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Union Budget 2025

Tourism as a transformational force

There was a time when travel was all about checking boxes of how many places you could squeeze into an itinerary, or how many pictures you could take in front of famous monuments.

Budget Realitie

The Union Budget 2025-26 sets out to address a range of economic challenges, from reviving growth to bolstering social welfare.

Corporate houses upbeat to Sitharaman’s 8th Budget

Corporate houses in the city seem to have lapped up the Union Budget 2025. Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman Ambuja Neotia Group, for instance, said, “The budget proposals of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has provided the vision of a new India story, with a governance that is light touch and trusting, a regulatory regime that is encouraging for industry and policies that are focused on job creation.

Budget meaningless for middle-class: Adhir

The Union Budget 2025 has sparked a political storm in West Bengal, with the state BJP hailing it as "pro-people" while the opposition Left and Congress have strongly criticised it, calling it "anti-poor" and a tool for electoral gains ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections and for upcoming elections in some states.

Middle-Class

Relief The Union Budget 2025-26 delivers a substantial tax break to India’s middle class, with the exemption threshold rising to Rs 12 lakh from Rs 7 lakh.