Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was asked to rate this year's budget from 1 to 10 and he came up with a reply no one would have expected. He said, "Ten has two digits, one and a zero...You can pick either".

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday acknowledged that the India is growing at a slower pace but she also ensured that there will not be a recession in India.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama on Tuesday hinted that sops are coming soon for home buyers and senior citizens amid declining interest rates of the banks.

In a noble gesture, President Ram Nath Kovind and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rushed to help a cop who apparently collapsed after twisting her ankle and slipped during an awards function in New Delhi.

A Delhi High Court on Friday extended the judicial custody of former union Finance Minister P Chidambaram till October 30 in the INX Media money laundering case.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday assured depositors of PMC bank that she will speak with the RBI Governor to provide appropriate time so that its clients can withdraw money from their accounts.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced a rate cut of corporate tax from 30% to 22%, aiming to attract manufacturers and revive private investments.

Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said that he will step down from his post after he held talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan, raising his worries over averting an economic crisis and bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

"I speak in terms of taxation policies... I'm quite clear in my mind that on two issues at least we had - a lot of good fiscal prudence and we brought the rates down, these are two areas, if we are in power we will continue the same glide path," Jaitley said while addressing the CII AGM here.

The budget 2019 is likely to speak about farmers’ welfare and besides, middle-class can expect some tax exemption limit. Source close to the budget discussion said that the basic exemption limit for personal income tax might go up to Rs 3 lakh from Rs 2.5 lakh and the upper threshold for deduction under Section 80C for assorted investments could move to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh.