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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 Love Muhammad’ is cheap politicisation of Prophet’s name. Don’t drag it to the streets

Muslims would do better to think about whether the public performance of religion strengthens or weakens secularism—the idea in which they have the highest stake.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.