Budget 2024 on welfare schemes: Expenditure cut or remain stagnant, say Left parties

February 2, 2024 admin

CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader D. Raja. File photo | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR In a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit, the Union government has cut down on expenditure that has led to welfare schemes and capital expenditure being curtailed and this would negatively impact future growth and economic fundamentals,…

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Union Budget | Centre to expand electric vehicle ecosystem to support charging infra

February 1, 2024 admin

The government will expand the electric vehicle ecosystem to support charging infra, and e-buses for public transport networks will be encouraged, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Ms. Sitharaman, in her pre-election Budget, which is technically a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, also said the blending of…

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