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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement comes against the backdrop of an indefinitely postponed Census, which means that there is little reliable data to back up her assertion of “fast” population growth in the country. Interim Budget 2024 A high powered committee will be constituted to consider the challenges arising from “fast population growth and demographic…
Watch | Marginal increase in allocations to agriculture, fisheries, and animal husbandry Maintaining that the ‘annadata’s’ welfare is the highest priority of the Centre, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget that farmers’ empowerment and well-being will drive the country forward. The allocation for the Agriculture Ministry is ₹1,17,528.79 crore, an increase of…
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Daily Quiz | On Union Budget Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the budget at 11 a.m., for the first time, instead of doing it at 5 p.m. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it can be materialised before the beginning of…
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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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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Direct Benefit Transfers (DBTs) through Jan Dhan accounts, totalling up to Rs 34 lakh crore, have translated into savings of Rs 2.7 lakh crore for the government,…
Central government’s fiscal deficit touched 39.3% of the full year target in the first half of the current financial year, slightly higher than 37.3% recorded in the year-ago period. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit or the gap between expenditure and revenue worked out at ₹7.02 lakh crore at the end of September 2023, showed…
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Central government’s fiscal deficit touched 39.3% of the full year target in the first half of the current financial year, slightly higher than 37.3% recorded in the year-ago period. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit or the gap between expenditure and revenue worked out at ₹7.02 lakh crore at the end of September 2023, showed…
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Mangroves are salt-tolerant plant communities found in tropical and subtropical intertidal regions. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Union Budget for 2023-24 announced an initiative for mangrove plantation along the coastline and on salt pan lands, under MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes). How do mangroves help? Mangroves…
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A salesman watches TV screens during the live telecast of Union Budget 2023 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The Union Budget highlighted the seriousness of pendency in courts and the need for quick dispute resolution by announcing a “voluntary settlement scheme with standardised terms” to amicably…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves after briefing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on the Union Budget 2023-24, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI BJP MPs on Friday interacted with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the merits and demerits of the new and old income tax regimes…
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