Monday, March 17, 2025 | 03:03 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Top 10 budget headlines: Fiscal-wise outlay, PM lauds Sitharaman & more

From changes in tax rules to divestment targets, Business Standard brings you top 10 stories that made headlines on Friday

Budget2018
Premium

Representative Image

BS Web Team
Fiscal discipline and financial reforms mark Sitharaman's first budget
 
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting her first Budget, found novel ways of raising resources while also seeking to restore confidence in the financial sector and deepening the equity and bond markets. A major thrust of the Budget was simplifying the payment of both direct and indirect taxes, as well as support for small and medium enterprises and start-ups. Capital expenditure was crunched to help meet fiscal consolidation targets. Read more here

This Budget has been made with a 10-year vision in mind: FM Sitharaman
 
In an interaction with the

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in