Budget session from Jan 28; Union Budget on February 1

The budget session of Parliament will be held from January 28 to April 2, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with a......

Budget 2026: Prez Murmu offers 'Dahi-Cheeni' to Sitharaman

Sitharaman continues with the tradition she set in 2019, carrying the budget speech in a 'bahi-khata', which she used after dropping the briefcase tradition. IMAGE: President Droupadi......

Budget 2026 boosts healthcare spend, drugs relief

The government on Sunday gave a strong push to upgradation and expansion of healthcare infrastructure, medical education and pharma sector with the Union Budget 2026-27 announcing a slew of steps,......

Budget clubs IT services, offers 15.5% safe harbour to woo global firms

Safe harbour for IT services shall be approved by an automated rule-driven process without any need for tax officer to examine and accept the application IMAGE: People watch the live telecast of......

Sitharaman's 85-minute Budget speech skips poetry, not focus

Draped in a purple Kanjivaram saree with golden checks and a coffee brown border featuring intricate thread work, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman honoured the weaving traditions of her......

Why Budget 2026 Deserves 8.5/10

This is the first Budget in my memory of Budgets over the last half a century which has embraced upfront, enthusiastically and emphatically, technology, modernity and fiscal sobriety, notes......

How stock markets will fare on this Budget Day

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fluctuated in a narrow range in early trade on Sunday ahead of the Budget 2026-27 presentation. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters After opening the......

Modi-led Cabinet clears Union Budget 2025-26

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday approved the Union Budget 2025-26. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with a digital tablet enclosed in a......