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Budget 2023 | Major thrust planned for green energy

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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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Budget 2023 | Department of Space gets ₹12,500 crore, 8% less than previous year

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The biggest cut is for space technology, under ‘Central Sector Schemes’, of ₹1,093.84 crore.  The Department of Space expenditure has been slashed by 8% in the 2023-24 Union Budget, down to ₹12,543.91 crore, from ₹13,700 crore in the previous Budget estimate. However this is 19% higher than the revised estimate from the last fiscal. The…

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Budget 2023 | MGNREGS fund cut by 33% to 60,000 crore

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The Congress general secretary for communications and former Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh also expressed dismay at the sharp cut. Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah In line with the recent trend of slashing the budget of its flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Budget allocated only ₹60,000 crore for the…

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Budget will lay strong base to build a developed India: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media at Parliament House on the first day of the Union Budget session of Parliament | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 1 termed the Union Budget as the “first budget of Amrit Kaal” (the 25-year period between the 75th year of independence and…

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Budget 2023 | Govt to borrow record ₹15.4 lakh crore in FY24 to bridge revenue gap

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 | Photo Credit: PTI The government plans to borrow a record ₹15.4 lakh crore from dated securities in FY24 to meet its expenditure requirement to prop up the economy. This is higher than the total borrowing of ₹14.21 lakh crore for the current financial year…

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