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03.02 / 03:29

UPS Target Analysis Bill Trade Experts recommendations ITC, Godfrey Phillips, VST Industries in focus as Budget 2025 leaves tobacco taxes unchanged

ITC, Godfrey Phillips, and VST Industries will be in focus on Monday, February 3, after the Finance Minister kept excise duty/NCCD on cigarettes and other tobacco products unchanged in the Union Budget 2025–26. With no tax hike on cigarettes in the finance bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed that tobacco taxation will remain steady.

03.02 / 02:21

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Budget 2025 has kept the existing tax rules on virtual digital assets (VDAs) unchanged, despite repeated calls from the cryptocurrency industry for reforms. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not announce any revisions to the 1% TDS (tax deducted at source) on crypto transactions or the restriction on offsetting losses. Industry experts believe these policies continue to be a hurdle for investors and traders.

03.02 / 01:13

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The tax cut announced in the budget was driven primarily by the intent to honour the honest taxpayer, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In a wide-ranging interview to Mint and HT, she explained the philosophy behind the new Income Tax bill expected to be tabled in Parliament this week, 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 to become a developed country by 2047.

02.02 / 21:59

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carrier-grade Ethernet switches to 10% in the budget, telecom industry executives and sector analysts said.

02.02 / 21:59

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income tax law will be «user-friendly» and easy to comprehend, without redundant provisions of the six-decade old Act, said Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Ravi Agrawal.

02.02 / 16:07

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CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal said Sunday. Speaking to PTI during a post-Budget interview at his North Block office, Agrawal said the panel also «studied» the deliberations and processes of countries like the UK, Australia and some others where a similar tax law simplification exercise was undertaken.

02.02 / 15:05

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the Union Budget for 2022-23, India's finance ministry introduced the concept of updated tax returns to promote voluntary tax compliance. At the time, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that its purpose was to motivate taxpayers to voluntarily disclose any income omitted in their original tax filings.

02.02 / 14:47

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Microfinance leaders expect the budget proposal on the Grameen credit score framework to bring back lending discipline to the sector, where a declining repayment culture has exposed the entire industry to stress.

02.02 / 13:09

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented a strong Union budget for 2025-26. It comes at a time of high uncertainty linked to global events, slowing domestic demand and a challenging fiscal outlook.

02.02 / 11:35

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India is effectively tax-free now following the revision in tax slabs, according to enterpreneur Anupam Mittal.

02.02 / 10:41

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«No tax on income up to ₹12 lakh!» The announcement in the Union Budget 2025, made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February, was music to the ears of many taxpayers. Take Mr. A, for example, who earns from multiple sources. With a salary, interest income, and capital gains from property sales and the stock market, Mr. A’s total income is around ₹12 lakh—seemingly making him eligible for a significant tax break.

02.02 / 10:33

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Union Budget for 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman appears to have pulled off the rare feat of offering substantial relief to taxpayers while maintaining fiscal discipline. This has been achieved by exercising restraint in capital expenditure and banking on robust growth in personal incomes, particularly at the higher end of the income spectrum.

02.02 / 09:03

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has committed to developing at least 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047. In her Union budget for 2025-26, she also proposed setting up a Nuclear Energy Mission with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore.

02.02 / 07:55

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nirmala Sitharaman had an unenviable task of boosting economic growth without compromising the fiscal consolidation efforts of the government when she presented her record eighth consecutive budget on Saturday. The finance minister has tried to balance the two conflicting objectives. This is how she managed to pull it off: Faced with a sharp fall in urban consumption which dragged economic growth down in the second quarter of this fiscal to just 5.4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) compared to 8.2% in the same period last year, the finance minister had to act, and she decided to take the bull by its horns.

02.02 / 06:21

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Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its poll song «Dil valo ki Delhi ko ab BJP Sarkar chahiye» for the Assembly elections scheduled on February 5.

02.02 / 04:15

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regulatory reforms to review all non-financial sector regulations, certifications, licences and permissions, and launch an Investment Friendliness Index of States this year.

02.02 / 04:15

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02.02 / 04:15

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Budget on Saturday as investors saw little coming in from the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The benchmark Nifty slipped by a marginal 26 points at 23,318, while Sensex eked out a 5-point gain. Analysts say the underlying trend of Nifty remains positive and the market is facing stiff resistance around 23,500-23,600 levels. «A decisive move above this hurdle could open further upside towards 24,000 levels in the near term. Immediate support is placed at 23,300 levels,» said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

02.02 / 03:37

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Nirmala Sitharaman said in comments to the media that the budget has pledged substantial relief to the middle class through income tax cuts and is also focused on interventions required to make India a developed country by 2047. Edited excerpts:

02.02 / 03:37

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Narendra Modi hailed the «people's budget,» calling it a «force multiplier» and adding that it will give an impetus to savings, investment, consumption and growth. He congratulated finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team for a budget that aims at giving primacy not to filling government coffers but to empowering the middle class besides bolstering the rural economy as well as the SC, ST communities, women and farmers.

02.02 / 03:37

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nuclear energy in India received a much-needed boost with the budget paving the way for greater private participation by proposing changes in the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act to remove the hurdles.

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