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February 25, 2023 09:04 pm | Updated February 26, 2023 08:26 am IST – BHUBANESWAR The rugged Sunabeda plateau, 3,000 feet above sea level, along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, has always been difficult terrain to traverse, but for Yuvraj Chhatria, it is just a part of his journey. The 30-km ride from the top of the…
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said India is a rising star in the global economy primarily due to agriculture and agri-based industry, and stressed that the country’s rise is “unstoppable”. Addressing the 61st convocation of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Mr. Dhankhar said: “In September 2022,…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference on Union Budget 2023-24, in Jaipur on February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The measures like increased capex, boosting the green economy and initiatives for strengthening financial markets announced in the Budget 2023-24 are expected to promote job creation and spur economic growth, the Finance…
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Ahead of the upcoming Assembly and Bengaluru civic body polls, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka has announced ₹9,698 crore-worth projects in the State Budget 2023-23 for comprehensive development of Bengaluru city. On Friday, in his Budget speech, Mr Bommai said that under the Amrutha Nagarothana Scheme, works worth ₹6,000 crore are being…
The budget has proposed a revenue surplus of ₹402 crore, breaking the trend of revenue deficit budgets for the past two years February 17, 2023 10:08 am | Updated 02:59 pm IST Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai presents the State Budget 2023 on February 17, 2023 | Photo Credit: CM’s Office Aided by a buoyant…
A man rides a bicycle past the hoarding of India’s G20 presidency, on a street in Mumbai, on December 15, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters The G-20 members stressed on the need to increase climate finance to help farmers take up adaptation measures, agriculture secretary Manoj Ahuja said on Wednesday. Addressing media on the concluding…
A primary agricultural cooperative credit society at Somarasampettai near Tiruchi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In order to strengthen the cooperative sector, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of new primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) and dairy-fishery cooperatives in uncovered villages and panchayats. Its implementation will be done over a period of five…
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This year’s Budget shines special attention on laboratory-grown diamonds, or LGDs. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the sector has high employment potential. A number of schemes to promote their research and development in India have been announced. What are laboratory-grown diamonds? LGDs are manufactured in laboratories, as opposed to naturally-occurring diamonds. But the chemical composition…
Arindam Guha As part of its 2022 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) goals, India has committed to a number of ambitious objectives such as reducing GDP emissions intensity by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030, increasing its renewables capacity to 500 GW by 2030 and achieving net zero status by 2070. Some of the key initiatives…
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Amid global rate hikes, foreign fund flows are seeing an ‘uneasy equilibrium’ in recent months, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said in an interview. Excerpts: How do you place the Budget in the context of global headwinds and insulating India from their worst effects? Three global factors are important for our economy. One, a significant…