Budget 2020-21 latest news

New Delhi, Feb 1: In a major rural push, the government has allocated a massive Rs 2.83 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors, as sought by the BJP in its pre-Budget meet with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 9. For…

New Delhi: India's medical devices industry on Friday welcomed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's move to impose a health cess of 5 percent on imports of specified medical equipment to give an impetus to the domestic industry and to…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday the government would sell its entire stake in IDBI Bank to private players. After the announcement, shares of IDBI Bank surged over 12 per cent to Rs 38.25, gain of 4.20 per…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday allocated Rs 35,600 crores for nutrition related programs. While speaking in Parliament during the Budget session, she said that the Prime Minister's "Beti Bachao Beti…

New Delhi: In a major relief to middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to cut income tax rates and change slabs to lower tax incidence for those earning upto Rs 15 lakh a year. The Minister has proposed a 10 per…

New Delhi: Government will reduce its stake in state life insurer LIC through an IPO, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. "Government will list LIC on the stock exchanges", she said in her Budget speech. This could…

New Delhi: Giving a huge boost to adoption of emerging technologies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to provide an outlay of Rs 8,000 crore for commercial application of quantum computing like in Blockchain over the…