India Union Budget

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A train burns after the aspirants set it on fire during their protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards-Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exams, at Gaya Junction railway station. (Photo:PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Don’t let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget’s top priority

In the pandemic’s third year, jobs must be the top priority. It’s not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory

28 Jan 2022 11:05 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI)

India seen boosting budget spending on infrastructure

Indian economy is estimated to expand 9.2% in this fiscal ends in March, following a contraction of 7.3% in the previous fiscal year

27 Jan 2022 10:23 AM

Sanjaya Baru | Awaiting hope and hype in Union Budget speech

The rich seek incentives to open their purses and invest, loaded with cash as many are, while the rest seek livelihood security

10 Jan 2022 1:15 AM

Ms Sitharaman has announced a huge capital expenditure outlay across sectors from health to infrastructure, and even to the financial sector, by setting up a Developmental Financial Institution with a capitalisation of Rs 20,000 crores. ((Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | State back in saddle; can pvt sector drive growth?

There is the feeling that the economy is at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, and the post-pandemic turnaround is around the corner

02 Feb 2021 7:14 AM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Govt proposes Rs 2.24 lakh cr outlay for healthcare in 2021-22: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID-19 vaccines for the next fiscal

01 Feb 2021 1:27 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI)

Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Kovind ahead of Budget speech

Budget copies will be disseminated electronically, with documents being uploaded on the government website and on a special app

01 Feb 2021 11:00 AM

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Budget Expectation

Experts call for additional tax rebates to healthcare investors

30 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

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DC Edit l Budget: A challenge and an opportunity

There is a hope among people and businesspersons that the government would come out in support of the economy

29 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

NREGA may be crucial for Modi government’s efforts to quell farm distress. (Representational image)

Budget 2019: Govt faces hard choice of 9 pc growth or 2 pc decline on MGNREGA

Budget 2019: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman may have to raise allocation for NREGA to alleviate agrarian crisis.

17 Jun 2019 3:44 PM

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