionise agricultural research

“In the next two years, 1 crore farmers will be initiated into natural farming supported by certification and branding,” Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech, in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Prioritising the welfare of farmers and the development of the agriculture sector, Finance…

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Nirmala Sitharaman to brief BJP MPs on budget high points

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Nirmala Sitharaman to brief BJP MPs on budget high points

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 on the second day of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other MPs are seen. | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman will brief BJP MPs…

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Key takeaways from Union Budget 2023-24 in charts

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Key takeaways from Union Budget 2023-24 in charts

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The government will focus on economic growth and job creation and cut down the fiscal deficit, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, presenting its last full budget in Parliament before the…

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