Prime Minister Modi said the biggest focal points of the Union Budget 2021-22 were education, skill, research, and innovation after health

The revenue receipts in 2020-21 are expected to fall by more than five per cent due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. On the other hand, overall revenue increase in the next fiscal is estimated at 33 per cent, Jagdish Devda said

The Haryana Governor today gave his assent to the Bill entailing 75 per cent reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state. The government will notify it soon, the CM told reporters at a press conference here

India could consume 215.24 million tonnes of refined fuels in the financial year 2021/22 compared to the revised estimate of 195.94 million tonnes consumed in 2020/21, data posted on the website of Petroleum Planning Analysis Cell (PPAC) showed

National Fertilizers shares have rallied 67 per cent in the past one week from Rs 38.1 on February 23 to Rs 63.70 as of today

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, all the indices were rising, with 1.8% rise in media, financial services, PSU Bank and private banking indices.

Budget allocated to health sector is unprecedented. It is a symbol of our commitment to provide better healthcare to every countryman, says PM Modi

I want to stress on the budget (allocation) for the agriculture sector. The budget allocation for agriculture was Rs 88,811 crore between 2009 and 2014, which was increased to Rs 4,87,238 crore between 2014 and 2020, registering a growth of 438 per cent, he said

The peaceful satyagraha of annadatas is in national interest -- these three laws are not just harmful for farmers-labourers, but also for the people and the country. Full support, Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Sensex scaled record high of 51,073.27 while the Nifty hit record high of 15,014.65 level in early trade. SBI, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ONGC and Axis Bank were top gainers in the Sensex pack

Stating that protests and agitations are the lifeblood of democracy, Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD contested the government statement of 11 rounds of dialogue have concluded with agitating farmers, saying its ministers believe in monologue and not dialogue

According to the dictionary publisher, 'Aatmanirbharta' was chosen as it 'validated the day-to-day achievements of the countless Indians who dealt with and survived the perils of a pandemic'

Out of this, Rs 1.35 lakh crore has been allotted towards capital expenditure, which relates to modernisation and infrastructure development of armed forces.

The custom duty policy must have twin objectives of promoting domestic manufacturing and helping India get on to global value chain and export better, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

FM Sitharaman, in her budget speech, revoked AD (anti-dumping duty) and CVD (Countervailing duty) on certain steel products and reduced duties on copper scrap from 5% to 2.5%

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: It is anticipated that the government may roll out its ambitious DBT for fertiliser, offering direct subsidy transfer into the accounts of farmers. Timely release of the additional allocation for the fertiliser will enable clearance of the subsidy backlog

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

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says preparation of this Budget was taken under circumstances like never before

Budget 2021: Between March and November last year, the central government announced three relief packages, cumulatively worth Rs 24.35 lakh crore