Month: February 2023

Budget 2023 | Much-needed boost to agriculture, allied sectors: Kumar Mangalam Birla

February 1, 2023 admin

Kumar Mangalam Birla. Photo: Special Arrangement Union Budget 2023-24 is a bold step towards envisioning a prosperous and inclusive India. One of the key pillars of the Indian economy remains agriculture. And the Budget has provided a much-needed boost to agriculture and allied sectors. The proposed unique and innovative approaches will increase farmer incomes and…

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Budget 2023 | Silver to get costlier as govt. raises basic customs duty to 10%

February 1, 2023 admin

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Silver and silver jewellery will become expensive as the government on Wednesday announced increasing the basic customs duty on silver, both in dore and semi-manufactured form, to 10% in order to curb imports. Currently, the basic customs duty on silver dore is 6.1%, while on…

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Yogi Adityanath hails Budget, says it will fulfil aspirations of all sections of society

February 1, 2023 admin

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Union Budget on Wednesday evoked mixed reactions in Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the Budget and described it as a Budget for ‘New India’ which aims to serve 130 crore people of the country. The Opposition parties criticised the Budget and…

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Budget 2023 | Customs Duty tweaks likely to make mobile phones, TVs cheaper; toys, bicycles, automobiles dearer

February 1, 2023 admin

Mobile phones will become cheaper as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a reduction in the import duty. | Photo Credit: PTI With an eye on promoting exports, boosting domestic manufacturing and enhancing value addition, Union Budget 2023-24 has proposed number of changes to Customs Duty regime that is likely to make mobile phones and televisions…

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Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat

February 1, 2023 admin

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, February 1, presented the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 general elections. The Minister announced a range of new initiatives, revised income tax slabs and customs duty, and sops for agriculture and energy transition. The Union Budget 2023-24 document also listed the new allocations…

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Budget 2023 | Jal Jeevan Mission gets hike in funds

February 1, 2023 admin

A fully functional tap water connection is defined as a household getting at least 55 litres of potable water per capita per day all through the year. Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy With an eye on the General Elections and the deadline approaching for the government’s ambitious bid to provide piped…

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Budget 2023 | Choosing the path of prudence and continuity: T.T. Srinivasaraghavan

February 1, 2023 admin

T.T. Srinivasaraghavan. Photo: Special Arrangement The number of economists in India on January 31 is 842, on February 1, it’s 2,87,329… on Feb. 2, it rises to 3,34,569 and on Feb. 3, it is back to 842!” says a WhatsApp message doing the rounds. I certainly do not count myself in that number. It is…

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Nothing for Telangana in the budget: Kavitha

February 1, 2023 admin

BRS MLC K. Kavitha accused the BJP government at the Centre, alleging that there were no allocations for Telangana in the budget presented on Wednesday in the Parliament. “Why the Centre has not been distributing funds equally to all States while propagating ‘Sab ka saath sab ka vikas?’ Was this budget meant for only a…

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No sector will benefit from this budget: Vinod Kumar

February 1, 2023 admin

State Planning Board vice-chairman B. Vinod Kumar opined that no sector will benefit form the budget introduced by the Centre, terming it as ‘aimless.’ “This is an unimplementable budget. Union government has been behaving adamantly instead of joining hands with States for development. No single medical college was sanctioned for Telangana in the last eight…

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Budget disappointed people of Telangana: Uttam

February 1, 2023 admin

Finance Minister mentioned Telangana only once by promising to support the Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad as the Centre of Excellence. Congress Lok Sabha member N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Wednesday was highly disappointing for Telangana. Further, he described it…

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