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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget, 2024, on February 1. She said the government’s focus was on four major ‘castes’ — women, youth, poor and farmers Here are the highlights of the Interim Budget 2024 TAX No changes in tax structure for direct and indirect taxes, including import duties No tax liability…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hands over a a key to a beneficiary of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Union Government will launch a scheme to help “deserving sections of the middle class living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorised colonies to buy or build their own…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithaman addresses the press conference after presenting the Union Interim Budget 2024 at Parliament, at the National Media Centre, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Budget Estimate for the Union Minority Ministry remain almost unchanged with marginal increase for a couple of schemes and programmes. The budget…
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Image used for representation purpose only. Although the Interim Budget for 2024-25 did not propose any changes in existing taxation, startups are offered certain tax benefits by way of extension of exemptions. According to the Budget document, certain tax benefits to startups and investments made by sovereign wealth or pension funds as also tax exemption on…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. Signalling a commitment to research and innovation for India’s “tech-savvy youth,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Interim Budget speech on February 1, mentioned a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore, that would be available on ‘minimal or nil interest rates’ to “encourage” the private sector to invest in research…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The allocation for the departments of Higher Education and School Education, under the Union Education Ministry, has been increased in the Interim Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on February 1. Schemes such as PM Schools for Rising India…
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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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Indian Bank Managing Director and CEO S.L. Jain says that the government’s focus on infrastructure, and support for EV manufacturing and charging infrastructure, aligns well with the nation’s developmental goals. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Centre will focus on expanding and strengthening the electric vehicle ecosystem with supporting charging infrastructure in its move towards…
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In a significant measure to bring jointness in the procurements of the armed forces, the Government has decided to consolidate the demand of the three services in the capital head of the defence budget based on similar items of expenditure such as land, aircraft and aeroengines, heavy and medium vehicles among others. In the interim…
A farmer sprays fertiliser on his field in Vemulapally village near Miryalguda, Nalgonda District. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The Centre has decreased fertiliser subsidies, apparently hoping that the improving situation in Ukraine and increased domestic production will help in managing the situation. The Fertilisers and Chemicals Ministry has been claiming that the increase…
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