1 day ago · Union Budget 2025 LIVE: FM Nirmala Sitharaman delivers Modi 3.0’s first budget speech in parliament Feb 1, 2025, 10:34 AM IST. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting India’s Union Budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 today, February 1, 2025, at 11 AM.

9 hours ago · Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, carrying a red pouch containing budget documents, poses for a photograph with colleagues as she arrives to present the federal budget in the Parliament in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

17 hours ago · Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 was presented in the parliament earlier today. The budget continues the government’s efforts to accelerate growth, secure inclusive development, invigorate private sector investments, uplift household sentiments, and enhance the spending power of India’s rising middle class.

23 hours ago · Budget 2025 comes at a time when India’s economic growth has slowed down to a 2-year low at 5.4%. The Union Budget speech is hence likely to see reforms being announced to stimulate economic growth.

13 hours ago · A new scheme to make India a global hub for toys; Budget 2025: A big push for business reform. FDI limit for the insurance sector will be raised from 74 to 100 per cent. This enhanced limit will be available for those companies which invest the entire premium in India; India Post Payment Bank to be expanded in rural areas.

16 hours ago · Budget 2025 is a well thought out, comprehensive growth-oriented budget pushing both the critical wheels of Indian economy - capex and consumption, while maintaining the Fiscal Discipline.

Webcast of Hon'ble Finance Minister's Presentation of Union Budget in the Parliament

10 hours ago · Global Share: India’s share in global market cap grew to 4.3% in 2024, up from 1.6% in 2013. Weight in MSCI Index: India overtook China in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index weight in September 2024, peaking at ~22% from ~7% in 2014. Growing retail participation: Demat accounts expanded from 22 million in 2014 to 180 million in 2024.

12 hours ago · Union Budget 2025 Explained Live: Tax relief for the middle class, we explain Budget 2025 Highlights, Important Points Explained Live Updates: In this live blog, senior editors for Economy and Business at The Indian Express provide updates from the Budget speech with an explanation of the provisions and what they mean for you.

17 hours ago · India plans to cut the fiscal deficit to 4.4% of GDP for the year starting April 1, slightly below the 4.5% previously estimated. It also announced slightly high-than-expected bond sales of 14.82 ...