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Sitharaman rejects criticism that rupee has seen all-round weakness, says Indian currency least volatile against the US dollar among its Asian and global peers

The new tax slabs announced by the Finance Minister in the Budget will substantially reduce the taxes of the middle-class, boosting household consumption, savings and investment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Budget will increase investments and lead to growth

Finance Minister proposes to enhance annual threshold for deduction of tax at source (TDS) on rent to Rs 6 lakh from the current limit of Rs 2.4 lakh

Around 24 paise will come from borrowings and other liabilities, 9 paise from non-tax revenue like disinvestment, and 1 paise from non-debt capital receipts, the Budget documents said

The government had earlier cut customs duties on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib and Durvalumab from 10 per cent to nil

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector will be increased to 100 per cent from 74 per cent

Finance Minister says India has seen remarkable growth in medical education in the last 10 years

Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase -- which was in use for decades for carrying Budget documents -- with a traditional 'bahi-khata' wrapped in red cloth

Poses with traditional 'briefcase' outside her North Block office, accompanied by her team of officials, before heading to meet the President

The Economic Survey expects the government's emphasis on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and good rabi crop production to accelerate growth and employment in the economy

The Budget Session will commence on January 31 with President Droupadi Murmu addressing both Houses of Parliament on Friday and kickstarting the Budget session

This is the first full Budget of the NDA-III government and it must use its enormous political capital to implement politically difficult structural reforms, says the former RBI Governor

Session to start with President Droupadi Murmu's address to joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31 followed by tabling of economic survey

Likely to provide loans up to Rs 100 crore without guarantee to those already having enterprise

Last month, gold rates dropped significantly following the announcement of a reduction in customs duty on the yellow metal

Raises concerns of Nagpur Division Life Insurance Corporation Employees Union, which had submitted to him a memorandum regarding issues of insurance industry

To start with, it wants unified rate for Eastern India from August

For nuclear energy to form a significant part of the energy mix, investments in developing critical technologies is must