Budget Highlights

The Union Budget 2025 is set to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Budget is likely to focus on changes in the income tax structure and improving the ease of doing business in India among other things. Interestingly, this will be Sitharaman’s seventh Budget presentation with five full term ones and one interim budget presented earlier this year.

Budget 2024: Top 10 highlights from the last interim budget presented by Piyush Goyal

Here are the key highlights from Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Interim Budget 2019-20.

Budget 2023 Key Highlights: Pharma industry lauds budget’s 'positive thrust on research, innovation'

Union Budget 2023 Key Highlights: The pharma industry has hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budgetary proposal to promote research and innovation in the sector but is disappointed that APIs, the vital ingredient of drugs, have been overlooked in the Budget 2023-24.

Budget 2018: Equity MF's growth option to find favour as FM Arun Jaitley proposes 10% tax on dividend distributed

This move will provide a level playing field across growth oriented funds and dividend distributing funds.

Budget 2018: Populism was always on the cards, and Arun Jaitley duly delivered

It was always going to be the most political of the NDA’s Budgets so far, but the FM exceeded expectations on this front.

Budget 2013: Need to open up our financial market, says Malvinder Singh

Malvinder Mohan Singh, Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, spoke about his sectors' expectations.

Budget 2013 Live: Introducing Direct Tax Code Bill is good, says JSW Steel

The budget, with the limited availability of fiscal space, attempted to bring fiscal consolidation with lower fiscal deficit of 4.8% and simultaneously made higher allocations to various schemes to spur investments.

Budget Analysis: Emphasis on infra spend is limited, says Essar Ports

The budget has a high focus on social sector, while nothing new has been done specifically to spur infrastructure spending

Union Budget 2013: Why Chidu's Lo-Cal budget is a flop-show

If Palaniappan Chidambaram‘s eighth budgethas not set the markets on fire, it can be easily explained: his first goal was to avoid doing damage to investor confidence, which is what his predecessor managed to do. And unlike his own 2008 budget, which set the stage for the economy‘s long-term slide

Budget 2013: RBI deputy says will manage FY14 government borrowing

The RBI will be able to manage the government's borrowing programme for the next fiscal year, Urjit Patel, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India, said on Thursday, after the government unveiled a higher-than-expected gross borrowing number.

Investors to face some small changes after Budget 2013-14

Investors will witness some incremental changes as far as their investment plans are concerned in the coming financial year following the announcement of the Union Budget 2013-14.

Live Budget 2013-14: Setting up road regulator is a welcome move: KPMG

Infrastructure companies reeling under huge debts have a reason to cheer after the Finance Minister assured them availability of low cost funds in the Union Budget 2013-14.

Budget Analysis: Pvt cos in liquidation as directors liability increased

Budget 2013 Analysis: Private companies in liquidation as directors liability increased.

Live Market Updates: Budget non-event; Sensex, Nifty remain volatile

Union Budget is a non-event for the market and not worthy of the expectations that P Chidambaram might have stroked in his commentary in the past. There are some irritants for the market.

Live Market Updates: Nifty below 5800; M&M, Tata Motors fall on excise duty hike

The market is still struggling to gain investors‘ confidence as the Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced some important duty hikes. The Sensex was down 69.63 points or 0.36% at 19082.78, and the Nifty fell 20.95 points or 0.36% at 5775.95.

Live Market Updates: Sensex loses 83 points, investors dislike FM's tax blow

Investors have not liked the FM‘s way of dealing with taxation this time. Both the BSE Sensex and Nifty have lost majorly now. The Sensex was down 83.21 points or 0.43% at 19069.20, while the Nifty lost 26.25 points or 0.45% at 5770.65.

Budget 2013: Defence budget hiked, FDI rules to be made easier

Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced that the Ministry of Rural Development will be given Rs 80,194 crore in 2013-14 while about Rs 33,000 crore has been allotted for MGNREGA even as he cautioned that Indian economy was not out of the woods.

Live Market Updates: Nifty sinks below 5800 on FM's Budget speech

Holding it firm for sometime, the market seemed to be giving up all its gains. The FM has not allocated any major boosters so far. The Sensex was down 5.80 points or 0.03% at 19146.61, while the Nifty slipped below 5800 at 5792.90 down 4.00 points or 0.07%.

Live Budget 2013-14: New road projects will boost cement demand

The finance minister has announced 3000 kms of new road projects in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. This will boost cement sector in 2013-14. The sector has been grappling with sluggish demand and overcapacity for the past six months.

Nifty goes calm, PSU banking stocks gain on Budget speech

The market is not showing much movement as the Finance Minister P Chidambaram reads out his Budget allocation for various sectors. The Sensex was up 67.10 points or 0.35% at 19219.51, and the Nifty gained 15.15 points or 0.26% at 5812.05.

Union Budget 2013 - 14: Natural gas pricing policy to be reviewed

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the natural gas pricing policy will be reviewed. He also said that five LNG terminals in Dabhol will be operational in 2013-14.

Live Market Updates: BSE Sensex up 40 points, infra gains on Budget allocation

The market was holding gains as infra stocks boosted the indices. In his Budget speech, Finance Minsiter P Chidambaram spoke of approving Rs 50,000 crore tax-free bonds in FY14. The government expects to raise Rs 25,000 crore via tax-free bonds in FY13.

Union Budget 2013 - 14: FM assures low cost infra funds, 3000 kms new road projects

The Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced 3000 kms of road projects in 2013-14 in various states in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. He also said committees will be set up to fast- track stalled and even new projects.

Live Market Updates: Nifty quiet, education stocks rally on Budget allocation

The market seemed to go mute as the FM divulged details about the expenditure and current account deficit. Finance Minister says FY14 plan expenditure to be 30% more than FY13 revised estimates. FM says FY13 plan expenditure cut to Rs 3.9 lakh crore versus before estimates of Rs 5.9 lakh crore.

Budget 2013: Economy's slow growth a challenge, no reason for gloom: FM

Finance Minister P Chidambaram while presenting Union Budget 2013-14 in Parliament on Thursday admitted that the slow growth rate of Indian economy remains a challenge but added that he was confident that the country could bounce back.