The hospitality industry, overlooked in the Union budget, hopes to receive some support from the Centre once international travel opens up. Puneet Chhatwal, chairman, CII national committee on touris...

The health budget of 2021 is extremely important given the backdrop of pandemic-induced disruptions in the social and economic lives of the people. This year’s Economic Survey emphasiz...

Biswas had spoken about vegetable vendors, roadside eateries and dhabas encroaching on the highway. Bhattacharya talks about the local haats in Bethuadahari, Chakdah, Debagram, also spilling onto the ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday exhorted the private sector to take advantage of corporate tax rate cut and other initiatives of the government, and unleash 'animal spirits' by...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India, stating that the centre and states need to work closely to boost ec...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined the main points of the Union Budget for 2021-22 and discussed the road map to fiscal consolidation and borrowing plan with the Reserve Bank of India’...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday told the Lok Sabha that the government has been pursuing reforms for sustained long term growth despite the Covid-19 pandemic . “Covid-19 did not...

Exporters on Wednesday raised concerns on certain budget proposals which they called as “harsh and draconian” as they gave the authorities the power to seize goods. A sub-section is propo...

The fine print of the budget shows the government resorting to retrospective provisions to overturn judicial pronouncements in the areas of slump sale, goodwill and the income adjustment of charitable...

Sir — The article, “Winning hearts” (Feb 4), by Swapan Dasgupta essentially hails the bluffs by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Union budget for 2021-22 as revolutio...