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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media at Parliament House on the first day of the Union Budget session of Parliament | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 1 termed the Union Budget as the “first budget of Amrit Kaal” (the 25-year period between the 75th year of independence and…
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IDBI Bank is on the government’s list for privatisation. Image for representation | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna The Budget for 2023-24 has not separately mentioned the amount that the government plans to raise from disinvestment or privatisation of state-owned companies. Earlier, proceeds from disinvestment were shown separately as part of the miscellaneous receipts in the…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24. | Photo Credit: ANI The Union Budget 2023 presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has come as a disappointment to the Telangana government which claimed that “there is nothing particular about Telangana”. Budget 2023 | What’s cheaper and what’s costlier? Finance Department…
Watch | Budget 2023 | What’s cheaper and what’s costlier? Customs duties on articles made from bars of gold and platinum have been increased. | Photo Credit: PTI With a view to promoting exports, boosting domestic manufacturing, and enhancing value addition, the Union Budget 2023-24 has proposed a number of changes to the Customs Duty regime which…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 | Photo Credit: PTI The government plans to borrow a record ₹15.4 lakh crore from dated securities in FY24 to meet its expenditure requirement to prop up the economy. This is higher than the total borrowing of ₹14.21 lakh crore for the current financial year…
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Farmers ride on a cart loaded with grass in a village on the outskirts of Jalandhar, Punjab on January 31, 2023. According the Economic Survey, the performance of the agriculture and allied sector had been buoyant over the past several years due to the measures taken by Centre to augment crop and livestock productivity |…
Considering the increase in the cultivation of millets, the Centre may soon announce a benchmark price for minor millets produced in various States. The Centre said it would help States to procure and distribute millets through the public distribution system. At present, millets such as jowar, bajra and ragi are procured by nine States with…
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Farmers staging a protest against discrepancies in the disbursement of compensation for loss of crops at Gudamalani in Barmer district in Rajasthan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement. A peculiar situation has arisen for farmers in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, where the public sector Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC) has released compensation against claims for damage…
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All India Kisan Sabha(AIKS) national president Ravula Venkaiah said the agitation to press for statutory backing to the minimum support price(MSP) regime will be intensified coinciding with the budget session of the Parliament. Addressing the media here on Monday, Mr. Venkaiah said: “We will not rest until MSP is not fixed as per the formula…
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If dry weather continues till April, then the yield is expected to be around 12 lakh metric tonnes this year | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR There seems to be some good news for mango lovers this season. After two ‘off’ years, this year there might be a good amount of yield, barring any weather…