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Budget 2025: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a mega income tax relief for the middle class in her Budget. Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced six new schemes and increased the subsidised Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan limit to Rs 7 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, targeting everything from ...

2. Together, we embark on a journey to unlock our nation’s tremendous potential for greater prosperity and global positioning under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

Along with this, finance ministers became crucial in molding the perception and reputation of Union Cabinets.' 'Governments couldn't afford a wrong person in that portfolio,' asserts Shyam G Menon.

Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2025, the program aims to enhance rural prosperity by integrating existing agricultural programs with targeted interventions.

As per established tradition, the finance minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament. President Murmu offered 'dahi-chini' (curd-sugar), considered auspicious, ...

She is the country's only finance minister to present eight Union Budgets and ahe also holds the record for the longest Budget speech in history. India's first budget as an independent country ...

Watch now for a full breakdown! Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget in parliament on February 1. Along with a slew of changes, she announced a rehaul of the existing tax slabs ...

IMAGE: Dr Manmohan Singh, then India's finance minister, gives final touches to the 1995-1996 Budget. Photograph: Rediff Archives I first met Manmohan Singh in 1981. As a reporter for Business ...