Category: budget

Income tax exemption hike to ₹12 lakh, support to MSMEs expected to spur domestic consumption; record capex outlay, focus on infrastructure, green mobility, skilling to drive long-term transformation

Union Budget will provide tremendous impetus to middle-class consumption and employment

The Union Budget has 10 broad focus areas, including inclusive growth path, enabling employment-led development and investing in people, economy and innovation; it has measures to boost workforce development, medical education and technological research, writes R. Nandini, Chairperson, CII, Southern Region

Income up to ₹12 lakh tax-free; people earning at least ₹25 lakh will save ₹1.1 lakh; big push to increase spending and spur growth; tax rate changes, new Income Tax Bill show the government is responsive to the ‘voice of the people’, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Current guardrails, conditionalities associated with foreign investment will be reviewed and simplified, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in 2025-26 Budget speech; at the heart of the measures is the Centre’s ‘Insurance for All by 2047’ goal

India’s economy is expected to grow in the range of 6.3% and 6.8% in 2025-26 from an estimated 6.4% this year; this budget will take Nirmala Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai

India’s economy is expected to grow in the range of 6.3% and 6.8% in 2025-26 from an estimated 6.4% this year; this budget will take Nirmala Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai

The Budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth while being fiscally prudent

Female Labour Force Participation Rate, or FLFPR, had increased over the past seven years from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, the survey says