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USIBC calls for deeper reforms & roadmap, including for nuclear, following Budget 2025

US-India Business Council praises focus on nuclear energy & critical minerals but stresses need for clear private-sector roadmaps & streamlined regulatory approvals for long-term success.

Budget 2025 is good for Uttarakhand—UDAN boosts tourism, higher credit for MSMEs: Shaurya Doval

While some announcements in the Budget pertained to Bihar and Assam, it would be baseless to claim that the Modi government engaged in favouritism.

Budget 2025 shows how well Nirmala Sitharaman handled govt resources

It would not be improper to say that a small proportion of India’s population has become the limelight of the Union Budget for 2025-26....

ThePrint panel breaks down the hits and misses of Union Budget 2025-26

The discussion with ICRA's Aditi Nayar, Grant Thornton Bharat's Rishi Shah & EY India's Samir Kanabar will offer expert insights on fiscal policies, economic growth, and taxation.

In Sitharaman’s budget speech, a verse from Thirukkural on good governance, a quote from Apparao

Finance minister had quoted Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar in her 2020 and 2021 Union Budget speeches as well. Even PM Modi has mentioned lines from the poet on several occasions.

What did Budget 2025 accomplish? Consumption boost for wealthy taxpayers, selective tariffs

There is no sign that the Modi government is abandoning the policies that have led India’s ‘Billionaire Raj’ to be more unequal than the British Raj.

Taxman will still come after you. Expect more scrutiny of your tax returns

Budget 2025 makes it clear the government’s privatisation mission has been buried. It wants to pump money into CPSEs, and receive ever-increasing dividends.

Budget 2025 expands scope of agricultural schemes. Allocations don’t match

Centrality of the agriculture sector was highlighted both by the Chief Economic Adviser and the FM today. It is ironic then that the Ministry of Agriculture’s budget was slashed.

Modi govt rolls out rural prosperity programme, to work with states to make villages ‘poverty-free’

The programme aims to create jobs, support small farmers, empower rural women, expand skill training & reduce migration by promoting entrepreneurship & modernising agriculture.

Budget 2025 balances growth with fiscal prudence. Brings tax relief for middle-class

A key theme underlying both the Economic Survey and the Budget is to reduce the regulatory burden to improve the ease of doing business.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.