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The budgetary allocations for the Information and Broadcasting Ministry recorded a slight decline from ₹4,626.71 crore to ₹4,358.38 crore this year. While proposed funds for the establishment expenditure of the Ministry are pegged at ₹142.70 crore, some ₹38.27 crore for Art and Culture, and ₹401.53 crore for Information and Publicity have been allocated. The government…
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The Centre is confident of delivering on its Budget promise to arrange external financing for infrastructure development projects in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan said in an interview with The Hindu. He also elaborated on measures to rein in food inflation and spur consumption. Edited excerpts: The Budget’s push for job creation…
Congress chief ministers will also boycott the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27. New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties will stage protests in and outside Parliament today against what they describe as “discrimination” against opposition-ruled states in the recently unveiled Union Budget. The high-level meeting saw participation from several prominent leaders, including the Leader of…
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File Karnataka appears to be entering a fresh round of tussle with the Centre as the Congress-ruled State on July 23 declared that it will boycott the NITI Ayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on July 27, accusing the Centre of ignoring its demands in the Union Budget….
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23 at 11 a.m. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman. The Budget Session of the Parliament started on Monday with the Economic Survey 2023-24 being tabled in…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to double the deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to ₹30 lakh | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to double the deposit limit for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme to ₹30 lakh and Monthly Income Account Scheme to ₹9 lakh. In her Budget Speech, the…
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Clean green hydrogen energy generation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Underlining a commitment to accelerate the Indian economy’s transition to one powered by green energy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on Wednesday mentioned a slew of schemes aimed at promoting clean energy and sustainable living. Green energy was among the ‘Saptarishi’…
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