Domestic stock markets opened largely flat on Sunday during a special budget session, as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget at 11 am.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at the Kartavya Bhawan on Sunday ahead of presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present a Rs 54.1 lakh crore Union Budget for FY2026-27, registering a year-on-year growth of 7.9 per cent, according to a report by Sunidhi Securities & Finance Limited.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move for leave to introduce the Finance Bill, 2026, today at 11 am during the Budget session in Lok Sabha.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey of India in Parliament for the financial year 2025-26, setting the stage for the Union Budget, which will be presented on Sunday, February 1. This year, the Budget presentation falls on a weekend.
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
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.
At present, the Tamil Nadu government provides 1,000 units of free electricity once every two months to ordinary power looms. The sector is now hopeful that the Union Budget will include a provision for installing solar power panels at subsidised rates.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday took the battle for the state's apple growers to the doorsteps of the Union Government, in a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi and urged for urgent intervention against the crippling influ