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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…
Budget 2024:Hyderabad ceased to be the capital of Andhra Pradesh on June 2 this year. New Delhi: Presenting her seventh straight budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said Andhra Pradesh will get support of Rs 15,000 crore to develop its capital. TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, is a key…
India saw 92 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2023, signifying a positive post-pandemic revival, the Chief Economic Advisor has said in the Economic Survey released on July 22. The survey, which was tabled in Parliament, said India’s tourism industry showed positive signs of revival post-pandemic with an year-on-year increase of 43.5%. The hospitality industry has…
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI With an allocation of ₹22,137.95 crores in the interim budget 2024, the Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) sector will see establishment of more clusters and new…
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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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Flight take off at Chennai Airport. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The budgetary allocation for the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) has been slashed by 60% after a record-high grant last time. The fund is spent on reviving unused and underused airports in tier-2 and tier-3 cities. The government…
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Budget breakdown: 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 A sector-wise split of the budgeted expenditure in FY25 shows that of the 26 sectors for which data was analysed, allocation…
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Watch | One crore households to get 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarisation Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance following the Ayodhya temple consecration that one crore households will be electrified via rooftop solar installations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Interim Budget 2024-25, reiterated that commitment. “Through rooftop…
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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