budget 2021-22

New Delhi: On the second day of the Budget Session of Parliament, 27 Bills passed during the fourth session of seventeenth Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House on Tuesday along with various Standing Committee reports that include…

New Delhi: In another bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government on Monday announced an increase in custom duty for up to 10 per cent on mobile chargers and some sub-parts of phones, a move that can make handsets costlier by 3-4…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed the extension of tax holiday for startups by one more year. The move announced during the Budget presentation comes as India focuses on Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission…

New Delhi: To boost digital payments, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed a Rs 1,500 crore scheme during her budget presentation. "To give a further boost to digital transactions, I earmark Rs 1,500 crore for a…

New Delhi: In a bid to increase demand in the realty market, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced to extend the additional deduction of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for interest paid on loans of purchase of affordable houses, up to…

New Delhi: The government has pegged its target for disinvestment for FY 2021-22 at Rs 1.75 lakh crore. A major announcement made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was that the government will privatise two public sector banks other…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed the construction of 8,500 km highway by March 2022. Four poll-bound states -- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam -- got a major chunk of the proposed new…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a record sum of Rs 1,10,055 crore for Indian Railways of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is for the capital expenditure. She said the national transporter will monetise the…

New Delhi: Voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and unfit vehicles has been announced in the Union Budget on Monday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that vehicles will undergo fitness test in automated…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the government will launch a Securities Market Code in a bid to streamline the securities market. The Code will include SEBI Act, Govt Securities Act and…