Tag: Budget 2025

Govt announces two more credit-linked schemes under Export Promotion Mission

January 2, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The government on Friday (January 2, 2026) launched two new components of the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) aimed at easing and reducing the cost of the credit access process for exporters. This comes days after the Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified guidelines for…

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Budget 2025 is a bit like discussing Hindi film lyrics from the 90s

February 7, 2025 admin

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Too many letters. Oh, and I’m not talking about the Russian alphabet, although it also has way too many letters. I’m talking about modern correspondence in this digital age. (The writer apologises for the loose use of the word letters. Sadly, this writer is forever apologising). In fact,…

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Budget 2025 overlooks joblessness – The Hindu

February 2, 2025 admin

The previous Budget, presented in July 2024 after the Lok Sabha election, had accorded priority to employment and skill development, given the nature of the election mandate. The Finance Minister had announced a Prime Minister’s Package of five schemes and initiatives to facilitate job and internship opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period…

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Average workdays per household is down to just 44 days under MGNREGA

February 2, 2025 admin

Representative image | Photo Credit: PTI Falling short of the 100 days of work guaranteed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, average workdays per household under the scheme had come down to just 44.62 days in 2024-25 from 52.08 days in 2023-24, a consortium of non-profit organisations said on Sunday (February…

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‘Declare Kerala Backward If You Want Funds’: Row Over Minister’s Remark

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Amid the Opposition’s charge that Budget 2025 had ignored Kerala, Union Minister George Kurian has said the southern state must declare that it is backward if it wants more funds from the Centre. The remark has intensified the row and the ruling Left has said the minister’s statement reflects the Centre’s “anti-Kerala” stand….

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PM Plays Up Budget Tax Breather At Delhi Poll Rally

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: As campaigning for the February 5 election in Delhi enters its last leg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pointed to Budget 2025 and played up the proposals for Bihar and the income tax relief to the middle class. Addressing a rally in south Delhi’s RK Puram, the Prime Minister said this Budget was…

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“Asset Monetisation Not Substitute For Disinvestment”: Nirmala Sitharaman On NDTV

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who presented the Union Budget yesterday, clarified that the asset monetisation plan is not a substitute to disinvestment. Speaking to NDTV Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia on Sunday, Ms Sitharaman said, “Asset monetisation is not a substitute for disinvestment. Asset monetisation has been going on and will continue. In the 2nd…

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Budget Focus On Bihar, Delhi Polls? N Sitharaman Cites Abraham Lincoln

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Countering the Opposition’s charge that the Centre has extended big Budget gifts to Bihar with an eye on the upcoming Assembly polls, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has questioned if a state with such a high population density and rich history does not deserve a good international airport. The Finance Minister spoke to NDTV’s…

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Congress slams government over ‘neglect’ of MGNREGS

February 2, 2025 admin

Congress general in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said, the government’s neglect of this crucial safety net exposes its indifference to rural livelihoods. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Sunday (February 2, 2025) lashed out at the government over keeping the MGNREGS budget stagnant and said the “neglect” of this crucial safety net exposes its…

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Maharashtra Opposition slams Budget 2025 as Bihar-centric; State Government hits back

February 2, 2025 admin

Aaditya Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Opposition parties in Maharashtra slammed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as ‘Bihar budget’. While the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Congress and the Shiv Sena UBT hit out at the Budget for open favouritism, the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its governing…

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