Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla confirms Budget speech date on 1 February

Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 19 January confirmed that the highly anticipated Union Budget 2026 will be announced in Parliament on Sunday, 1 February, by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While an unusual practice, this will not be the first time a Union Budget presentation has been conducted on a…

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Sensex, Nifty succumb to selling pressure in blue-chips Reliance, ICICI Bank

Stock market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday (January 19, 2026), tracking deep losses in heavyweights Reliance Industries, Eternal, and ICICI Bank amid global tariff uncertainties. Besides, weakness in the rupee and unabated flight of foreign capital from Indian equities also made investors jittery, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 324.17 points,…

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Budget 2026 expectations: MSME sector wants policy support from Centre to reinforce GST reform measures

Budget 2026 expectations: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India are looking forward to Union Budget 2026 reinforcing GST reforms, ensuring operational ease and continuity for the sector, a NeoInsights study showed. As many as 86% of MSMEs expect business growth in 2026 aided by GST reforms and are pinning hopes on Finance Minister…

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Stock markets decline in early trade dragged by blue-chips Reliance, ICICI Bank

From the 30-Sensex firms, ICICI Bank dropped 3% after its consolidated profit for the December quarter declined 2.68% to ₹12,537.98 crore, hit by an RBI-mandated ₹1,283-crore provision for agricultural loans wrongly classified as priority sector advances. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Monday (January 19,…

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