Goyal says Rs 2,602 crore has been sanctioned towards various developmental projects in Telangana in the current railway budget

Comparing fiscal discipline under the Modi government with that of Manmohan Singh government (2009-2014), Sitharaman said that the previous regime had failed to contain fiscal deficit numbers

Delhi government's expenditure on subsidising electricity tariff for domestic consumers has gone up by nearly 6 times since 2014-15; state's own tax revenue as percentage of GSDP, which has been falling for the past five years, is lowest among its neighbours

Budget 2020: The FM gave a clarification about the purpose of new tax regime, which were--'reduce tax incidence' and 'remove all exemptions'

Budget 2020: The net tax revenues in 2018-19 were 13.2 lakh crore and the figure was revised upwards by 14.4 per cent to Rs 15 lakh crore for the current fiscal against the budget estimates of Rs 16.5 lakh crore

Budget 2020: In today's speech, the FM broke her own record and delivered the longest Union Budget speech, which was 159 minutes long

Union Budget 2020: Individual taxpayers, corporates, common man, tax experts, everyone will be keenly watching the announcements made by the finance minister on the budget day

Stock Market Updates on Budget day: In terms of sector, except IT, all the other indices were declining on a continous basis. While realty index declined over 7.5%, media shares fell over 4.4%.

Union Budget: Any additional spending announcement in Budget 2020 is unlikely, re-appropriation of budget to announce a few small but new populist schemes is possible

Union Budget: One of the important focus areas in National Infrastructure Pipeline is the roads sector, and the recent experiences in this sector provide for an interesting case study of the challenges ahead

The 20-page chapter on 'Thalinomics' concludes that an average household with two vegetarian thalis in a day has gained Rs 10,887 per year since 2015-16. Similarly, an average household that eats at least two healthy non-vegetarian thalis per day gained around Rs 11,787 on average during the same period

In the last year, the government has taken steps like 'housing for all' by 2022, tax sops, a sharp cut in GST rates for under-construction flats and a Rs 25,000 crore fund to salvage stalled residential projects.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting her second consecutive Union Budget in Parliament today

Economic Survey 2020: India's aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on \"strengthening the invisible hand of the market and supporting it with the hand of trust\", shows the survey

Relief is long overdue. In fact, it's inevitable. Middle class has borne the brunt of the plateauing of incomes in the past 4-5 years even as inflation has continued unabated

Share Market Update: Sectorally, except pharma, IT and media scrips, all the other sector based indices closed in the red.

A standing committee on the ARC sector should be formed which should meet quarterly to take stock of the developments and ways to improve the functional effectiveness of ARCs

Budget 2020: According to a recent research report from analyst firm ICRA, gold jewellery demand may remain subdued in FY20 with growth in the range of 6-8 per cent due to elevated gold prices

More and more companies are hiring people with disabilities to strengthen their brand and tap into new customer segments

Will the Narendra Modi government announce a populist Union Budget to arrest the economic slowdown? Will Budget 2020 offer tax sops and income tax relaxation to stimulate demand? Unlikely, says Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)