In an interview to Mint and HT, FM Nirmala Sitharaman explained the philosophy behind the new Income Tax bill, what the government is doing to ensure regulators don’t operate in silos, how the government is trying to diversify export markets and the plan to reach 8% GDP growth.

The meeting would take place a day after the RBI announces the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting amid wide expectation of a rate cut by the central bank to boost moderating GDP growth.

MADHUBANI (ANI) – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid tribute to Madhubani art by wearing a saree gifted by Padma Shri awardee Dulari Devi while presenting the Budget on February 1.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in an exclusive post-Budget interview to NDTV said the government has not cut back on defence spending, rather it ensured that defence pensions and procurement expenses are never lowered.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the the tax proposal will allow people to have more money in their hands.

The Union Budget 2025, which will be the second full budget of the Modi 3.0 government, is expected to be presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, February 1, 2025,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her eighth Union Budget on February 1, 2025, nearing Morarji Desai's record of 10. India's Budget history includes milestones like the longest speech by Sitharaman in 2020 and the shortest by Hirubhai Patel in 1977.

Nirmala Sitharaman makes history by presenting her 8th consecutive Union Budget 2025, maintaining the record for the most consecutive budgets under a single Prime Minister. Appointed India's first full-time woman finance minister in 2019,