Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday allocated Rs 25,000 crore to develop 675km of highways in Bengal, the lowest allotment among the four poll-bound states.
Sitharaman allotted Rs 1.0...
A key highlight of Monday’s trading was that the benchmark indices were in the green throughout the trading session unlike in the past budget sessions where they turned volatile in line with the...
The Union government on Monday lowered the import duty on gold and silver by 5 per cent in a bid to bring down the price of the precious metals in the domestic market and boost exports of gems and jew...
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The Congress on Monday said the Narendra Modi government had failed miserably to take measures required to revive the economy and that the Union Budget had deceived the poor, working class, farmers, a...
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled a defence allocation of Rs 4.78 lakh crore including pensions, a rise of just 1.4 per cent from last year’s budget, disappointing veterans ...
The education sector witnessed a major cut in outlay in the Union Budget for 2021-22 amid substantial dip in allocation to a scheme that aimed to improve school infrastructure and teaching.
The alloc...
The Centre has announced a 137 per cent increase in the budget on “health and well-being” in the coming year, but four-fifths of this rise will be utilised for Covid-19 vaccines, water and...
The Union Budget for 2021-22 gave little assurance to migrant workers and the unemployed.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reiterated some old schemes like the One Nation One Ration Card...