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Union Budget 2021: Allocation of Rs 1,500 cr to boost digital payments will take fintech sector a higher notch

Recognising fintech as an industry would have been much sweeter but overall, it is a 360-degree growth for the fintech sector

Union Budget 2021: Govt focusses on easing pain points for taxpayers in coming fiscal year

In order to make taxation processes faceless, the National Faceless Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Centre shall be established with the facility of personal hearing through videoconferencing.

Union Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman offers carrot and stick approach to raise revenue, soothe taxpayers

Taxpayers can also draw solace from the fact that the Budget has reduced the period for issuing tax notices by the department for a particular transaction to four years from seven years earlier

Union Budget 2021: Vehicle scrappage policy will boost automobile industry, curb pollution issues

The auto sector is enthused by the government's move on long-awaited scrappage policy and focus on better road infrastructure

Union Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman makes eight tax-related announcements; benefits many

In a post-pandemic year, the government showed a serious intent to establish a tax regime with far-reaching impact

Union Budget 2021: Banking, health, infra sectors welcome announcements; hospitality, tourism regret lack of immediate support

Hospitality and Tourism roughly account for 10 percent of India's GDP and employ nearly 9 percent of India's working population and yet, it failed to find space in the Union Budget, FHRAI vice-president Gurbaxish Singh Kohli said

Union Budget 2021: Law Ministry allocated Rs 1,005 crore to buy EVMs, Rs 7.20 crore for publishing voter ID cards

The Union law ministry has also been allocated Rs 100 crore to meet the Election Commission's "carry forward liability" for expenditure on the 2019 Lok Sabha election

Union Budget 2021: Centre allocates Rs 4.78 lakh crores for defence ministry, hikes capital outlay by 19%

The total outlay of Rs 4.78 lakh crore included an allocation of Rs 1.15 lakh crore for payment of pensions

Budget 2021 Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman claims govt delivered on healthcare, infra; 'let down like never before,' says Chidambaram

Budget 2021: Taking a swipe at the BJP government for what he dubbed a deceptive budget, former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said that the government has failed on 9 out of 10 most important pointers on economy.

Union Budget 2021: FM announces new central university in Leh, 100 new sainik schools across India

Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget today, also said that a higher education commission will be set up to act as an umbrella body for standard-setting, accreditation, regulation, and funding