The second half of the Budget session of Parliament resumes today with a confrontational start as the Lok Sabha is set to take up an opposition-backed motion seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, while the escalating US-Israel-Iran war is also expected to dominate proceedings. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief Parliament on the … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman became the first woman FM to present Budget for the ninth consecutive time. In the budget, the government adjusted customs and excise duties to support domestic manufacturing, control imports, and boost demand. As a result of this, some items will become cheaper due to tax reductions, while others could see price … Read more
Budget 2026 LIVE Updates: The Lok Sabha is set to take up the discussion on the President’s Address on Monday in the Parliament Budget session 2026. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will move the motion of thanks to the President for her address to the joint sitting of Parliament on January 28, which will be seconded … Read more
With the presentation of the Union Budget 2026, several items are expected to get cheaper and some others costlier for Indian consumers. As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in Parliament today, she spoke about some items on which the government is planning to reduce customs duty. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shows the digital … Read more
Budget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled Modi 3.0’s third Union Budget 2025-26 on Sunday, Feb. 1, with its key focus areas on boost for India’s infrastructure growth and capex allocation. The government will look to strengthen the country’s manufacturing sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech, as she laid out priorities … Read more
Barely four hours after the Union Budget 2026 presentation in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plane landed at the Adampur airport in Punjab’s Jalandhar, for two key events that already look to the future. The next year, to be precise. There was a hint of this focus on 2027 in Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech too — … Read more
Biopharmaceuticals, or biologics, are complex medicines manufactured from living organisms, cells, or tissues rather than through chemical synthesis. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Union Budget 2026-27 has proposed a biopharma strategy for healthcare advancement through knowledge, technology and innovation with an outlay of ₹10,000 crore over the next five years to develop India as … Read more
NEW DELHI: Seeking to cushion key export sectors from the impact of steep US tariffs, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a set of targeted customs and manufacturing measures in the Union Budget 2026, positioning them as a response to up to 50% duties imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of Indian … Read more
What do salaried taxpayers, middle class, and the common man want from Union Budget 2026? (AI image) Budget 2026 income tax expectations: Like every year, salaried taxpayers, middle class and common man will listen to FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget speech in the hope of more tax relief. Last year, FM Sitharaman announced major changes … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday highlighted India’s strong growth momentum, calling the start of the current quarter “very positive” and describing a self-confident India as “a ray of hope for the world today.”Addressing the media ahead of the Budget Session 2026, PM Modi said India has … Read more