Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the loan limit under the MUDRA scheme will be doubled to Rs 20 lakh.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that Rs. 2.66 lakh crore has been allocated for rural development, including rural infrastructure.

The Centre on Tuesday proposed an outlay of Rs 26,000 crore for various road projects in Bihar.

The government on Tuesday announced a new centrally-sponsored scheme for skilling 20 lakh youth over the next five years.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 7th straight Budget on Tuesday that would lay a roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, while giving a glimpse of the Modi government's performance in the past 10 years.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to make history on Tuesday by presenting her seventh Union Budget in Parliament, surpassing former Finance Minister Morarji Desai’s record of six. Desai served as Finance Minister under Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi before becoming Prime Minister in 1977.

India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot among the top 10 countries with the most significant forest area gains during this period, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.