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New Delhi: PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors will be revamped with enhanced loans from banks and UPI-linked credit cards with Rs 30,000 limit, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Saturday. Presenting her eighth consecutive budget, Sitharaman said the scheme has benefited more than 68...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the government will arrange identity cards and registration on the e-Shram portal to assist 1 crore gig workers. Presenting the Union Budget 2025-26, the finance minister also said a scheme for the socio-economic upliftment of urban workers...

New Delhi: Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla, whose removal from the poll panel was recommended in 2009 over allegations of bias, passed away Saturday. He was 79. Another former CEC, SY Quraishi, said that he met Chawla some 10 days back when the...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in the positive territory Saturday amid the Union Budget presentation. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex rallied 350.03 points to 77,850.60 in the late morning trade. The NSE Nifty climbed 106.15 points to 23,614.55. The government aims to...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced PM Dhan Dhyan Krishi Yojana, covering 100 districts with low yields, modern crop intensity and below-average credit parameters. Presenting her record eighth consecutive budget, she also said that the scheme would benefit 1.7 crore farmers. She added...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday began the presentation of record 8th Union Budget 2025-26 in Lok Sabha. Watch the live stream of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025 speech by clicking here. This Budget continues efforts to accelerate growth and provide inclusive development,...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday approved the Union Budget 2025-26. Following this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her eighth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of growth slowing down to a four-year-low...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record 8th straight Budget and all eyes will be on the much-expected tax relief for the middle class. Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase -- which was in use for...

New Delhi: Ahead of presenting the Union Budget in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Droupadi Murmu in the Rashtrapati Bhawan Saturday. The President fed her 'dahi-cheeni', a ritual performed by elders in Indian families to bestow good luck before undertaking important tasks. VIDEO...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday will present her eighth consecutive Budget, which she will deliver from a digital tablet enclosed in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch. Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget...