Budget 2023: Pulse of the economy captured, says FICCI president

Subhrakant Panda, President of industry body FICCI has said the Budget announcements that were made on Wednesday...

Indian economy backed by strong fundamentals; check datapoints

Be it capital expenditure, the asset quality of banks, foreign exchange reserves, GST collections, fiscal...

Budget 2023: Urban unemployment in India at four-year low

In June 2019, the urban unemployment rate was at 8.9 per cent, which peaked at 20.9 per cent during the COVID...

Budget 2023: Per capita income more than doubled since 2014

The per capita income in India has more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh over the past nine years.

Here're details of fund allocation to major schemes

The government on Wednesday presented the annual Budget for 2023-24, the last full Budget of Modi government 2.0.

Subsidies on fertiliser reduced by 22 pc, food 31 pc

Subsidies on fertiliser and food for 2023-24 (April-March) have been reduced by 22 per cent and 31 per cent each...

50-year interest-free loans to States extended for another year

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday, announced that the government proposes...

Cigarettes to cost more, Budget proposes 16 pc increase in duty

While presenting the annual budget in Parliament today, Sitharaman proposed to revise National Calamity Contingent...

Deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme doubled

The government has raised the maximum deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 lakh.

Govt proposes 100 critical projects for logistics at Rs

The government proposed to take up 100 critical transport infrastructure projects, for last and first-mile...

Budget 2023: Stock market investors cheer, Sensex up 1,000 points

Indian stock markets reacted positively to the Union Budget for 2023-24 as the benchmark indices rose over 1,000...

Budget: Govt proposes raising agri credit target to Rs 20 lakh cr

Sitharaman started her Budget speech at 11 am, the last full Budget of the Modi government in its second term....