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02.02 / 10:33

markets UPS Digital Strategy economy Trade Experts Sitharaman has done her part. Now, it's over to Modi

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025 has been widely praised for its tax bonanza for the middle class as well as its fiscal prudence. The tax relief to the middle class is important for its expected immediate impact on the economy.

02.02 / 09:03

COST UPS Target FIVE Waters reports International budget 2025 Budget 2025 | India follows the world in its nuclear energy drive

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 / 09:03

markets UPS Gap Remark Limelight wellness Features This budget is remarkable for its fiscal restraint—apart from other aspects

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union budget for 2025-26 is being hailed as a “thanksgiving’’ for the middle-class, while its personal income tax relief is being called “historic’’ and has hogged most of the limelight. But there a quite a few standout features other than these.

02.02 / 08:19

markets UPS Digital Strategy economy PAM budget 2025 'Make them wealthier, not gareeb-er': Anupam Mittal on big shift in budget 2025 for middle class

02.02 / 07:55

markets UPS Sustainability consequences Updates Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's eighth budget in eight charts

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 / 06:43

UPS Target Food show reports Department Headlines Inflation gauge favored by Fed showed price growth picked up in December

QI Research CEO and chief strategist Danielle DiMartino Booth reacts to the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged on ‘Making Money.’

02.02 / 06:43

UPS Action economy Trade President country Relationships Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs on US imports in response to Trump's tariffs on American neighbors

Economist Steve Moore and former member of White House Council of Economic advisors Tomas Philipson discuss President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries on ‘The Bottom Line.’

02.02 / 06:21

UPS economy poverty stage Features rights 'Poverty has been redefined': Shark Tank's Anupam Mittal reacts to Rs 12 lakh tax break in Budget '25

Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced significant tax relief measures for India’s middle class in the Union Budget 2025. These reforms include a streamlined income tax framework, an increased Tax Collected at Source (TCS) threshold for overseas remittances, and expanded tax benefits for middle-income earners.

02.02 / 06:21

markets UPS Digital Strategy Experts PAM Calculation of income tax on Rs 12.5 lakh for salaried: Here's how you pay zero tax

02.02 / 06:21

UPS security Analysis Trade Experts 2020 budget 2025 Budget 2025: PSU stocks tumble up to 9% on Budget Day, marking the sharpest decline since 2020

PSU stocks fell by over 9% on Saturday, witnessing their sharpest budget-day cuts of the past 7 annual financial plans. The BSE PSU index fell 2.7% with 57 scrips ending in the red. Against the expectation of a higher capital expenditure allocation, the government earmarked 11.2 lakh crore this time which did not go down well with the investors. Among the worst losers were Ircon International, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL), Indian Rail Finance Corporation (IRFC) and Gujarat Gas which corrected between 9.3% and 6%.

02.02 / 06:21

markets UPS Strategy Election PAM song "Dil valo ki Delhi ko ab BJP Sarkar...": BJP releases song for Delhi polls sung by former MP Nirahua

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 / 05:45

markets UPS Analysis Trade Experts Bitcoin trump tariffs Gold, silver, Bitcoin may crash as Trump tariffs loom, warns Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has once again predicted a market crash as a result of US President Donald Trump's impending tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, which he believes may lead to a downturn in prices of gold, silver, and Bitcoin— presenting a strategic buying opportunity, according to Kiyosaki. In a recent social media post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Kiyosaki stated, "TRUMP TARIFFS BEGIN: Gold, silver, Bitcoin may crash. GOOD. Will buy more after prices crash. The real problem is DEBT… which will only get worse. CRASHES mean assets are on sale. Time to get richer."

02.02 / 05:25

markets UPS Provident Target Manufacturing Mobile Trade India’s auto industry accelerates toward electrification at Bharat Mobility show 2025; Maruti, Hero Moto top picks

The emphasis was on the adoption of sustainable mobility solutions, signaling the broader industry transition toward electrification and alternative fuels.

02.02 / 05:07

markets UPS Manufacturing Universities electronic Colleges How Ashoke Mukherjee brought high-fidelity sound to India with Sonodyne

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The 1970s were a turbulent era for industry in Bengal. Violent strikes and frequent bandhs drove many Kolkata-based companies to relocate.

02.02 / 05:01

UPS Booking Tether stage track rights Commentary How ISRO’s 100th mission reflects its original startup spirit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the prologue to ISRO: A Personal History, the book I co-wrote with my husband, R. Aravamudan—one of the first to join India’s fledgling space programme in 1962—he described the excitement and anxiety that preceded the first-ever launch from Sriharikota on 10 August 1979.

02.02 / 05:01

markets COST UPS economy Universities country reports Many governments talk about cutting regulation but few manage to

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. He brandished a chainsaw at campaign rallies, to signify his eagerness to clear-cut the thickets of bureaucracy and regulation impeding the economy’s progress. Perhaps more strikingly, he has actually lived up to this act.

02.02 / 04:43

markets UPS Digital electronic information testing A foundation course for desi musks: Govt boosts Budget for electronics and AI

ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has got a 48% boost in the budget to over Rs 26,000 crore, much of which will be ploughed into the IndiaAI Mission and expanded production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for semiconductors, large-scale electronics and IT hardware. The estimate for the “modified scheme for setting up of compound semiconductors/silicon photonics/sensors fab/discrete semiconductors fab and semiconductor assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP)/outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facilities in India” was increased from Rs 2,500 crore in the revised estimate for FY25 to Rs 3,900 crore in FY26.

02.02 / 04:15

markets UPS Strategy PAM country social Thiruvalluvar to Apparao: FM's Philosopher Poets

Nirmala Sitharaman being an avid and eclectic reader, has a wide repertoire to choose from when it comes to the almost mandatory quotes from great minds to indicate or explain the direction of the union budget. Given her long association with the region, it was not surprising that she began her record eighth budget presentation on Saturday with the words of the 19th century Andhra playwright, social reformer and poet Gurajada Apparao.

02.02 / 04:15

markets UPS Cooper Strategy PAM country UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced Saturday.

02.02 / 04:15

markets UPS Digital Strategy Experts PAM budget 2025 Budget 2025: More reforms to give ease of business a leg up

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 / 03:37

markets UPS FIVE Strategy students Schools More studs on tech crown: 5 IITs to get 6,500 new seats

undergraduate seats at five IITs starting from the next academic session, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in New Delhi on Saturday.

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