[ad_1] Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, party MPs Dharmendra Yadav, Dimple Yadav and Anand Bhadauriya in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on February 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Terming the Union Budget āpro-richā, Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on Friday (February 7,…
[ad_1] A view of the Parliament building in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Lok Sabha has been allocated ā¹903 crore in the Union Budget, more than double the amount given to the Rajya Sabha. A sizeable allocation ā ā¹558.81 crore of the total ā¹903 crore ā has been assigned to the Lok…
[ad_1] Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The government has only committed to “half-hearted” steps of registering gig workers on e-SHRAM and including them under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the Congress said on Sunday (February 2, 2025) and asserted that India needs a national legal and social security…
[ad_1] The Union Budget 2025-26 earmarked ā¹6.81 lakh crore ā or 13.4% of total Central government expenditure ā for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Of the MoDās total budget, ā¹4.92 lakh crore, or 72%, is meant for the Defence Services (primarily the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Defence Research and Development Organisation). About ā¹1.61…
[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ā¹20,000 crore āNuclear Energy Missionā to develop indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMR). File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ā¹20,000 crore āNuclear Energy Missionā to develop indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMR). The Budget proposes that at least five of these reactors will be…
[ad_1] The budgetary allocations for the Information and Broadcasting Ministry recorded a slight decline from ā¹4,626.71 crore to ā¹4,358.38 crore this year. While proposed funds for the establishment expenditure of the Ministry are pegged at ā¹142.70 crore, some ā¹38.27 crore for Art and Culture, and ā¹401.53 crore for Information and Publicity have been allocated. The…
[ad_1] Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the Budget session of Parliament, on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (February 1, 2025) criticised the Union Budget 2025 saying the Centre was out of ideas in solving the āeconomic crisisā. Union Budget 2025 LIVE updates…
[ad_1] Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: Reuters Gig workers will now be provided healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana as per the union budget announcement by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister on Saturday (February 1, 2025). She also announced that to provide relief to patients, particularly…
[ad_1] Currently, four VVER 1,000-MWe reactors are being built at the KKNPP site. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Boosting stateās power distribution and opening the nuclear power sector was announced by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her eighth Budget speech on Saturday (February 1, 2025). She announced incentivisation of distribution reforms to help the…
[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today will present a record eighth consecutive Union Budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth and ease the burden on the middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth while being fiscally prudent. This will take Ms. Sitharaman closer to the record…
