Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 2025-26 Union Budget on February 1, with a total allocation of INR 1,28,650.05 crore for the education sector.
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty make a U-turn to trade in the negative territory on Budget day. Investors keenly tracked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman plan for the economy. Union ...
Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional 'bahi-khata', to carry ...
Draped in an off-white handloom silk saree with fish-themed embroidery and golden border, Sitharaman posed for the traditional 'briefcase' photo outside her North Block office.