Budget

March 05, 2021

China hikes defence budget to $209 billion, over 3 times that of India

Defending the increase, Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the NPC, told the media here that China's efforts to strengthen the national defence do not target or threaten any country.

December 16, 2020
Column | Nirmala Sitharaman's next budget may be unlike her first two

The last finance minister who faced such a bleak prospect was Madhu Dandavate under Prime Minister V P Singh in 1990, as India was plagued by global economic distress.
May 27, 2020
Cost-effective construction to be the norm post Covid, know these tips

It is highly important to entrust the construction works to experienced and trustworthy contractors.
March 02, 2020
Delhi riots, slump in economy to put govt on the back foot in Parliament

The Congress is likely to move an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha and suspension of business under rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha.
February 08, 2020
Kerala Budget: Why Isaac is no different from Nirmala Sitharaman

Both Thomas Isaac and Nirmala Sitharaman have put out optimistic numbers.
February 02, 2020
Only income generated in India by NRIs to be taxed: Sitharaman

At present, if an Indian or a person of Indian origin managed his stay in India such that he remained a non-resident in perpetuity, he was not liable to pay tax on his global income in India.
February 01, 2020
Union Budget: Sitharaman's Thiruvalluvar recital provokes Opposition

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's evocation of the great Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar provoked angry noises from the Opposition benches during the budget presentation.

Budget

China hikes defence budget to $209 billion, over 3 times that of India

Column | Nirmala Sitharaman's next budget may be unlike her first two

Cost-effective construction to be the norm post Covid, know these tips

Delhi riots, slump in economy to put govt on the back foot in Parliament

Kerala Budget: Why Isaac is no different from Nirmala Sitharaman

Only income generated in India by NRIs to be taxed: Sitharaman

Union Budget: Sitharaman's Thiruvalluvar recital provokes Opposition

Parliament's Budget session to begin on Jan 31

File tax returns if you have foreign trips, steep electricity bills

10 per cent customs duty will worsen newspaper industry's financial crisis: INS