Key takeaways from Union Budget 2023-24 in charts

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The government will focus on economic growth and job creation and cut down the fiscal deficit, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, presenting its last full budget in Parliament before the…

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Budget 2023 | Marginal hike in funds for Home Ministry, allocation for Census slashed by half

February 1, 2023 admin

File photo of officials collecting data as part of Census in 2011. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K In an indication that the census exercise — meant to be completed in 2021, but delayed because of COVID-19 — may not be conducted in 2023-24, the Union Budget allocation for the Census Survey and Statistics head…

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