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Education scheme budget: Students in a classroom in Radhakrishnapur High School which uses innovative means for the upliftment of their students. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI In FY25, the government is expected to spend ₹73,008 crore on school education. The allocation marginally increased by ₹534 crore, when compared with the revised estimates for the year…
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Watch | Marginal increase in allocations to agriculture, fisheries, and animal husbandry Maintaining that the ‘annadata’s’ welfare is the highest priority of the Centre, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget that farmers’ empowerment and well-being will drive the country forward. The allocation for the Agriculture Ministry is ₹1,17,528.79 crore, an increase of…
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Rural development schemes: Workers engaged in the MNREGS works at Siddharampuram in Anantapur district. | Photo Credit: Prasad RVS In FY25, the government is expected to spend ₹2,65,808 crore on rural development. The allocation marginally increased by ₹26,824 crore, when compared with the revised estimates for the year FY24. However, the increase in the overall…
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The allocation for Census Survey and Statistics has been slashed to ₹1,277.80 crore from ₹1,546.65 crore in 2023-24, a further indication that the Census exercise, which was to be initially completed in 2021, is not planned in the first quarter of the fiscal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Home Ministry has been…
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Given that Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers, anganwadi workers, and helpers are at the forefront of health care delivery at the grassroots level, the World Health Organization (WHO) has applauded February 1 Union Budget announcement on extending healthcare coverage to them under Ayushman Bharat. Roderico H. Ofrin, WHO’s representative in India, said that various…
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Daily Quiz | On Union Budget Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the budget at 11 a.m., for the first time, instead of doing it at 5 p.m. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it can be materialised before the beginning of…
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A PSLV rocket carrying the X-Ray Polarimetry Satellite (XPoSat) lifts off from the Sriharikota spaceport, January 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI/ISRO With no major space missions slated for 2024, the Department of Space has recieved only a nominal hike of 4% in its allocation in the Interim Union Budget for 2024-25, from ₹12,545 crore…
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Higher education Budget allocation: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi main gate, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena In FY25, the government is expected to spend ₹47,619 crores on higher education. The allocation declined by ₹9,624 crore, when compared with the revised estimates for the year FY24. The reduction in overall spending on…