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Budget 2025 calls for ‘active private partnership’ in guarded nuclear sector

The proposal to amend nuclear liability law to boost foreign and private investments in the much-guarded sector comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit, likely to happen this month.(Pixabay/Representative)

Published on Feb 01, 2025 04:13 pm IST

Union Budget 2024: EV industry seeks incentives and tax rationalisation

The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme, introduced in 2015, promotes electric and hybrid vehicles in India and has completed two terms (Representative Image)

Published on Jul 14, 2024 05:54 pm IST

Budget about faith, disinvestment not equal to selling family silver: FM

Union minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman, New Delhi, February 1, 2021 (Ajay Aggarwal /HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 07, 2021 02:44 pm IST

Full speech text: Prez Kovind's address to Parliament as Budget session starts

President Ram Nath Kovind addresses to the nation on the eve of 72nd Republic Day, in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Jan 29, 2021 01:30 pm IST

From 'insult to National Flag' to farm laws: 10 quotes of Ram Nath Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind

Updated on Jan 29, 2021 12:08 pm IST

State finance minister’s job an unenviable one

Data given in the Reserve Bank of India’s Study of State Budgets puts total receipts of all states with assemblies in 2019-20 at Rs 39.2 lakh crore.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Feb 17, 2020 09:31 am IST

Tax department to settle all legacy disputes without overreach

In the Union budget presented on February 1, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the new scheme to resolve direct tax disputes.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Feb 16, 2020 05:11 am IST

Rajya Sabha drops Question Hour, Zero Hour to give more time to budget discussion

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu conducts proceedings of the House.(Represrntative Photo/PTI)

Updated on Feb 10, 2020 11:40 am IST

‘It was needed’: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on her ‘lengthy’ Budget speech

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.(PTI)

Updated on Feb 08, 2020 10:47 pm IST

The budget’s stab at trickle-down economics

Nirmala Sitharaman after presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha.

Updated on Feb 07, 2020 01:11 pm IST

‘Ram Janmabhoomi issue would have remained unsolved if...’: PM jabs Congress

PM Modi in Parliament. (ANI photo)

Updated on Sept 09, 2020 04:48 pm IST

Why successive budgets seem to have neglected higher education

(HT File)

Published on Feb 05, 2020 04:09 pm IST

Insurance cover on bank deposits raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh from Tuesday

The RBI said increasing insurance cover on bank deposits from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh has been done with a view to providing a greater measure of protection to depositors.(HT File)

Updated on Feb 04, 2020 09:54 pm IST

4 dozen exemptions still available in new income tax structure

The new scheme aims to leave people with more cash to spend, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the government’s budget for the 2020-21 financial year in Parliament.(Reuters FILE/ Representative Image)

Updated on Feb 04, 2020 05:30 am IST

ESOP tax breather among start-up incentives

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 02:05 pm IST

Credit guarantee for HFCs, NBFCs proposed in Budget 2020

The finance minister has also relaxed the eligibility of NBFCs for debt recovery.(File Photo)

Published on Feb 02, 2020 01:57 pm IST

Budget 2020: Insurance cover on bank deposits to go up to Rs 5 lakh

Ever since the crisis broke out at the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, there have been demands to raise the insurance cover on deposits.(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 01:44 pm IST

Quantum computing research gets Rs 8,000-crore push in Budget 2020

According to experts, Saturday’s announcement was significant for its focus on quantum computing.(iStock Photo / Representative Image)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 01:31 pm IST

Union Budget proposes 100 new airports by 2024

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced a Krishi Udan Yojana to be launched by the ministry of civil aviation on international and national routes in Budget 2020-21.(Reuters File)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 01:16 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: 128 Indians test negative as scientists hunt for coronavirus medicine and all the latest news at this hour

A second batch of Indians was evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan on Feb 2, 2020.(HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 01:01 pm IST

Developers unhappy with Union Budget 2020, say no major steps for real estate sector

Last year saw several realty-focused steps from the government, the key being the Rs 25,000 crore alternate investment fund for last-mile funding of stalled housing projects.(Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 11:58 am IST

‘Vivad se Vishwas’: New scheme announced in Budget 2020 to reduce tax litigations

Experts said the effectiveness of the scheme depends on the details that would be notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) soon.(File Photo)

Published on Feb 02, 2020 09:14 am IST

10% TDS on capital gains in mutual funds?

Notebook with mutual funds sign on a table. Business concept.(iStockphoto)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 08:40 am IST

Union Budget 2020: Government proposes tax on all non-tax paying NRIs

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a press conference after presenting Union Budget 2020-21, New Delhi, Feb 1, 2020.(Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 11:35 am IST

Budget 2020: Govt looks to monetise 12 highway bundles of over 6,000km in 5 years, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Bharatmala Pariyojana, an umbrella project launched in 2017 and hailed as India’s biggest highways development plan, involves a total of around 24,800 km for construction in Phase 1.(AP File Photo)

Published on Feb 02, 2020 08:05 am IST

Budget didn’t address real issues, says Opposition

Congress on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government over the union budget.(Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 04:52 am IST

Budget 2020: More funds allotted to fight climate crisis

The budget has proposed to provide ₹22,000 crore to power and renewable energy sector.(HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 07:13 am IST

Taxpayers mature, can save or spend, says finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after attending the Parliament Budget Session 2020-21, in New Delhi, India.(Sonu Mehta / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 06:16 am IST

Bring in prepaid smart meters in three years: Govt to states and UTs

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, holding a folder containing the Union Budget documents, poses for photographers along with her deputy Anurag Thakur.(PTI Photo)

Published on Feb 02, 2020 02:35 am IST

Budget 2020: Focus on better medical care, boost to education

Patients queue up at a civil hospital in Gurugram on October 8, 2018.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Published on Feb 02, 2020 02:26 am IST

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