« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Delhi HC Rules GST Registration Cannot Be Cancelled Retrospectively Without a Clear Show Cause Notice (SCN)  Belated income tax return AY 2026-27: How to file, late filing charges and what you may lose  Major Financial Changes from August 1, 2026: ITR Deadline, RBI MPC Meeting, Tatkal Ticket Rules & More  Government proposes to ease tax relief conditions for offshore funds  TallyPrime Connected Banking: Automating Banking and Accounting  ITR Filing Deadline 2026: Is July 31 the Last Date to File Your Income Tax Return? Latest Official Update  ITR filing deadline nears: How to file income tax return online on e-filing portal - quick 15-step guide  Will the ITR Filing Deadline Be Extended Beyond July 31 for FY 2025-26? Here's the Latest Update for Taxpayers  Income Tax Refund Delayed for AY 2026-27? 5 Common Reasons Your Refund May Be Stuck and How to Fix It  ITR Filing 2026: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Asks Tax Officials to Let Honest Taxpayers Correct Genuine Mistakes  Will Your FCNR Deposit Stay Tax-Free After Returning to India? Tax Rules Explained for NRIs «  Budget will be tight rope walk for Govt... Need for a 'pragmatic' Budget ... » General Budget in Parliament on July 6 June, 25th 2009 The budget session of Parliament will commence from July 2 and the General Budget for 2009-10 will be presented to the Lok Sabha on July 6. The schedule for the budget session of Parliament was decided at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday. The Railway Budget will be presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 3. The session, which will start from July 2 with the presentation of the Economic Survey, would last till August 7. The Government hopes to pass the budget before July 31 to avoid the need for a fresh vote-on-account. Presentation of the Economic Survey, the Railway Budget and the Union Budget would be followed by a discussion on the demands for grants of select ministries. The Union Cabinet decided to recommend the dates of the budget session and the schedule to President Pratibha Patil. This will be the first budget of the UPA government in its second term at the Centre. Last week, the Prime Minister had written to the Finance Ministry to ensure that the Budget "adequately and appropriately" reflect the government's priorities set out in Patil's address to the joint sitting of Parliament. In her address, the President had highlighted the UPA government's ambitious agenda like providing rice or wheat at Rs three per kg for BPL families, enlarging the coverage of the rural employment guarantee scheme and giving more focus on building infrastructure to bring the economy back on the high growth track.