Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Budget 2021: With increase in standard deduction levels, people will have more money in their hands to meet medical bills and high fuel costs. Certain reports suggest that the standard deduction limit could be enhanced to Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh

Budget 2021: The automobile and automotive component sectors have been braving low demand for the better part of three years due to a host of reasons  -  the absence of consumer confidence due to slowdown blues and liquidity crunch resulting from malaise in the NBFC sector to name a few

Budget 2021: All major airlines in India faced losses throughout the year. Many laid off hundreds of employees, sent them on leave without pay, or cut their salaries

State-run Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has won two electricity transmission projects in Rajasthan under tariff-based competitive bidding

The Economic Survey estimated real GDP growth for FY22 at 11 per cent and nominal GDP (which accounts for inflation) at 15.4 per cent. This would mark the highest GDP growth since independence

The government looks to raise Rs 90,000 crore from the sale of its 53 per cent stake in BPCL. But it will be able to raise just Rs 40,000 crore for its stake, according to the present market capitalisation

Retail fuel prices vary from state to state depending on local sales tax or VAT

This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge and would be a stepping stone towards India becoming a full member of IEA, a power ministry statement said

The surge in international crude oil prices, the Centre's excise duty, and states' Value Added Tax (VAT) are to be blamed for skyrocketing fuel prices in the country

Fuel prices are continuously flaring up across India since January 6. In Delhi alone, petrol rates increased by Rs 2.59 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.52 a litre since January 6, 2021

The former Congress chief's attack came a day after petrol and diesel prices in the country touched new all-time highs after rates were increased for the fourth time in the week

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies

Fuel prices have been on an upswing in other metro cities as well. The price of one litre of petrol in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad has surged to Rs 92.04/litre, Rs 86.87/litre, and Rs 88.89/litre, respectively

Centre had planned a disinvestment mop-up of Rs 2.1 lakh crore this fiscal, by selling stake in several public sector enterprises, but the plans have been stalled due to several factors

Crude oil has been on an upswing because of Saudi Arabia's additional supply cuts and growing optimism around the launches of the various vaccines against COVID-19

India's year-end rush for crude supplies coincided with stronger demand from north Asian buyers during winter, boosting prices and an accelerating de-stocking of floating storage globally

Since January 6, petrol and diesel prices have increased Rs 1.49 and Rs 1.51, respectively, in Delhi