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New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emerged on Saturday carrying her Budget papers once again in a traditional red “bahi khata” (cloth ledger) similar to last year. She was photographed in a…

Chennai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has revealed why she carried the Union Budget papers in a swadeshi ‘bahi khata’ instead of the traditional briefcase. The Narendra Modi government is not a “suitcase carrying” government,…

The Lok Sabha sat till 11.10 pm on Tuesday to conclude the debate on the Union Budget, the reply to which will be given by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday. While a total of 12 hours were allocated for the discussion,…

Petrol prices shot up by Rs 2.50/litre and diesel prices by Rs 2.30/litre within hours of the Union Budget announcing a hike in cess on auto fuel prices. Presenting the Union Budget on Friday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had…

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman opened her budget speech saying: "We have set the ball rolling for a new India." Even as economists and people are trying to decipher the nitty-gritties, two senior…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the first Economic Survey of the re-elected Narendra Modi government in Parliament on Thursday, a day ahead of the tabling of the Union Budget for 2019-20. The survey, projecting the state…