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New Delhi: The Congress Saturday said the Union Budget has nothing to address the "illnesses" of stagnant real wages, lack of buoyancy in mass consumption, sluggish rates of private investment and a complicated GST system that the economy is suffering from. It also took a...

New Delhi: India Saturday set aside Rs 6,81,210 crore as defence outlay for 2025-26 in a marginal increase over the current fiscal's allocation of Rs 6.22 lakh crore amid renewed focus on modernisation of the armed forces in the face of fast-evolving regional security scenario....

New Delhi: New and emerging technologies were in focus in the Union Budget, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a national framework for Global Capability Centres (GCCs), Rs 500-crore Centre of Excellence in AI for education, and said a deep tech 'Fund of Funds' will...

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated Rs 26,889.69 crore to the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), an increase from the revised estimate of Rs 23,182.98 crore in 2024-25. Of the entire outlay, one of the biggest allocations is for Saksham Anganwadi...

New Delhi: The government's flagship Khelo India programme to scout and nurture athletes at the grassroots level was the biggest beneficiary as the allocation for sports was hiked substantially by Rs 351.98 crore in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here Saturday....

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday said the 2025-26 Union Budget 2025 is a blueprint of the Modi government's vision for building a developed country and that the middle class is always in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's heart. Shah said the Budget covers...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday unveiled 'transformative' tax reforms that ranged from a simpler income tax law to a higher TCS threshold for remittances and income tax benefits for middle class. Sitharaman in 2025-26 Budget promised to bring a simpler, less voluminous new...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced six new schemes and increased the subsidised Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan limit to Rs 7 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, targeting everything from unemployment to crop productivity enhancement across the country. Presenting her eighth budget speech...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday proposed to fully exempt customs duty on 36 drugs used in the treatment of cancer, rare diseases and other severe chronic diseases. The government had earlier cut customs duties on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib and Durvalumab from 10 per...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday proposed to extend duty exemptions on capital goods used in the production of lithium-ion batteries. The move is aimed at aiding domestic manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, a key component in electric vehicles and mobile phones. "To the list...