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Union Budget: What’s in it for aviation? | Video Credit: The Hindu A look at what the Union Budget 2025 had in store for the aviation sector. A modified UDAN scheme will be launched to enhance regional connectivity to 120 new destinations and carry 4 crore passengers in the next 10 years. The scheme will…
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Lauding the Union Budget for the upcoming year, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Saturday (February 1, 2025) called it historic and revolutionary for the upliftment of the middle class and working classes of the society. “This budget presented today is a historic…
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Watch: Union Budget 2025 | What’s in it for health sector? The Union Budget 2025-26 has brought several key developments for the health sector. This year’s budget sees an enhanced allocation, a commitment to adding 75,000 medical seats over the next five years, cheaper medicines for cancer, rare diseases, and chronic ailments, as well as…
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Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (February 1, 2025) made some significant proposals for promoting indigenous ship building as also acquisition of Indian-flagged ships. Among them, the Budget has proposed the setting up of a Maritime Development Fund (MDF) to support…
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In a continuing quest to encourage small and medium firms in the clean energy sector, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has exempted cobalt powder and waste, the scrap of lithium-ion batteries, lead, zinc, and 12 other critical minerals from basic customs duty. In her July 2024 Budget, Ms Sitharaman had already exempted 25 critical minerals…
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George Kurian. File | Photo Credit: TH Union Minister George Kurian has said that if Kerala wants more funds from the Centre, the State should declare that it is backward in terms of education, infrastructure, and social welfare. The remark from Mr. Kurian, while speaking to reporters in the national capital, came in the wake…
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In a quest to boost private sector research and development in India, the Union Budget has allocated ₹20,000 crore to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) for “research, development and innovation”, which several scientists have described as “historic”. Typically, the Ministry’s annual budget has averaged around ₹6,000 crore to ₹8,000 crore. “This is a…
Congress leader P. Chidambaram and Gaurav Gogoi addressing the media on Budget at AICC, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The key takeaway of the Union Budget 2025-26 is that the BJP is wooing the tax-paying middle class and the electorate of Bihar, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on…
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The Finance Minister said the total number of students in 23 IITs has increased 100% from 65,000 to 1.35 lakh in the past 10 years. A view of IIT Madras. File The Union Budget 2025-26 has increased the allocation for school and higher education and has announced Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme to provide digital-form Indian language…
CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary Mohammad Salim. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Secretary Md. Salim said on Saturday (February 1, 2025) that the Budget presented by the Union government was for Bihar. The veteran leader criticised the lack of allocations for women, farmers, the poor,…
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