Special Report

Six months later, parts of Kashmir are still blacked out

Listing of LIC: A mixed signal?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed an IPO for the Life Insurance Corporation, but experts say that other tax measures discourage investors from buying into insurance products, forming a disconnect

Interview: Nirmala Sitharaman discusses Budget 2020, LIC and coronavirus concerns

Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs for India, spoke with CNBC in a post-Budget interview, aired on CNBC's flagship morning show, Squawk Box Asia. Edited excerpts

Should you opt for the new Income Tax regime?

A tax planning expert decodes the 'optional' tax brackets that Nirmala Sitharaman introduced in her Budget 2020 speech, and whether you should forego exemptions for it

Budget 2020: A mixed bag with no emphasis on jobs, addressing slowdown

Agri reforms, tax tweaks are positives, but there is no push for consumption; experts say sentiment will remain dampened in the near term

Markets: Was this the steepest fall on Budget Day?

The biggest fall registered in the last two decades was in Yashwant Sinha's 2000 Budget, but Saturday's drop figures in the top 5

Consumption growth missing in Sitharaman's address

Experts surprised that the minister did not address the issue despite slowing economy

Budget 2020: Education allocations bat for employability and skill development

Study in India gets renewed push as the Finance Minister announces the formulation of a new education policy

Budget 2020: Why the government must reach its divestment target

After having failed to reach the target last year, it has been depending on other sources of revenue

Analysis: A budget focused on improving factor economics and demand-led growth

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has tried to spur growth in sectors where India can compete for FDI and attempted to provide for competitive industrial and energy infrastructure

Budget 2020: Agri targets in place, but no specific roadmap

Finance minister mentions ways to boost rural incomes and agri infrastructure but makes no allocations in most areas