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PPP thrust in Budget 2025 but breaking from trend capex for infra sector flat

Little headroom for capex as govt focus shifts to consumption; expects private sector to do some heavy lifting in infrastructure.

Real estate hails budget boost but calls for industry status

Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI) West Bengal real's estate industry leaders welcomed the Union Budget 2025-26 for its growth-oriented measures for realty, particularly tax...

Sensex, Nifty end flat in highly volatile trade on Budget day

Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat in a special trading session on Saturday as investors saw little coming...

FM says 1 cr more people will pay no income tax due to hike in rebate

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The government has put "substantial amount of money" in hands of people through rejig of I-T slabs in the...

Flat capex, lower subsidies & higher tax revenue. How Budget 2025 hits a fine fiscal balance

Experts believe budget will boost consumption by providing income tax relief to the middle class. Despite this, govt expects total revenue to grow at twice the pace of expenditure.

SWAMIH Fund 2.0, higher TDS on rentals to boost real estate growth: Hiranandani

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , February 1 (ANI): The proposed hike in TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) on rentals up to Rs 6 lakh, as promised...

Union Budget: Tourism sector to get boost with visa waivers, medical tourism push & homestay loans

The govt laid out a plan to make tourism a key sector for employment-led growth in India. FM Sitharaman announced a plan to develop 50 tourist destinations in the country.

Transformative reforms will strengthen India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat: Industry experts

New Delhi , February 1 (ANI): The Union Budget 2025-26 has been hailed as a transformative step towards realizing the vision of 'Viksit Bharat,'...

10,000 new medical seats, 28% more for Ayushman Bharat, but not much hike in overall health budget

Allocation for health ministry is just 10.9% higher than the revised budget of the ongoing fiscal—barely enough to cover inflation.

Budget 2025: Airlines welcome UDAN network expansion, aviation infra plans

New Delhi , February 1 (ANI): Airline operators have hailed the Union Budget 2025-26, with the government putting an additional thrust on the ever-growing...

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.