The IRCTC stock price opened with a gain of 11.7% today and rose to an intraday high as well as a new lifetime high of Rs 1,596.95, as against the previous day's close of Rs 1,418.95. The stock has crossed its earlier 52-week high of Rs 1,562, that it hit on February 6, 2020.

Prabhudas Liladhaer in its recent report post-budget included IRCTC stock in its top picks on back of its strong growth visibility and above-market growth rates.

Creation of global sized banks through consolidation will facilitate Modi government's resolve to make India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25, says Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur

IRCTC share price gained up to Rs 3.47% to Rs 1,562 to hit an all-time high in trade today

PM Modi wants to complete the bullet train project by 2022, to mark the 75th year of Independence

The Budget aims at boosting consumption and private investment to pull the economy forward

Rating agency says five-fold increase in deposit insurance to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh earlier is \"credit positive\" for banks, as it will raise depositor confidence

Administrative ministries and departments have a major role to play in giving a boost to the investment cycle through a painstaking focus on the time-bound implementation of the projects envisaged under the NIP and the budget

India will get 100 more airports by 2024 under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) regional connectivity scheme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday during her Union Budget 2020 speech. Two other major infrastructure announcements included the proposed completion of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway by 2023, and the launch of Chennai-Bengaluru expressway. Sitharaman proposed an outlay of Rs 1.7 lakh crore for transport infrastructure in 2020-21, and Rs 22,000 crore for the power and renewable energy sector. Peeyush Naidu, Partner, Deloitte India analyses FM's infrastructure push.Also Read: Budget 2020: FM Sitharaman pushes for building warehousing on PPP model

All the sector indices closed in red, with realty index declining over 7.5%, media by 4.4%, metal, PSU Bank and financial services by 4%. Over 3% decline was seen in banking and auto shares, while FMCG and pharma fell over 1%.

Like RBI, the LIC is also the last resort lender for the government. Be it ONGC's offer for sale to public or rescuing public sector banks, the LIC has invested without any protest in the past

Union Budget 2020 reactions: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray alleged that the Budget 2020 is unjust to the country's financial capital Mumbai. Here's what Thackeray said

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: FM Sitharaman announced slew of measures to boost consumption and revive growth, including change in personal income tax rates, hike in deposit insurance coverage to Rs 5 lakh per depositor, listing of insurance behemoth LIC

Railway budget 2020:  Sitharaman claimed that more Tejas like trains will connect tourist destinations

Budget 2020: The finance minister also stated that the Indian Railways will set up Kisan Rail through Public Private Partnership

Budget 2020: Indian Railways will set up Kisan Rail in public private partnership (PPP) mode for cold supply chain to transport perishable goods

Budget 2020: To help the farmers, the government has proposed comprehensive measures for 100 water-stressed districts

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%.

The funds allocated in the Budget would most likely be utilised for modernising the signalling system, constructing new tracks, acquiring new rolling stock and developing railways' telecom network