BUDGET
From Bharat-VISTAAR to coconut scheme: FM Sitharaman outlines Budget 2026's AI push for agriculture
Sitharaman said Bharat-VISTAAR will integrate AgriStack portals and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) package of agricultural practices with advanced AI systems to deliver customised, real-time advisory support to farmers.
INDIA
Budget 2026: Share buybacks lose appeal after tax regime changes
According to Prime Database, only one company has announced a buyback so far in 2026, amounting to Rs 34 crore. This compares with buybacks worth Rs 19,716 crore announced by 14 companies in 2025 and Rs 13,539 crore by 48 companies in 2024.
BUDGET
Budget 2026: Govt tops up Self Reliant India fund by Rs 2,000 crore to shore up MSME equity support
The top-up forms part of the government’s three-pronged MSME support framework announced in the Budget, alongside liquidity measures through the TReDS platform and the creation of a new SME Growth Fund to back enterprises based on defined criteria.
BUSINESS
Worst may be behind for markets after "great Budget for country," says Sushil Kedia
Union Budget: The worst may be behind for the markets, stay away from aggressive short positions across the board, said Sushil Kedia.
BUSINESS
Budget 2026: STT hike on F&O will encourage long-term investing, reduce speculative activity, say market experts
The Indian government proposed to raise the securities transaction tax (STT) steeply on futures to 0.05% from 0.02% and to 0.15% from 0.1% on options.
BUSINESS
Kalyan Jewellers, Titan, other jewellery stocks jump up to 6% as FM keeps customs duty on gold, silver unchanged
Kalyan Jewellers India shares gained more than 6.5 percent, while Titan Company shares jumped over 4 percent after Union Budget 2026.
BUSINESS
Budget arithmetic will be a task to achieve, interest rate cuts may take time: Jigar Mistry, Buoyant Capital
The Budget is not as relevant as the market is making it out to be, said Buoyant Capital's Jigar Mistry, suggesting that it largely aligned with the existing policy trajectory.
TECHNOLOGY
Budget 2026: Data Protection Board budget under jumps 5x to Rs 10 crore
On November 14, the IT ministry announced setting up of four-member Data Protection Board
TRENDS
Shark Tank India's Ashneer Grover slams Union Budget 2026 as ‘time waste'
Ashneer Grover’s remarks coincided with a sharp downturn in equity markets. The Sensex and Nifty, which had surged ahead of the Budget speech, reversed course dramatically by midday.
MARKETS
Shankar Sharma hails Budget’s STT hike on derivatives, calls F&O ‘destructive for youth’
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to increase the STT on Futures from 0.02 percent to 0.05 percent, while hiking the STT on options to 0.15 percent.
TECHNOLOGY
Dedicated rare earth corridors will help in reducing strategic dependencies: IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Kr Goenka
On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala announced the creation of dedicated rare earth corridors across four mineral-rich states.
TECHNOLOGY
How Sitharaman's Budget 2026 is powering India's AI ambitions: Key points
Sitharaman said the government is seeking to meet the 'aspirations of youthful India' with these new measures
BUDGET
Budget 2026 charts clear roadmap for Viksit Bharat, says PM Modi
This is one such unique budget which has focus on bringing down fiscal deficit, on bringing inflation under control and with this, Budget also has the combination of high CapEx and high growth, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi
BUSINESS
Budget 2026 lift IT stocks with tax regime sweeteners for tech and cloud services
IT stocks continue to trade in red, amid weak market momentum and failure to absorb Union Budget 2026 measures as completely positive for the sector in near term.
BUDGET
Budget Speech 2026: Full Text of FM Nirmala Sitharaman Union Budget Speech
The official portal hosts the complete set of Budget papers, including the Finance Minister’s speech, key announcements and supporting documents, allowing citizens, businesses and analysts to access detailed information on the Union Budget 2026.
BUDGET
'Completely insipid': Congress slams Union Budget, calls Sitharaman speech 'non-transparent'
In another post in Hindi, Jairam Ramesh said, "It (Budget) turned out to be completely insipid."
BUDGET
'No course correction': Rahul Gandhi drops a six-point 'crisis list' on Budget 2026
Earlier in the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive budget, where she created history to become first Finance Minister in India to deliver nine consecutive budgets, surpassing her own record.
BUDGET
17 cancer medicines to be exempt from basic customs duty, announces Sitharaman
The finance minister also announced measures to strengthen emergency and trauma care facilities nationwide
BUDGET
Paytm, Mobikwik shares jump after Rs 2,000 crore UPI incentive announcement
One97 Communications gains 5% and One Mobikwik rises 4% after Budget 2026 allocates Rs 2,000 crore subsidy for UPI and RuPay debit card payments.
BUDGET
Mineral corridors to infra boost: What FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has for poll-bound states
The states going to polls this year include West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu besides the union territory of Puducherry. Here's what the Budget 2026 had for them.
BUDGET
Budget 2026:Ten key takeaways for investors
The stock markets reacted negatively to the Budget as benchmark Sensex was down 710 points or 0.86% at 1 PM on Sunday.
BUDGET
Budget removes Rs 10-lakh cap on courier exports to improve global access for SMEs, startups
The announcement removes a key restriction under the Foreign Trade Policy and is accompanied by proposed technology-led changes to improve identification and handling of rejected and returned courier consignments
BUSINESS
Budget 2026: Govt proposes safe harbour margin of 15.5% for IT sector; expands threshold from Rs 300 crore to Rs 2000 crore
Calling India a global leader in IT services, Sitharaman has clubbed software development services, contract R&D services, IT enabled services, knowledge process outsourcing under a single category of Information Technology (IT) Services.
BUSINESS
Budget day top losers: Bharat Electronics, SBI lead losses as Sensex plunges 1,575 points, Nifty slides over 2%
Losses on the Nifty were led by Bharat Electronics, which tumbled 10 percent by the time the Budget 2026 speech ended. Metal stocks remained under pressure, with Hindalco Industries falling over 6 percent. Gains were scarce and confined to a few healthcare stocks.
