NEW DELHI: The Union Budget for 2024-25 allocates Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment, and skilling across the country. Presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized its focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs, and the middle class.Sitharaman announced that the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced several projects for Andhra Pradesh while presenting the Union Budget 2024 in Lok Sabha. The move is likely to keep key ally Chandrababu Naidu happy who in the last few days had renewed demand for special category status to Andhra. BJP led NDA govt at…
NEW DELHI: The Centre might have refused special category status for Bihar, but has given a bonanza in Union Budget 2024 for the state. The government proposed Rs 26,000 crore budget for various road projects in Bihar, announced finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Finance minister said the government “will formulate plan Purvodaya for all round development…
Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will deliver her seventh consecutive Budget on Tuesday, outlining a plan for India’s development by 2047 and showcasing the government’s performance over the past decade. The market anticipates potential tax relief for the middle class, leaving more disposable income in their hands, given the current tax buoyancy.Additionally, there are…
MUMBAI: Since finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s fifth Budget on Feb 1, 2023, Indian investors have become richer by a staggering Rs 174 lakh crore – translating to about $2.1 trillion at the current rupee-dollar rate. In the same time, the sensex has risen 31% (nearly 21k points) while Nifty has outperformed its more popular peer…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the first budget of Modi 3.0 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Union budget 2024-25 will be her seventh presentation of the budget as finance minister. With this, she will also break the record of Morarji Desai’s six budget presentations.Desai, who was the country’s Finance…
The Indian economy has recovered and expanded in an orderly fashion post-pandemic and the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023-24 was 20 per cent higher than its level in pre-pandemic 2019-20, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled on Monday in the Parliament. This, as per the Survey document, is a feat that only…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s seventh Budget will do a tight rope walk as she looks to strike a balance between the need to spend more on social sector schemes amid calls from allies for additional assistance to states, while seeking to address demands for a reduction in personal income tax and yet ensuring…
NEW DELHI: IMF on Tuesday revised the growth projection for India to 7% during the current financial year, compared to the earlier estimate of 6.8%, citing upward revisions to growth last year and improved prospects for private consumption, especially in rural areas. The assessment will provide comfort to analysts and policymakers as rural demand is…
Representative Image New Delhi: Gems and jewellery exporters on Tuesday sought a reduction in import duty on hold, silver, and platinum bars to 4 per cent in the forthcoming Budget. In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council said the Indian gems and jewellery industry contributes…
