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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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Budget 2024 | Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her shortest Budget speech

February 1, 2024 admin

People watch the live budget speech telecast from Parliament House, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 on February 01, 2024. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented her sixth consecutive Budget with a speech lasting 56 minutes, her shortest-ever. Dressed in a turquoise-coloured embroidered…

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Where does the money come from and where is it allocated?

February 1, 2024 admin

People watch Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Interim Budget 2024 in Parliament, at a television showroom in Kolkata, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha today. In her Budget speech she spoke of the profound transformation undergone by the Indian…

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Budget 2024 | Branding and marketing of iconic tourist destinations to push tourism

February 1, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes a morning stroll on one of the pristine beaches, in Lakshadweep. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Centre will work with States for the comprehensive development of iconic tourist centres and their branding and marketing at a global scale in order to promote Indian tourist destinations within the country as…

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2024 Interim Budget | Inclusive, innovative, sign of continuity: PM Modi

February 1, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the presentation of the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi characterised the Interim Budget tabled on Thursday as “inclusive and innovative”, one that “carries the confidence of continuity”, a reference to…

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Green measures announced by Finance Minister in Interim Budget

February 1, 2024 admin

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: AP While presenting the interim budget for 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a set of measures to boost the green economy and the blue economy Among other measures pertaining to finance and infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced some green initiatives and steps which will be…

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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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Budget 2024 Highlights: Interim Budget 2024 Key Highlights

February 1, 2024 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses for photographs before presenting the Interim Budget 2024 in New Delhi on February 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha today. Earlier in the morning, the Union Cabinet met and approved the Budget. Also Read |Budget 2024…

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FM withdraws all outstanding direct tax demands upto Rs 25,000, will benefit 1 cr taxpayers

February 1, 2024 admin

Image used for representative purpose. File | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Resolving long-pending tax dispute, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, proposed withdrawing all outstanding direct tax demands upto ₹25,000 from 1962 to 2009-10. In her interim budget speech, she noted that a large number of petty or disputed direct tax demands were burdening…

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Budget 2024 Updates | It is a Budget of creating India’s future: PM Modi

February 1, 2024 admin

Terming the Interim Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as “progressive”, veteran BJP leader B. S. Yediyurappa complimented her for presenting a realistic Budget that will improve the standard of living of people. The former Karnataka Chief Minister said the Budget reaffirms the commitment of the BJP government towards building a strong, empowered,…

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