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It’s been over two weeks since Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged Delhi Liquor Scam case. Kejriwal has been running for office from behind the bars at a time when his Aam Aadmi Party, part of Opposition INDIA bloc, is aspiring to make a mark by winning some seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024. LiveMint spoke with Delhi's Minister of Health, Urban Development and Tourism, Saurabh Bharadwaj to discuss Kejriwal’s arrest, consequences on upcoming elections, connection with Electoral Bonds and the future of Aam Aadmi Party. Watch the interview

RBI MPC Meeting 2024 Highlights: The RBI decided to keep the key policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% in its April monetary policy along with maintaining the stance at ‘withdrawal of accommodation’. India’s real GDP growth for FY25 is projected at 7%. CPI inflation for FY25 is estimated at 4.5%.

RBI retains repo rate at 6.5%. Bond yield reaches 7.12%. Governor Das emphasizes inflation progress, stable financial sector, and robust GDP growth.

The RBI Monetary Policy Committee kicked off its first meeting of FY25 on April 3. Led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, the 6-member panel will announce its rate decision today at 10 a.m. amid expectations the repo rate will remain unchanged at 6.5% due to inflation concerns.

The Interim Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25 was tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This was the sixth budget presented by the current FM and the last one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's second term. The finance minister expressed confidence that the Modi government will return to power. The budget focused on fiscal consolidation, infra, agri, green growth, and railways. However, no changes were made in the tax rates.

Missed the key announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman? Not to worry, here's a quick nugget of the most important points of the budget speech - from capex spending to tax announcements to the push for tourism, here's the budget speech in just 3 minutes - watch!

WATCH LIVE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces the last budget of the Modi government 2.0.

In the upcoming union budget session, the centre will make wise commitments regarding managing its resources. But finding the ideal balance this time won't be simple. One reason is that the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024 would present an unavoidable opportunity for political spending. Additionally, high tax collections cannot be taken for granted, and next year's predicted slower economic growth won't help. Because of all of this, budgeting is a difficult task.

Mar 2020!! The World is grappling with Covid and India also announces a lockdown. The market starts tanking; Sensex goes from its peak of 41k in Feb to 27k by Mar end i.e. a downfall of more than 30% within 30 days. But surprisingly, it recovered sharply within the next 4-5 months and reached around 37-38k in Aug’20. Now logically speaking, this shouldn’t have happened and it looked like a bubble. Because the economic activities were at rock bottom, covid cases were rising in India and globally, and the entire world was under distress. This is where many investors thought that let’s sell our stocks & MFs and we will enter again when the market falls in the next few weeks. Logically, their plan was good. But we all know what happened over the next few months. In this video, our Stock expert, Anupam Roongta helps us understand whether it makes any sense to time the market. DISCLOSURES Anupam Roongta or his associates or dependent family members do not hold any financial interests or actual/ beneficiary ownership in the financial products/ securities discussed herein. Anupam Roongta is a SEBI Registered Research Analyst (INH200006804). #sensex #stockmarket #finance #mint Subscribe Now For Latest Updates- https://tinyurl.com/lbw8nze

The BSE Sensex closed 106.41 points, or 0.29%, up at 36,106.50, and the Nifty 50 ended 33.55 points, or 0.31%, higher at 10,821.60. Here are the latest updates from the markets