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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks on the Union Budget in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Ministry of Railways has received a record allocation of over ₹2.55 lakh crore in financial year 2024-25, which is a jump of 5.85% from the previous year’s ₹2.41 lakh crore, according to Union Budget…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said “rural land-related actions will include assignment of unique land parcel identification numbers or Bhu-Aadhaar for all lands, digitisation of cadastral maps, survey of map sub-divisions as per current ownership, establishment of land registry, and linking to the farmers registry”. Photo: https://dolr.gov.in/ulpin/ The 2024-2025 Union Budget presented by Finance Minister…
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Siddaramaiah, Revanth Reddy, and Sukhvinder Sukhu will not attend NITI Aayog meet on July 27 (File) New Delhi: Calling the Union Budget 2024-25 “discriminatory” and “dangerous”, the Congress on Tuesday evening announced that the party’s Chief Ministers — Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), and Sukhvinder Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) — will not attend the Niti Aayog…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Ministry of Minority Affairs has seen a mere 2.7% increase, from funds allocated in the previous year’s Budget Estimate (BE), for the financial year 2024-25 in the Union Budget presented on Tuesday. This…
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File Karnataka appears to be entering a fresh round of tussle with the Centre as the Congress-ruled State on July 23 declared that it will boycott the NITI Ayog meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on July 27, accusing the Centre of ignoring its demands in the Union Budget….
Army tanks and other weapon systems being showcased during the 72nd Republic Day parade at Rajpath, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated ₹6.22 lakh crore for the defence sector in 2024-25 which is almost the same as in the interim Budget presented in February. At approximately 12.90%…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a post Budget press conference, at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on July 23 described the Union Budget, as having unlimited development potential. He said it will fulfil the aspirations of 140 crore…
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Only houses with a suitable roof and an existing connection to the grid will be eligible for the scheme and consumers will still have to pay for all the net power supplied and consumed via the grid. File | Photo Credit: AFP Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget address gave a fillip to several commitments made…
Siddaramaiah termed the union budget “disappointing” (File) Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said his government had decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27, as a mark of protest against the “neglect” of the state’s demands in the Union Budget. He said there is no…
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S. Gajraj, chairman, Marketing Committee, Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association, and his family. Annual Income: ₹25 lakh Number of members in the family: 3 The Budget is pro-poor and pro-women, who are the most vulnerable. It rightly addresses their concerns, and has allocated money for their uplift. But the tax rebate could have been…
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