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Union Budget 2025: Healthcare gets an infrastructure and insurance boost

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Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI The Union Budget of 2024-25 provides support to healthcare delivery through increased investment in infrastructure and expansion of the health workforce. It aims to make more affordable some lifesaving drugs needed for treating cancer, other chronic diseases, and some rare diseases. It also seeks to expand…

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Union Budget 2025: Government to introduce Jan Vishwas 2.0 for greater ease of doing business

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Government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 outdated legal provisions to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech that the government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill…

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Budget will initiate reforms in six domains — taxation, urban development, mining, financial sector, power and regulatory reforms, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

February 1, 2025 admin

Watch: Union Budget 2025 | Key Highlights Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of growth slowing down to four-year-low of 6.4%. This is the second Budget of the BJP-led NDA Government in its third term in office. Ms. Sitharaman started her speech by…

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Union Budget 2025: A responsive Budget that banks on India

February 1, 2025 admin

P.B. Balaji, Group CFO, Tata Motors The Union Finance Minister has delivered a growth-oriented budget that reaffirms the government’s commitment to attain the larger purpose of ‘Viksit Bharat’, with progressive policies to step up domestic consumption while driving long-term transformation. Union Budget 2025 industry reactions highlights The single most important highlight of this Budget is…

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Thirukkural and Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speeches

February 1, 2025 admin

Thiruvalluvar statue. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Thirukkural made a comeback in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech after a four-year-gap on Saturday (February 1, 2025). She presented her eighth consecutive Budget this time. Thirukkural is not new to Budget speeches. Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram used to quote from the book during…

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GST receipts rebound to second-highest peak in January

February 1, 2025 admin

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rebounded sharply in January, rising 12.3% from December’s weak 7.3% uptick, to hit their second highest monthly tally of ₹1,95,506 crore, with domestic revenues rising 10% and revenues from imports up 19.8%. Gross GST inflows had…

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Union Budget 2025: What’s in it for women and children?

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What’s in it for women and children? The Union Budget for 2025-26 focusses on enhancing financial independence of women and providing them an enabling atmosphere to work. | Video Credit: The Hindu The Union Budget for 2025-26 presented on Saturday (February 1, 2025) focusses on enhancing financial independence of women and providing them an enabling…

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Budget 2025: Centre exempts customs duties on EV battery materials

February 1, 2025 admin

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters In its attempt to promote domestic manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries to drive electric mobility, the government will add 35 additional capital goods used in the manufacturing of Electronic Vehicle batteries to the duty exemption list, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech. Also Read |…

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Union Budget 2025: Cancer drugs to get cheaper, special attention to women and child healthcare

February 1, 2025 admin

The government has allocated ₹99,858.56 crore for the Union Health Ministry in the Union Budget 2025-26 — ₹95,957.87 crore for the Department of Health and Family Welfare and ₹3,900.69 crore for the Department of Health Research. It is an increase from ₹89,974.12 crore allocated in the Budget (revised estimates) of 2024-2025. The government has announced…

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Union Budget 2025-26 leaves Telangana sulking for the second year in a row

February 1, 2025 admin

Though Telangana submitted a wish-list of requirement for various projects, it drew a blank in the Union Budget 2025-26. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images For the second successive year, Telangana got short shrift in the Union Budget with almost zero allocation for any of the projects for…

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