What India’s booming travel and tourism industry expects from Union Budget 2025

With technology becoming a key enabler for the industry, stakeholders are pitching for more investments into digital infrastructure, which is likely to smoothen the journey. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Tourism accounts for 5% of the India’s economy. However, starting a business in this sector faces several challenges. The industry hopes that the 2025 Union Budget would focus on simplifying processes, reducing regulatory barriers, and fostering an investment-friendly environment.

Union Budget 2025: Auto sector seeks EV incentives, tax reforms, and rural growth boost

Simplifying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure is seen as a critical step for the EV market. "Simplifying the GST structure with a uniform 5 percent tax across EVs, components, and charging infrastructure is essential to reducing costs and fostering growth," said Dinkar Agrawal, Founder, CTO, and COO of Oben Electric. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Ahead of Union Budget 2025, key auto sector expectations from various brokerage reports include EV supply chain incentives, tax reforms, and rural development schemes to drive industry growth.

ACKO gets a refreshed brand identity with a new logo

The refreshed identity signifies the company’s maturity and seriousness, reinforcing its commitment to growth, innovation, and customer-first solutions, stated the company in a statement.

The new logo is inspired by the Möbius strip, a one-sided surface that symbolizes infinite trust, inclusivity and collaboration.