Ahead of the tabling of the Economic Survey in the Lok Sabha today, Congress MP Manickam Tagore accused the Centre of bringing and passing bills one after another without taking opposition parties in confidence.
Speaking to the media, Sudhakar alleged that the Centre repeatedly announces new programmes in the name of cooperative federalism but later unilaterally decides funding shares and fails to reimburse states, leaving their finances in a grim condition.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has strongly rejected the criticism levelled by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling the allegations a case of "sour grapes" and asserting that the agreement is a win-win deal for both
Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambram responded to the President Droupadi Murmu's Budget Session address and said that the '125 days' of work under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act is not a "guarantee but an ill
The share market in the country opened flat on Tuesday as investors remained in a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the upcoming Union Budget this weekend, with market volatility showing signs of cooling.
A day after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the opposition uproar during President Droupadi Murmu's Budget session address, Congress on Thursday said that the party will raise the MNREGA issue during the budget session which began on Wednesday with an address by Presid
The Budget session began on Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament. The Union Budget 2026-27 will be presented on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
They also appealed to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take women's interests into account while framing the budget, saying that steps to support household budgets and women's economic security would provide much-needed relief to middle-class families.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticised Europe for prioritising a trade deal with India over Ukraine, accusing the EU of indirectly funding Russia's war through energy trade. He said the US has made bigger sacrifices and warned that Europe put commerce ahead of Ukrainian lives.
"India's economy has outperformed expectations, aided significantly by multinational investments, and stressed the need for greater tax certainty to sustain higher long-term growth," said Aayush Nagpal, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Nagpal said the last year's Economic
Crisil Ratings reports that the domestic cigarette industry is preparing for a 6-8 per cent volume reduction in the next fiscal year. This follows the imposition of additional excise duties and an increase in GST rates effective February 1. Under the new tax structure, the compensation ce