Nirmala Sitharaman

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the budget empowers women, energises reforms, supports youth aspirations, strengthens MSMEs, and balances fiscal discipline with growth, while positioning India as a trusted global partner and future third largest economy.

Based on its findings, the committee will recommend steps to ensure that workers are trained and ready to adapt to these changes.

Officials are calling the budget's main theme 'Reform Express' inside the finance ministry. The idea is to focus on long-term structural changes rather than short-term populist measures. This includes simplifying regulations, improving ease of doing business and strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity.

This year’s Union Budget is poised to mark a quiet but consequential departure from a convention that has held firm for nearly 75 years....

Performed in Varanasi after two centuries, Devvrat Rekhe’s rigorous 2000-mantra Dandakrama Parayanam earned national recognition, with PM Modi and Nirmala Sitharaman lauding the young vedamurti for his discipline, purity of recitation and extraordinary Vedic dedication.

As the GST compensation cess nears its end, the government plans a replacement mechanism through a new public health and national security cess, supported by amendments to the Central Excise Act to maintain revenue from tobacco products.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (4th October) launched a national campaign of awareness titled 'Aapki Punji, Aapka Adhikar' (Your Money, Your Right) at...