Page 13 - Latest Updates on Nirmala Sitharaman
Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2024
This is Nirmala Sitharaman's seventh consecutive presentation
 "Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from Union Budget 2024")
Budget 2024: Will make up for revenue forgone, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Gradually, we are moving towards a simplified taxation regime, while bringing down the incidence of tax itself. Therefore, we are taking this review, says FM
 "Budget 2024: Will make up for revenue forgone, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman")
Budget 2024: Karnataka CM says FM has done injustice to people of state
Noting that in pre-budget discussion that was attended by Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on his behalf, the state had made certain requests and none of them have been met, Siddaramaiah said
 "Budget 2024: Karnataka CM says FM has done injustice to people of state")
Angel tax abolition significant milestone, will boost startups: IT Minister
It is a "very good decision" and has been the biggest demand of deep tech startups, Vaishnaw said, adding that the move will spur investment in startups
 "Angel tax abolition significant milestone, will boost startups: IT Minister")
Budget 2024: FM exhorts states to take up next-gen reforms agenda
The final report of the 15th Finance Commission had recommended transfer of 41 per cent of central taxes to the states after two Union Territories were carved out of Jammu and Kashmir
 "Budget 2024: FM exhorts states to take up next-gen reforms agenda")
Is old tax regime over? What FM Sitharaman said about old and new regimes
Union Budget 2024-25: Govt to review old tax regime. What is the current tax system and what has the Budget 2024 proposed for FY25
 "Is old tax regime over? What FM Sitharaman said about old and new regimes")
Budget 2024: What does indexation mean? How does it work in real estate?
Indexation benefits will continue to apply to properties purchased before April 1, 2001, but not to those purchased after that date
 "Budget 2024: What does indexation mean? How does it work in real estate?")
Chidambaram, Tharoor laud angel tax end, call Budget 2024 'underwhelming'
Union budget 2024-25: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor find Budget 2024 presentation full of missed opportunities, compared it Congress manifesto
 "Chidambaram, Tharoor laud angel tax end, call Budget 2024 'underwhelming'")
Budget 2024: FM hikes taxes on equity trading; STCG, LTCG, STT raised
To mitigate the blow from the increased taxes, the amount exempted from the LTCG on listed securities has been increased to Rs 125,000 a year from the earlier limit of Rs 100,000
 "Budget 2024: FM hikes taxes on equity trading; STCG, LTCG, STT raised")
Union Budget 2024-25: A Budget for long term capital and gains
The stock market's knee-jerk reaction must not define FM Sitharaman's far-reaching Budget
 "Union Budget 2024-25: A Budget for long term capital and gains")
Budget 2024: How FM Sitharaman's tax changes will impact your finances
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2024 brings a mix of tax reliefs and hikes with key changes including income tax slab restructuring and revised capital gains tax rates
 "Budget 2024: How FM Sitharaman's tax changes will impact your finances")
Census, NPR unlikely in 2024 too as only Rs 1,309.46 cr allocated in Budget
The house listing phase of the census and the exercise to update the NPR were scheduled to be carried out across the country from April 1 to September 30, 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19
 "Census, NPR unlikely in 2024 too as only Rs 1,309.46 cr allocated in Budget")
Don't need angel tax to stop money laundering: FM Sitharaman on Budget 2024
Union Budget 2024-25: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarifies tax on long-term capital gains, angel tax, and government effort to widen the tax net
 "Don't need angel tax to stop money laundering: FM Sitharaman on Budget 2024")
Budget 2024: Sitharaman's Budget cuts subsidy bill by 7.8% to Rs 3.81 trn
The government's decision to maintain the subsidy estimates from the interim budget suggests a calculated approach to balancing fiscal consolidation with welfare measures
 "Budget 2024: Sitharaman's Budget cuts subsidy bill by 7.8% to Rs 3.81 trn")
Budget 2024: 'Cruel, madness' - internet angry over capital gains tax hike
Union Budget 2024: Several people took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to criticise the move, noting that it is painful for stock market investors
 "Budget 2024: 'Cruel, madness' - internet angry over capital gains tax hike")
Budget 2024: Poor, middle class continue to get tax benefits, says PM Modi
Union Budget 2024: PM Modi made the remarks about the Budget hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made her presentation in the Lok Sabha
 "Budget 2024: Poor, middle class continue to get tax benefits, says PM Modi")
Budget 2024: Modi 3.0 govt simplifies taxes, fosters foreign investments
India Budget 2024 tax rules: In order to achieve the vision of simplifying taxes, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act, 1961
 "Budget 2024: Modi 3.0 govt simplifies taxes, fosters foreign investments")
Budget 2024 reactions: BJP, ally Nitish Kumar and Opposition, who said what
Union Budget 2024: The Congress was quick to point out that the parts of Sitharaman's Budget were inspired from its Lok Sabha elections 2024 manifesto
Union Budget 2024: Budget allocation for Ladakh rises by 32% to Rs 5,958
Ladakh UT, which was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, has received Rs 2,035.49 crore for establishment expenditure of the Centre
 "Union Budget 2024: Budget allocation for Ladakh rises by 32% to Rs 5,958")
Union Budget 2024: Disability affairs department allocated Rs 1,225 cr
Additionally, the Scheme for Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act is allocated Rs 135 cr, more than doubling the previous year's revised estimate of Rs 67 cr
 "Union Budget 2024: Disability affairs department allocated Rs 1,225 cr")
