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Insurance experts believe apart from an adequate health insurance policy, the current pandemic has underlined the need for life insurance more than ever before.

Budget 2021: How higher FDI cap in insurance will benefit policyholders

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Govt expecting 7% bigger dividend via RBI, state firms in coming fiscal

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Budget 2021 proposes exemption for LTC cash scheme

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

AIIMS Trauma center Which has been converted to dedicated COVID Hospital, in New Delhi. (ANI PHOTO)

India needs to look beyond the 137% spending hike to fix its public healthcare

3 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of her Budget presentation. Photo: Mint

India's budget a shot in the arm for economy: S&P

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Citing weak fiscal position, US-based agency Fitch in May last year had kept India’s sovereign rating unchanged at ‘BBB-’, the lowest investment grade with stable outlook. Photo: Bloomberg

Wider fiscal deficits could pressure India's ratings, says Fitch

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

To bring the taxation of Ulips on a par with equity-oriented mutual funds, the budget has proposed there will be no tax exemption on the maturity proceeds of Ulips with an annual premium above ₹2.5 lakh

Pay tax on high-premium Ulips, interest from big PF contributions

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Ramesh Antil, a farmer from Sonipat, doesn’t care much about the budget. She has been at the Singhu border protest site on the outskirts of Delhi for the past three months.

Field of broken dreams

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

The traditional Budget team picture on a chilly February morning in Delhi.

A primer in 26 steps

7 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2021-22 in Lok Sabha (ANI Photo)

What the Budget means for you

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

Ten takeaways from a Budget aiming for growth

4 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

FM Sitharaman delivers a booster dose

5 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Vera Puri, 29, held down three jobs last year—a coach with CrossFit Inquilab in Jalandhar, a personal trainer, and an accountant for a hotel. But for most of the year, she was not paid. 'Obviously,' she shrugs, 'no revenue, no work'

Deficit grants for states

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

I’m happy the government is giving money for healthcare, but what about people like us in the private sector, says Vinay Tiwari, an ambulance driver at Max Hospitals.

Fiscal deficit gets a glide path

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

The cess was imposed with immediate effect on petrol ( ₹2.5 per litre), diesel ( ₹4 per litre) and 12 other commodities. (Photo: Mint)

New agri-infra cess won’t impact customers, but states stand to lose

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

The government will hold at least 75% in LIC for the first five years post the IPO. (Photo: Mint)

Budget 2021: Govt to amend LIC Act, paves way for India’s largest IPO

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Markets see a bull run

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

The tax relief for homebuyers and developers buying or selling below the circle rate by up to 20% has also been extended. Photo: Mint

Realty’s home truths

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

Of the almost ₹22,000 crore earmarked for modernization next fiscal, the Indian Army would receive 53%, says an expert (Mint)

Govt hikes defence capital budget by 19% for military modernization

2 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

How the centre govt balances its books

1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2021

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