Union Budget 2021: A joint committee of textile industry bodies has asked for government's intervention in removing anti-dumping duty on VSF

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: Deemed to be one of the fastest growing sectors, the gems and jewellery industry is highly export oriented and labour intensive

The industry experts expect the upcoming budget to further relax income tax norms, tax rebate on housing, extension of interest subvention, GST waiver, infrastructure status for the realty and easing liquidity for the sector

Share market is expected to remain volatile on Budget day amid hopes that FM Nirmala Sitharaman would take a balance between populism, reform and growth under a weak fiscal position

Budget 2021 provides an opportunity to harness the capabilities required to implement transformative reforms and build upon the foundations integral for the manufacturing sector to contribute to 25% of the country's GDP by 2025

Budget 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already indicated that Budget 2021 is part of a series of four-five \"mini-budgets'' presented in the form of economic packages last year. So what should you expect from this year's budget?

The Economic Survey presented in Parliament on Friday expressed concern over lower sovereign rating assigned by agencies like Fitch, S&P and Moody's to India despite its strong economic fundamentals

Making widescale digital education a reality will help attract FDI in the education sector, thereby enabling India to become an attractive destination for higher education at par with global standards

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

Considering the current inadequate infrastructure in healthcare segments, there is a larger expectation that budget allocation to healthcare would be around 2% to 2.25% of the GDP

The Economic Survey highlights that a resilient V-shaped recovery is well underway, as demonstrated by the recovery in GDP growth and the sustained resurgence in high frequency indicators such as power demand, E-way bills, GST collection, steel consumption, etc

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 continuation of forbearance policies has unintended and detrimental consequences for banks, companies and the economy, the Survey said

SBI, HDFC, Asian Paints and M&M were among the top losers while IndusInd Bank, M&M, Bajaj Finance and RIL traded as the top gainers today

Currently, India is rated investment grade by three major rating agencies - S&P, Moody's and Fitch. Post Covid, Moody's has retained a negative outlook on India's rating. Fitch had also changed the outlook to negative. S&P  had, however, reaffirmed its rating and outlook