Congress MP Manish Tewari pilloried the government on a range of issues like lower than expected growth rate, inadequate private investment, slow growth rate in agriculture, falling value of the rupee, and increasing public debt. | Photo Credit: ANI Members…
File picture of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (February 3, 2025) said funds to railway projects in West Bengal have been increased three times since Mamata Banerjee was in…
A file image of Buggana Rajendranath Reddy | Photo Credit: The Hindu The YSR Congress Party has slammed Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for not mounting pressure on the Centre to get more sops to the State and letting go…
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy with Ministers and officials at a review meeting on Budget, SC categorisation and Caste Survey on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The marathon meeting of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy with Ministers at the…
This piece analyses the Union Budget 2025-26 for its employment generating impact from both a macro-economic as well as a micro-economic perspective. It does it by examining two sets of proposals: the first is the flagship personal income tax (PIT)…
The Union Budget 2025-26 earmarked ₹6.81 lakh crore — or 13.4% of total Central government expenditure — for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Of the MoD’s total budget, ₹4.92 lakh crore, or 72%, is meant for the Defence Services (primarily…
If your car is sputtering, and a faulty fading battery appears to be the cause, the only immediate alternative is to try and jumpstart it by hooking it up with another running car. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought to do…
Union Budget focussed on enhancing financial independence of women and providing them an enabling atmosphere to work. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Budget for 2025-26 presented on Saturday (February 1, 2025) focusses on enhancing financial independence of women…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Kerala’s plea for the special economic package to tackle the current liquidity crisis and the assistance for the Vizhinjam port project had featured in the State’s wish-list for the 2024-25 Budget as well. | Photo…
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu Presenting the Union Budget for 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed measures to expand affordable housing. Ms. Sitharaman announced that 40,000 units of…
