Union Budget 2026-27 proposes tax exemptions on accident compensation, lower overseas levies and clearer rules aimed at easing compliance for individual taxpayers.
Since 2017, February 1 has become a fixed date in the Indian parliamentary calendar for the budget presentation.
Moved by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Bill follows prior introduction in the House earlier in the day. It was also earlier approved by the Union Cabinet ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament.
Debunking the protests by the ruling DMK and its allies across Tamil Nadu against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as a diversionary tactic to conceal the Stalin government's failure, BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday claimed that the Chief Minister’s assembly constituency in Chennai itself had 4,379 fake voters.
Citing data from the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the Finance Minister said Diwali sales this year touched a record high of Rs 6.05 lakh crore.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs Sitharaman highlighted that the campaign carries a simple but powerful message that every rupee saved by citizens must return to them or their families.
GSTAT is not merely an institutional reform but “a powerful reminder of our determination to continue improving, reforming, and adapting GST for the future,” Sitharaman said.
Sitharaman will inaugurate statues of prominent South Indian figures at Brihaspati Kund, located at the Teedi Bazaar intersection in Ayodhya.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday outlined five major steps taken by the government to empower exporters and foster…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Leh on Saturday for her four-day visit to Ladakh.
