The Old Mint on Strand Road that has been lying in ruins for decades will be turned into a museum, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Saturday. The building will house a...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday did away with the dividend distribution tax (DDT) on companies and shifted it to the recipient — a move that led to mixed reactions.Analysts sai...

When the budget speech is so long, replete with recitation of verses with anecdotes, it becomes irritating and that is what happened today. The victim was definitely the feel-good factor, although the...

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The government plans to sell its residual stake in IDBI Bank, which at current market prices could yield over Rs 18,000 crore.This was announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Uni...

The Union budget has proposed an amnesty scheme to bury ongoing tax disputes in various fora with the twin aim to reduce taxpayers’ grievances and increase revenue collection.A back-of-the envelop c...

Finance minister N. Sitharaman in her budget speech on Saturday proposed to set up a tribal museum in Ranchi.“Adivasiyon ko museum mein rakhne ki taiyari hai (Preparation to keep tribals in museum),...

The Union budget presented for the financial year, 2020-21, was curious in at least two ways. The first one was that in a speech that extended to almost three hours, there was no mention of the econom...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said nominal GDP growth for 2020-21 is estimated at 10 per cent.Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said receipts for 2020-21 are pegged...

Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty turned cautious in late-morning trade on Saturday as Union finance minster Nirmala Sitharaman began presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 in Parliament.After gyrating ...