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New Delhi: In a further boost to privatisation, the Union government on Wednesday decided to lift embargo on private sector banks from conducting government-related banking transactions. “Private banks can now ...

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was shown black flags during her visit to Mumbai on Sunday. The protesters, most of whom were learnt to be Congress workers, were vocal ...

New Delhi: Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated learning loss for students and school dropout rates, the government’s proposed spending on education next year has been slashed by Rs ...

New Delhi: Any Union Budget, presented by whichever Finance Minister, never pleases all sections of the society and evokes mixed reactions. It was no different with Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech ...

New Delhi: Health emerged as the topmost priority for the Narendra Modi government as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed more than doubling of healthcare spending in the Union Budget she ...

New Delhi: The government will introduce pre-filled Income Tax Return (ITR) forms for individual taxpayers. During her Budget speech in Pariliament on Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the ...

New Delhi: With Bengal going to polls in just over two months from now, the state featured prominently in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. ...

New Delhi: For those above75 years of age with pension as their only source of income, the government has granted exemption from filing income tax returns. “We shall reduce the compliance ...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced Rs 1.1 lakh crore to Indian Railways. “The Budget will provide Rs 1.1 lakh crore to Indian Railways in FY-22 of which ...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has started reading out her Union Budget 2021 speech in Parliament on Monday. The finance minister started the Budget presentation amid sloganeering from the ...