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Victor Dasgupta February 1, 2026 9:42 AM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth Budget in the Parliament today (February 1, 2026). This is the first time in the history of India that the Union Budget is being presented on a Sunday.
Victor Dasgupta March 17, 2025 3:11 AM IST
The total foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan are roughly equal to the amount by which India's reserves increased last week.
India.com Business Desk January 24, 2024 9:33 PM IST
The SBI report has estimated that the net market borrowing of the Centre to be approximately Rs 11.7 lakh crore in FY25.
Analiza Pathak December 29, 2023 1:37 PM IST
As the Budget 2024 is just around the corner, it is important to be well-informed about the key terms and concepts that will be discussed during this crucial event. Here, is a glossary of words that you must know to navigate through the budget discussions.
PTI October 31, 2023 5:37 PM IST
In the Union Budget, the government projected to bring down the fiscal deficit to 5.9 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the current 2023-24 financial year. The fiscal deficit was 6.4 per cent of the GDP in 2022-23 against the earlier estimate of 6.71 per cent.
IANS February 1, 2023 1:17 PM IST
Fiscal deficit is the difference between total expenditure and revenue of a government in a year.
India.com Business Desk January 28, 2023 4:32 PM IST
Budget 2023: Income tax-related proposal, fiscal deficit, disinvestment target and capital expenditure are some of the key things all are looking for in Budget 2023.
India.com Business Desk January 18, 2023 4:39 PM IST
Subsidy spending is expected to moderate to 1.3 per cent of GDP in FY24 from 2 per cent of GDP in FY2023, driven by lower food and fertilizer subsidy.
India.com Business Desk August 31, 2022 4:32 PM IST
India's fiscal deficit for the months April-July stands at Rs 3.41 lakh crore, which is equivalent to 20.5 per cent of the FY23 target
India.com Business Desk January 18, 2022 6:26 AM IST
Budget 2022 India: The fiscal deficit target of the government in the next fiscal may be at 6.5 per cent, down from 6.8 per cent in the current year.
India.com News Desk May 31, 2021 5:26 PM IST
For this financial year, the government had initially pegged the fiscal deficit at Rs 7.96 lakh crore or 3.5 per cent of the GDP in the budget presented in February 2020.
India.com News Desk April 1, 2021 4:19 PM IST
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of March 2021 stood at Rs 1,23,902 crore.
India.com Business Desk January 22, 2021 5:49 PM IST
Budget 2021 Latest Update: The Centre must address these challenges as the finance minister is going to present budget 2021 on Feb 1.
India.com Business Desk February 28, 2020 6:26 PM IST
The Reserve Bank had also estimated 5 per cent GDP growth for 2019-20. China's economic growth was 6 per cent in October-December 2019, which was the weakest expansion in over 27 years.
India.com Business Desk February 3, 2020 8:07 PM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Central government is putting money where assets have to be created.
India.com Business Desk October 27, 2019 12:43 PM IST
Refuting reports that RBI is selling its gold reserve first time in 30 years, the central bank claimed that the fluctuation is because of the change in frequency of revaluation from monthly to weekly basis.
IANS August 27, 2019 6:56 PM IST
Some foreign broking houses have said that the RBI windfall would be used in achieving the fiscal deficit target.
India.com News Desk June 28, 2019 9:37 PM IST
Any decision to fulfil the demands of Central Government employees beyond 7th pay recommendations can damage the fiscal consolidation plan of the Modi government.
India.com News Desk November 24, 2018 8:54 PM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday claimed that the government does not need any extra funds from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) or any other institution to meet the fiscal deficit target.
India.com Business Desk September 16, 2018 9:29 AM IST
Arun Jaitley said that the government will end the financial year without any cuts in the budgeted expenditure as it is extremely necessary for economic growth.
India.com News Desk September 15, 2018 8:43 PM IST
The Goods and Services Tax (GST), Jaitley said, is settling down.
India.com News Desk September 1, 2018 12:01 AM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that 8.2% growth has represented the potential of New India in an environment of global turmoil.
Indo-Asian News Service August 29, 2018 8:44 PM IST
Index-wise, the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed at 11,691.90 points, lower 46.60 points or 0.40 per cent from its previous close.
PTI Feeds August 8, 2018 12:22 AM IST
As per the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, tabled in the Lok Sabha, the outgo towards subsidies and interest payment too will witness substantial increase in the coming years.
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