India offers middle-class tax relief to support growth; targets narrower budget gap
India plans to cut personal income tax rates to boost middle-class spending power, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, as she announced an annual budget that also sought to increase private investment to strengthen growth.
Budget 2025: A welcome tax cut for middle-class professionals
The sweeping reform represents the biggest overhaul of personal income tax slabs in recent years, increasing the zero-tax threshold from the current ₹7 lakh.
Takeaways from India's budget that slashes income tax on the salaried middle class to spur growth
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented an annual budget to Parliament on Saturday that focused on wooing the salaried middle class with tax cuts and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and manufacturing.
Job cuts and higher tax in police and crime budget
A new policing budget proposes axing up to 80 non-police officer posts as part of a £9.9m cost-cutting drive. Ben Adams, Staffordshire's police, fire and crime commissioner, is also asking residents to pay an extra £14 a year on average for policing.
INDIA BUDGET-India's tax cut plans will boost consumption, top execs say
India's plans to cut personal income tax rates will put more disposable income in the hands of the people and eventually boost consumption in the world's fifth-largest economy, executives from automobile and consumer firms said on Saturday.
India’s 2025-26 Budget focuses on job creation; new income tax bill next week
Dubai: India is hoping to rev up higher growth and job creation with a budget that focuses on offering easier – and more - access to funds for small and mid-sized businesses as well as startups. These will ‘generate employment for youth’ as MSMEs get better access to credit,
An Unconventional Plan for Fixing the Federal Budget
The Apollo C.E.O. Marc Rowan has championed a model that doesn’t fit within party lines.
Reactions to India's 2025-26 budget
India plans to cut personal income tax rates to boost middle-class spending power and seeks to increase private investment to ...
‘We have zero and zero’: Legislature passes base budget with no new revenue for supplemental spending
The Utah Legislature passed its base budget. All other supplemental spending must be reallocations from current programs.
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Anxious Republicans demand action from House leaders as GOP retreat ends without budget plan
House Republicans are getting nervous about a lack of public progress about their reconciliation plans after wrapping up a ...
Budget 2025: New tax regime vs. old tax regime – which one should you now opt for?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the new tax slabs under the new tax regime, thus offering tax saving for taxpayers. There will no income tax for salaried taxpayers earning upto ₹12.75 ...
Pennsylvania governor’s budget is expected to seek more for schools and transit, emphasize frugality
Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his third budget proposal to lawmakers next week, a plan that’s expected to seek substantially ...
Corporate winners and losers from India's budget
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the annual budget on Saturday, which focused on boosting the spending ...