Budget 2021

Budget 2024: Key highlights of last 5 Budgets under FM Nirmala Sitharaman

From crypto tax to the introduction of PM-Kisan scheme, here are the highlights of the last 5 Union Budget (2019-2023) announcements under first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2024: Highlights of education budget under Modi govt since 2014

The National Education Policy, introduced in 2020, states that 6% of the country's GDP should go towards education. Here is a look on how the country has fared in over a decade of education

Railways to get Rs 20,000 cr in supplementary grants as capital expenditure

The total reworking of railway's budget though will be Rs 40,575.93 crore after the Supplementary Demand gets approved by Parliament.

PDM chief Fazlur Rehman calls Pakistan's federal budget 'pack of lies'

Amid nationwide criticism over Pakistan's newly introduced federal budget, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday lashed out at the ruling government, terming the country's budget a 'pack of lies'

Pakistan govt unveils Rs 8.5 tn FY budget, defence gets Rs 1,370 bn

Pakistan government on Friday proposed Pakistani rupees 8,487 billion budget for the next financial year with a fiscal deficit target at 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)

Do not politicise GST Council: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The government is conscious of the intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 and is assessing its full impact before coming out with further packages and interventions, says FM Sitharaman

Let the Budget go down to people before talking about stimulus: Sitharaman

Finance Minister says Budget 2021-22 has been designed keeping in mind the necessity for stimulus.

India's once-in-a-century budget runs into trouble as virus strikes back

The budget aimed to revive Asia's third-largest economy via investing in infrastructure and health care, while relying on an aggressive privatisation strategy and robust tax collections

National Asset Reconstruction Company to be operational next month: IBA CEO

National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL), the name coined for the bad bank announced in the Budget 2021-22, is expected to be operational in June

ULIPs remain popular despite tax tweak, on par with equity mutual funds

Industry players say awareness of products rose after Budget

Clean slate: Govt clears FCI's liabilities to National Small Savings Fund

The government made the cash infusion before the financial year 2020-21 ended, letting FCI begin FY22 on a clean slate in terms of unsecured loans

Best of BS Opinion: Changing a monolith, bare necessities for India & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The bare necessities for India

The latest Economic Survey has presented an interesting new index called the Bare Necessities Index. The BNI Index covers five areas that impact the daily lives of a bottom-of-the-pyramid householder

Highest-ever budget for J-K aims to build economy, create jobs: Manoj Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha termed Rs 1,08,621 crore budget for the Union Territory as "historic", stating that it aims to rebuilding the economy and creating jobs in the region

Rejig wage structure to benefit from EPF rule change, say analysts

If employer contribution is low, get salary restructured to enjoy higher tax-free interest

Best of BS Opinion: Loan moratorium case, AT1 bonds may lose sheen & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

In spite of the pandemic

The Budget for 2021 makes a fresh beginning in dealing with numbers and estimates

Initiatives taken in Budget will step-up growth momentum: RBI article

The initiatives taken by the government in the 2021-22 Union Budget will step-up growth momentum in the medium term, according to an RBI article

Direct tax mop-up betters estimate for the first time in four years

With the payments of the last instalment on Monday, advance tax collection for FY21 was around 7 per cent higher than last year's

Budget proposals will ease taxpayers' burden from April 1, say experts

But changes like taxation of EPF contributions above Rs 2.5 lakh will pinch the wallet