India Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: There is only one week before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces Union Budget 2026 in Parliament on Sunday, 1 February. Ahead of the Budget speech, industry watchers and stakeholders are awaiting the government’s direction for the Indian economy. Expectations are high from what will be Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Budget…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: Media houses have reported that the Reserve Bank of India is making suggestions to the Indian Government and encouraging it to push other BRICS countries to work together on using digital currencies for cross-border payments. This has several advantages, but could also…
UltraTech Cement, India’s leading cement maker, on Saturday (January 24, 2026), reported a consolidated net profit of ₹1,729.44 crore for December quarter FY26. It had posted a net profit of ₹1,363.44 crore in the October-December period a year ago, the Aditya Birla group flagship firm said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations was at…
Shriram Finance. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Non-bank lender Shriram Finance on Friday (January 23, 2026) reported a 22% decline in its net profit for the December quarter to ₹2,530 crore on a consolidated level. The company had reported a net profit of ₹3,249 crore in the year-ago period and ₹2,314 crore in the…
Representational image of a bank employee at his desk | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Bank employee unions have decided to go on a nationwide strike on January 27 to press for a long-pending demand for a five-day work week. If the strike proceeds, it will disrupt public sector banking operations for three consecutive days, with…
World leaders and business executives departed from Davos after an eventful World Economic Forum annual meeting which was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump. World Economic Forum 2026 updates Here’s what we learned: GEOPOLITICS Europe learned the value of standing up to Mr. Trump. His claim to Greenland crossed all of its red lines on…
India Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: As we near the Union Budget 2026, industry watchers are keen on what Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to announce in her ninth consecutive speech on 1 February (Sunday). Notably, this is the first time that the India Union Budget is being presented on a Sunday in at…
The union ministries of finance and MSME are updating the decade-old framework for revival and restructuring (FRR) for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), two people aware of the plan said. The new framework, called FRR 2.0, is aimed at supporting MSMEs by easing their access to finance, the people said on condition of anonymity….
With only a couple of weeks left before the Finance Minister tables the next Union Budget, the aggregate markers of macroeconomic comfort in India’s growth story may appear to be in place, where average economic growth remains strong in relative comparison to global standards, even amid the heightened uncertainty afflicting most other nations. Yet this…
Granules India posted 28% higher net profit for the third quarter ended December at ₹150.2 crore compared with ₹117.6 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations stood at ₹1,387.9 crore (₹1,137.7 crore), an increase of 22%, which the generic drugmaker said was driven by the Finished Dosages (FD) segment in North America and Europe. FD,…
