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Lok Sabha holds discussions on the Union Budget

India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has reportedly revealed that the government is “constantly monitoring” and “watching the crypto sector.” Referring to her budget speech, she noted that crypto taxation will be implemented before the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), issues its digital currency.

Ever since Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about digital currencies in her Budget speech earlier this month, the curiosity about the matter has risen by leaps and bounds.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Rajya Sabha today, before a general discussion on Budget was taken up

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha remained adjourned for an hour today as a mark of respect for legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar

A row has erupted over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 'UP-type' remark, with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying on Wednesday that people of Uttar Pradesh are proud of their dialect and culture and that there was no need to "insult" the people of the state

The union budget. That time of year when there's a nip in the air and media houses scramble to come up with new ways to say "people's budget" while also parsing the finance minister's sartorial choices for hidden meaning.

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The Budget aims to focus on infrastructure and connectivity, but lacks growth-invigorating proposals

Finance Minister bets on public capital spending to help revive private investments and boost job creation

During the months of February and March, assembly elections are scheduled in five states. Despite this, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a very thanda – for the lack of a better word – budget speech. This wasn’t expected. Political experts and Delhi journalists were expecting her to make a very…