Union Budget 2025-26
Budget 2025-26: Income up to Rs12 lakh to get tax exemption
03 Feb 2025
Presenting the budget in Parliament, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed an across-the-board change in income-tax slabs and rates
Budget 2025-26: Sitaraman promises a simpler tax regime
03 Feb 2025
Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman promised to continue efforts to simplify taxes, improve tax payer services, provide tax certainty and reduce litigation while keeping in mind
Budget 2025-26: More disposable income in taxpayer’s hands
03 Feb 2025
Presenting the Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 in Parliament today, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman proposed an increase in standard deduction for personal income tax
Budget 2025-26 GST set for review, customs duty structure simplified
03 Feb 2025
Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman has offered to further simplify and rationalise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure and expand it to the remaining sectors so as to multiply its benefits.
Union Budget 2025-26: Focus on employment and consumption as economy slows
03 Feb 2025
The government will focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs, and the middle class to push growth in a slowing economy, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman
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The New Oil: How the 2026 lithium and graphite bottleneck could stall global EV growth
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The New Oil: How the 2026 Rare Earth Shock Is Reshaping the Global Economy
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