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Shortest, Longest, Most Iconic: Interesting Facts About Budget Speeches Over the Years
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her fifth Union Budget on Wednesday (February 1). She created the record for longest Budget speech when she presented the Union Budget 2020-21 on February 1, 2020. After speaking for 2…
Tickets for first T20 almost sold out, golf carts for senior citizens
The first T20 between India and South on Thursday is set to be a sell out with 94 percent…
The bizarre tale of Cairn retro tax
The levy of retrospective tax on the UK's Cairn Energy Plc is a tale of bizarre twists and turns that saw its attached shares being sold in May 2018 amid the passing of the baton from a full-time finance minister to interim one and the…
Single Volume Economic Survey Likely This Year
<!-- -->Government is likely to come out with a single volume economic survey document this fiscalNew Delhi: The finance ministry is expected to come out with a single volume economic survey for 2021-22 projecting a growth of around 9…
A breaking news that’s 2 decades in the making – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Recently, while browsing the net on a lazy afternoon, a story popped up which immediately caught my attention. “Singapore Airlines Pulls Out of Air India bid,” screamed the headline of the story written 20 years ago. It was a…
budget: Finance ministry to kick-start budgetary exercise from October 12 – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry will kick-start the exercise to prepare the annual Budget for 2022-23 from October 12 amidst signs of revival of the Indian economy hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The budget for the next year will have to…