Category: Politics

The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her record ninth-consecutive Union Budget 2026-27 in the parliament on Sunday. Presenting the Budget, Sitharaman said that India today faces an external environment in which trade and multilateralism are imperilled and access to resources and supply chains are disrupted. She added that new technologies are transforming production systems while […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined in Budget 2026-27 a set of measures with direct implications for startups and entrepreneurs, signalling the government’s intent to strengthen India’s technology-led growth model through digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and tax certainty, rather than short-term fiscal incentives. A key announcement affecting the startup ecosystem is the introduction of a long-term tax […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her historic ninth Budget speech in Parliament on Sunday, saying, “On the sacred occasion of Magh Purnima and the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, I present the Budget for the year 2026–27. Since we assumed office 12 years ago, India’s economic trajectory has been marked by stability, fiscal discipline, sustained growth […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026 27 at 11 AM today marking a historic first in India’s post Independence fiscal history as the Union Budget is being tabled on a Sunday for the first time. The presentation comes after the Economic Survey 2025 26 was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday […]

. All of us have just witnessed one of the most significant Free Trade Agreements in the business world – covering 22 per cent (USD 24 trillion) of global GDP (USD 115 trillion) and encapsulating 25 per cent (2 billion) of the world’s population (8 billion). No free trade agreement has ever encompassed this massive market […]

The Economic Survey 2025- 26 has proposed deeper equity monetisation from central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) by selectively lowering government shareholding beyond existing thresholds to strengthen non-debt capital receipts in the years ahead. “Going forward, receipts from equity monetisation can be strengthened by selectively reducing Government equity in certain CPSEs beyond the minimum public shareholding norms, […]

The Economic Survey 2025-26 flagged risks to the global growth outlook if the AI-led investment cycle fails to translate into anticipated productivity gains, even as it assessed India’s domestic economy to be on a stable footing with medium-term growth potential close to 7 per cent. “If the AI boom fails to deliver the anticipated productivity gains, […]

The India Inc chief financial officers (CFOs) and trade experts have hailed the India-EU FTA which was signed on Tuesday, breaking a 20-year deadlock with negotiations first beginning as early 2007. The finance heads said they see this as an economic victory amid a turbulent geopolitical environment where exporters are under pressure due to US tariffs. […]

India-EU FTA: The newly concluded EU-India free trade agreement promises cheaper European consumer goods in India such as breads, chocolates, confectioneries and wine in a move likely to expand choices and ease prices for Indian consumers accustomed to high import duties on European products. Key tariff cuts under the EU-India deal include some such benefits for […]

Many corporate groups are caught in a bind over a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rule on their holding and strategic investment companies. While promoter families use these entities to own equity stakes and control group companies, they are unlike regular holding companies. The difference lies in their income streams: more than half of their earnings […]