February 03, 2025 10:45 am
A former civil servant and the first Indian to become the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, he became Finance Minister in 1950. As the country’s Finance Minister, Deshmukh piloted five Budgets. On the evening of February 29, 1956, he presented the sixth one before his Lok Sabha colleagues.
February 02, 2025 7:19 am
Budget reaches out to the taxpayer, resists fiscal adventurism — significant steps forward in the long road ahead
February 02, 2025 2:30 pm
It needed to signal a paradigm shift. It didn't
February 01, 2025 11:09 pm
Nirmala Sitharaman’s poetic allusions in budget speech draw upon an old parliamentary tradition
February 02, 2025 8:17 pm
Budget made encouraging starts on some fronts. But only sustained reforms will alleviate trade-off between macroeconomic stability and growth
February 01, 2025 10:28 pm
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that several of the state's demands, including a special financial package of Rs 24,000 crore and another package for the rehabilitation of Wayanad, were "ignored" in the budget.
February 29, 2016 4:57 pm
The highlights of the Budget 2014 in 282 points, one for each seat in the Treasury benches
July 10, 2014 3:12 pm
Govt increases defence budget allocation by 12.5 pct at Rs 2.29 lakh crore.
February 28, 2013 11:09 am
No major income tax sops; SUVs,imported cars and motorcycles,high-end mobile phones,eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier.
March 16, 2012 1:30 pm
Budget 2012-13 identifies 5 objectives to be addressed effectively in the ensuing fiscal year.




