Income-tax slabs unchanged, but small taxpayers will enjoy procedural relief in filing ITR and resolution of disputes; High-income earners may feel the pinch though

Economists, CEOs, consultants, sector specialists interpret Nirmala Sitharaman's 'Never-before' Budget

The FM has set the stage, but timely execution is critical

While the expectations of the common man of tax relief are not met, the budget outlines measures to rationalise the tax structure and bring out changes in the tax processes

Union Budget 2021 press conference: While taking several questions from several reporters, the finance minister took one from a female journalist during the latter half of the press conference

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex rose above the psychological key level of 50,000 and Nifty neared 14,700

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2021-22. The government emphasised more on healthcare, infrastructure in the Budget, while giving no particular relief for middle class in terms of income tax exemption. The Budget this year was presented under extraordinary circumstances as the country fought coronavirus pandemic. Watch the full speech.Also Read: Budget 2021: Impetus to affordable housing welcome, more needs to be done, say realtors

Even as government announces measures to generate demand for affordable housing among  first time buyers, real estate sector demands urgent attention on GST issue, liquidity for the industry

Union Budget 2021 highights: A new centrally sponsored scheme, PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over six years

2021 budget allocation for healthcare sector: The budget, which allocated Rs 2,23,846 crore for health and wellbeing launched a new centrally sponsored scheme, PM AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crores over 6 years

Budget 2021 news: In order to incentivise setting up of more startups, the Centre has proposed to extend tax holiday by one more year till March 31, 2022

Budget 2021: No changes in ncome tax slabs, PPF limit, Section 80C exemption were announced by the Finance Minister

It is widely expected that the government will leave the personal income tax slabs untouched since a new (tax) regime was already introduced in the financial year 2020-21

Budget 2021 expectations: Keeping in line with the recommendation of the Economic Survey, the government could go for allocation of around 2-2.25 per cent of the GDP for the healthcare sector

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: As per the official data, the Centre's assistance for the mission so far, stands at Rs 1.66 lakh crore, of which Rs 72,646 crore has already been released. The total investment is Rs 6.41 lakh crore

Budget 2021: In last year's budget, the government had done away with around 70 of over 100 income tax deductions and exemptions to simplify the tax system

Budget 2021: Real-estate remains a pain-point even as the economy staggers back to normalcy. But what can Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman do to rescue the real estate sector out of its misery?

Budget 2021: Following three years of business disruptions due to GST implementation, demonetisation, the NBFC crisis, and the realty law RERA, the market had started stabilising only to be thrown out of gear again by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown imposed in March