Budget News

Vijay government’s debut Budget strikes a balance between welfare and fiscal prudence

Among the key announcements for women were the ‘Singappengal Valimaippaduthum Thittam’ to promote entrepreneurship, and the ‘Annan’s Seer’ scheme, under which eligible brides will receive an…

Despite grave concerns raised in the White Paper, Kerala Budget silent on bringing down committed expenditure

Committed expenditure is projected to exceed ₹1.22 lakh crore in 2026-27, with salaries, pensions and interest payments consuming nearly three-fourths of Kerala’s revenues

Beyond tax cuts, a closer read of the Union Budget

Many of the measures in manufacturing, agriculture, and climate action, lack rounded strategies

Economic Survey 2025-26 paints rosy picture of job scenario, raises concerns on inequality among gig workers

40% of gig workers report earnings below ₹15,000 per month; they have ‘thin-file’ credit access, which remains a concern as well

Finance Ministry to conduct factory visits for ground-level inputs ahead of Budget planning

The initiative, led by the Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance Ministry, will involve senior DEA officials visiting large, medium and small manufacturing units, as well as externally aided…

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces special schemes for Bihar

The schemes for Bihar announced by Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2024-25 are part of a larger plan called ‘Purvodaya’ to facilitate development of eastern India

Education schemes hit hard as minority welfare spending falls below 50%

Fee reimbursement scheme hit hardest

Industry must invest, innovate; take advantage of Budget announcements: PM Modi

The Prime Minister was addressing a post-Budget webinar on ‘Technology, Reforms and Finance for Viksit Bharat’

We have been urging the Centre to clear Metro Rail projects for Coimbatore and  Madurai, says Thangam Thennarasu

First part of acrimonious Budget session ends; Parliament to meet again on March 9

Kharge objects to removal of parts of his speech from official records; Chairman Radhakrishnan rejects his request to restore them

Budget gives science missions big numbers but core funding gaps persist

The 2026-27 Union Budget sold science as an engine of growth but leading researchers in India saw familiar gaps; they said that while big-ticket missions and new funds look impressive, basic…

What seven leading Indian scientists make of the R&D budget

Budget may cut reliance on foreign telescopes, but trips on space spending

Only a few large astronomical observatories are capable of groundbreaking discoveries worldwide, which means researchers have to compete for observation time. When funding agencies favour their own…

I-T dept releases draft rules, forms for new Income Tax Act; seeks public inputs

Along with the new draft rules and forms, two navigators – one providing the mapping of the old rules and the new draft rules and the second providing the mapping of the old forms and the new draft…

More, and less: On Budget 2026 and health-care spending

The health-care component of Budget 2026 is a mixed bag

More money for defence, now fix the process

A defence Budget has to be seen as tool that powers growth

Tensions escalate in Rajya Sabha over Rahul issue, Opposition stages walkout

Opposition flags events in LS, accuses government of preventing LoP Rahul Gandhi from speaking; Chair says LS proceedings cannot be discussed in RS, stops Mr. Kharge from reading Navarane memoir…

Congress flags ‘procedural irregularities’ in Lok Sabha

Rules of Procedure make it mandatory for PM to explain government’s position at the end of the debate or inform the House of his inability to do so, says Congress; seeks Speaker’s explanation

Opposition has defiled the temple of democracy: Modi

Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha, Mr. Modi refers to the absence of a reply by him in Lok Sabha on the same debate as a ‘defilement of the…

Govt is determined it won’t allow LoP to speak in both Houses, says Congress chief

Kharge says Opposition was forced to walk out of the Rajya Sabha because the government was not ready to listen; Congress leaders slam PM’s speech as partisan and misleading