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Budget 2026-27: ‘Important to anchor our fiscal policy in terms of debt’

February 27, 2026 5:15 am

Prachi Mishra is Professor of Economics, Director and Head of the Isaac Centre for Public Policy, Ashoka University. Previously, she has worked for the RBI, the Union Finance Ministry and the IMF. She was also India chief economist for Goldman Sachs. She spoke on the Budget, the new fiscal anchor and boosting private capex

Yogi heads to Singapore, Japan next week, trade talks on the table

February 20, 2026 11:59 am

Govt to offer 500 acres each to Singapore, Japan to develop industrial cities in Greater Noida.

Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore for Urban Challenge Fund: Know what it is

February 14, 2026 2:26 pm

The Cabinet also approved projects worth about 1.6 trillion ⁠rupees ($18 billion) for infrastructure, ‌urban development ⁠and ⁠startups in India.

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition says nothing in Budget for farmers, BJP calls it roadmap for the future

February 12, 2026 12:01 pm

IUML MP Haris Beeran asked the Finance Minister if honest taxpayers have been denied their tax refund.

Why a Budget proposal to roll back a century-old tax exemption has sparked anger among military veterans

February 11, 2026 6:27 pm

Disability pensions for armed forces personnel have been fully exempt from income tax since 1922. The Budget, however, proposes to do away with the exemption for a certain category of retired personnel — those who did not have to leave the forces owing to the disability and continued serving until superannuation.

Yadav said, "Twenty lakh people are fighting for the Sixth Pay Commission, but already, the Seventh Pay Commission is what all other Central government employees are getting".

‘Mamata Banerjee only CM who files and fights cases against her own employees’: Union minister Bhupendra Yadav on DA issue

February 11, 2026 4:30 pm

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav also accused the Bengal Government of not utilising the funds allocated by the Centre and alleged corruption in Central programmes.

Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan leaves after adjourning the house during the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday

In RS, Oppn slams Centre on India-US trade deal; wilfully ignorant, says NDA

February 11, 2026 9:06 am

The Rajya Sabha saw noisy scenes when BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya said an area of encroached land in Kolkata was known as “mini Pakistan”, leading TMC MPs from the state to raise objections and walk out.

The travel time on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad bullet train corridor is expected to be reduced to just two hours

Why Karnataka is demanding a third bullet train corridor

February 08, 2026 5:27 pm

Bullet train project in Karnataka: In the Union Budget 2026-27, the centre announced two bullet train projects for Karnataka: Bangalore-Hyderabad and Bangalore-Chennai.

The Economic Survey 2025-26 (ES) had identified the challenges facing the Indian economy.

P Chidambaram writes: A critique Survey useful, Budget lazy

February 08, 2026 4:15 pm

My charitable view is that the Finance Minister and the government do not care for the Economic Survey. The uncharitable view is they think we are inhabiting a planet that is not part of the solar system

RBI Monetary Policy Meet 2026 LIVE: Fraud-hit customers will be compensated up to Rs 25,000, or 85% of amount

February 06, 2026 2:18 pm

RBI Repo Rate Cut, RBI Monetary Policy Meeting February 2026 Today LIVE News Updates: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and said the RBI’s monetary policy for the full financial year from April will now be based on the new GDP series to be released later in February.