Updated on: Feb 01, 2026 7:23:01 AM IST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament on Sunday. Budget 2026 stock market LIVE updates: India’s two benchmark equity indices, the Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), are in focus as finance minister […]
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed confidence that the 2026-27 Budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, would be a good one. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister have delivered outstanding Budgets over the years and that this, being her […]
Updated on: Jan 31, 2026 12:32:27 PM IST Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the 2026-27 budget on February 1, Sunday. India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year on February 1, Sunday. This will be the ninth consecutive budget to be presented by Sitharaman, plus one […]
Indian stock exchanges NSE and BSE will remain open for trading on Sunday, February 1, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2026, marking a rare trading session on a weekend. Both exchanges will conduct a full-fledged live trading session, allowing investors to react to Budget announcements in real time. This will be […]
In this edition of ETMarkets Smart Talk, Karthikraj Lakshmanan, Senior Vice President – Equity at UTI AMC, shares his perspective on the recent nervousness in domestic equities, Budget 2026 expectations, and key sectoral trends to watch. He believes the upcoming Budget is likely to strike a balance between fiscal discipline and growth support, with capital […]
HDFC Capital Advisors Limited, the real estate private equity arm of the HDFC Group, has partnered with Curated Living Solutions (CLS), to launch India’s first large-scale institutional rental housing platform. With an investment corpus of ₹1,000 crore, the platform will develop and manage rental assets across co-living, student housing and worker accommodation, with a focus […]
Ahead of Budget 2026, senior living real estate players are seeking targeted policy support as demand rises with India’s ageing population. Key asks include formal recognition of senior living as a core real estate segment, infrastructure status, and pension-linked, tax-efficient products to help seniors convert retirement savings into a steady monthly income for living and […]
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has proposed introducing a joint taxation system for spouses, under which married couples could file a single income tax return by combining their incomes and applying revised tax slabs. Under such a regime, rental income from property would be taxed at the household level rather than being […]
The upcoming Union Budget is expected to maintain continuity in the government’s capital expenditure (capex) push, even as policymakers operate within a constrained fiscal and policy environment, according to a budget preview report by HSBC Mutual Fund. A capex expenditure worth ₹11.21 lakh crore (or 3.1 per cent of GDP) was earmarked in 2025-26, rising […]
Skoda Auto Volkswagen India MD and CEO Piyush Arora | Photo Credit: abhijith Policy continuity, infrastructure growth and a stronger electric vehicle ecosystem in the upcoming Union Budget will be critical for sustaining momentum in the automotive sector, according to Skoda Auto Volkswagen India MD and CEO Piyush Arora. The Pune-based brand, which manages the […]