Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasizes the importance of stability in tax administration for businesses in her Budget 2026 interview.

Sitharaman said focus of ‘Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj’ scheme is to strengthen khadi, handloom, and handicraft sectors ...

Under the Budget, VB-G RAM G has been allocated Rs 95,692 crore, positioning it as the single largest component of the Department of Rural Development's spending.

The budget focuses on new economy sectors such as artificial intelligence, hi-tech, rare earths, and data centers. The budget also emphasizes fiscal consolidation, with a target to keep the fiscal ...

Women’s participation in rural employment has increased steadily from 48 per cent in FY14 to 58.1 per cent in FY25, according to the Economic Survey 2025–26 tabled in Parliament on Wednesday by union ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth budget targets growth and infrastructure while holding fiscal discipline. Yet ...

We finally finish the pond project, also known as the illegal lake, and immediately decide to test it in the worst ways possible. What starts as “wildlife friendly” quickly turns into rebar, nails, ...

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents ninth consecutive budget.

The Budget has a slew of long- and short-term measures with a view to maintain continuity over short-term policy stimuli ...

For a quarter century, Vera Project—currently headquartered at Seattle Center—has been hosting all-ages music shows and ...

Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh on Thursday rejected allegations of corruption raised by contractors in Karnataka, asking them to place concrete evidence in the public domain instead of maki ...

In the 2025 speech, she organised the Budget around "four powerful engines" of agriculture, MSMEs, investment and exports, supported by reforms. In 2026, she replaces that structure with the three-kar ...