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  In a first, Budget to be paperless due to COVID-19

  News | February 01, 2021 9:45 IST

  All members of Parliament will receive the soft copies of the Union Budget, the official added.

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  Sensex surges 443 points in opening trade ahead of Budget presentation

  Market | February 01, 2021 10:11 IST

  On Friday, the domestic equity market had continued its downward journey for the sixth session in row.

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  Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at the Ministry of Finance

  News | February 01, 2021 9:44 IST

  Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at the Ministry of Finance. She will present the #UnionBudget 2021-22 in the Parliament today.

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  Union Budget App: Access Budget 2021 documents on your smartphone. Details here

  Business | February 01, 2021 8:46 IST

  However, this time there is no need to wait for hours for the Budget transcript to be released. One can read or download the Budget 2021 documents on the 'Union Budget App' minutes after Finance Minister finishes her speech.

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  FM focuses on Infra, Health, Agri & poll-bound states; I-T slabs unchanged | Budget 2021 summarised

  Business | February 01, 2021 22:59 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament. This year's Budget is unique as finance minister used a Made in India tablet to deliver a paperless Budget address, instead of a bahi khata, that she used last year.

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  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present budget today at 11 am

  News | February 01, 2021 6:47 IST

  India is ready to unveil Budget "like never before" on Monday, February 1. The countrymen are awaiting the moment when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will rise up in Parliament to present the ninth budget under the Modi government. In her first budget in 2019, Sitharaman had replaced the decades-old leather briefcase used for carrying budget documents with a traditional red cloth 'bahi-khata'. Economists and experts say that the budget will be the starting point for picking up the pieces after the economic destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Union Budget 2021 likely to revive pandemic-hit economy today

  Business | February 01, 2021 6:31 IST

  Sitharaman, who had in her first budget in 2019 replaced leather briefcase that had been for decades used for carrying budget documents with a traditional red cloth 'bahi-khata', had earlier this month stated that the budget for the fiscal year beginning April will be "like never before".

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  Union Budget 2021 app available for Android, iOS: Here's what it does, how to download and more

  Technology | January 31, 2021 21:11 IST

  In an unprecedented initiative, Union Budget 2021-22 will be delivered on February 1 in paperless form for the first time.

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  Healthcare likely to get top priority in Budget: Survey

  Business | January 31, 2021 20:17 IST

  India's healthcare sector is likely to get the maximum attention of the government in the upcoming Budget to be unveiled on Monday, as it comes in the face of the country braving a once-in-a-century global pandemic, says a survey.

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  India to unveil budget 'like never before': What's in focus | Your Cheatsheet

  Business | January 31, 2021 20:19 IST

  India is ready to unveil Budget "like never before" on Monday, February 1. The countrymen are awaiting the moment when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will rise up in Parliament to present the ninth budget under the Modi government.

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  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with the Budget team

  News | January 31, 2021 20:12 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the Budget team; she will present the Union Budget 2021-22 tomorrow.

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  RBI likely to maintain status quo on interest rate, say experts

  Business | January 31, 2021 16:00 IST

  Experts are of the view that the RBI will refrain from tinkering with the interest rates and keep the monetary stance accommodative at the policy review though it will take guidance from the budget to be unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on February 1.

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  Budget 2021: Revised Income Tax slabs to more exemptions under 80C, 80D - What to expect from FM?

  Business | February 01, 2021 8:22 IST

  From bringing back jobs in the market to tax deductions, there are a lot of expectations from Modi government's Budget. Although Sitharaman, in the last Budget, announced cuts in personal income tax, the government has so far pushed for a rebate on all payable taxes, and the basic tax exemption limit has remained the same.

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  Budget 2021: Rural poor, farmers' progress to be govt's priority

  Business | January 31, 2021 14:55 IST

  In such a situation, it is expected that the Modi government, which claims to give priority to the progress of villages, the poor and farmers, will also give priority to agriculture and rural development in the upcoming Budget.

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  Budget 2021: Why R&D needs much needed push

  Business | January 31, 2021 14:21 IST

  The private sector has always been output driven, which is no wrong and the phrase very closely related to Research and Development is 'Trial and Error'.

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  Special Report: What farmers will get in Budget 2021

  News | January 31, 2021 13:40 IST

  The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament is likely to end on February 13 instead of February 15, sources said on Friday, underling that the total number of working days would however remain the same.

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  Govt may announce new scheme for revival of discoms to achieve 24X7 power for all

  Business | January 31, 2021 12:41 IST

  The government may announce a new scheme for cash-strapped and loss-making electricity distribution utilities to reduce stress in the sector and achieve the goal of '24X7 Power for All', a source said.

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  Stock markets ahead: Budget, RBI policy major events to watch out for

  Business | January 31, 2021 10:52 IST

  Quarterly earnings of HDFC, Adani Power, Hero MotoCorp and M&M would remain in focus this week.

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  Union Budget 2021: Real estate sector keen on infrastructure status, tax incentives for home buyers

  Business | January 31, 2021 9:07 IST

  The real estate sector, which took a hard hit due to COVID-19, is pinning hopes on the union budget to be presented on Monday for easing regulatory norms and for steps that will help in the completion of pending projects and the sale of build-up houses. 

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  Budget 2021: Govt may review export duty on iron ore

  Business | January 31, 2021 10:04 IST

  Sources said that a proposal to increase export duty on iron ore is being actively considered by the finance ministry that may consider announcing the changed levy in Budget 2021-22.