Nirmala Sitharaman
- India
Culture Ministry gets more allocations in Union Budget
New Delhi: With a focus on celebrations under the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ programme commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence, the outlay for annual budget 2023-24 of the Ministry of Culture has…
- India
New tax regime now more attractive: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government has made the new income tax regime more attractive for taxpayers and has brought about ‘substantial changes’ in its structure for…
- India
FM proposes to do away with tax exemptions on high value life insurance policies
New Delhi: Maturities of life insurance policies with an annual premium of Rs 5 lakh and above taken after April 2023 will now be taxed after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman removed the…
- World
UK business and financial circles describe Indian Budget as very encouraging, stabilising
London: The Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday has been widely welcomed in the UK business and financial circles as “very encouraging” for the bilateral partnership and also…
- India
Huge disappointment for people of J&K: CPI(M) leader Tarigami on Union budget
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami on Wednesday said the Union budget for 2023-24 was a “huge disappointment” for Jammu and Kashmir as the proposals contained in it failed to address the…
- India
Rs 5.94 lakh crore allocated to defence ministry in Union Budget
New Delhi: The defence budget was on Wednesday increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24 in a modest hike of 13 percent from last year’s allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore…
- India
Budget reduces surcharge on HNIs, brings down India’s highest income tax rate to 39 pc
New Delhi: The Budget 2023-24 proposes to lower India’s highest rate of income tax to 39 percent, from 42.74 per cent at present, by reducing the surcharge applicable on high net-worth individuals.…
- Middle East
Gold Prices touched all-time high and Gulf jewelers observing closely
Jeddah: Gold rates climbed to a new life-time high of ₹58,060 per 10 gm on Wednesday in India and prices become volatile amid budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and went…
- India
‘Callous’ Budget has betrayed hopes of vast majority of people: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday accused the government for ignoring the common man behind, saying the absence of key concerns in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech showed how…
- Business
PM thumps desk 124 times during Sitharaman’s shortest-ever budget speech
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday delivered her shortest-ever Budget speech of 86 minutes. This was her fifth budget speech. Her budget speech in 2022 ended in about 92…
- Kerala
Nothing in Union Budget to solve economic disparities in country: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the Union Budget 2023-24 does not attempt to solve the growing economic disparities in the country. Vijayan, reacting to the budget presented by Union…
- India
Union Budget: Massive cut in funds for madrasas; merit-cum means scholarship
The Union budget 2023 witnessed an 87% cut in the merit-cum means scholarship meant for professional and technical courses for students from minority communities with just Rs 44 crore allocated to it.…
- India
Budget: Over Rs 946 crore allocated to CBI
New Delhi: The Centre has allocated Rs 946 crore to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Union Budget 2023-24 announced on Wednesday, a slight increase of over 4.4 per cent from…
- Telangana
Income tax rebate is of no use to Telangana: BRS MLC Kavitha
Hyderabad: Reacting to the union budget delivered by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman BRS MLC K Kavitha Kalvakuntla on Wednesday said that the income tax rebate on income up to Rs 7 lakhs…
- India
Budget 2023-24 gives ‘nirasha’ instead of ‘asha’ to Indians: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Union Budget for 2023-24 has given “nirasha” (despair) instead of “asha” (hope) to people of the country. He also claimed that the…
