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…
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%…
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…
Union government has continued its emphasis on tackling non-communicable diseases, and allocating funds for research in the healthcare sector, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announcing customs duty exemptions on three cancer treatment drugs — Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The Union government has continued its emphasis on…
Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister, N Uttam Kumar Reddy has criticised Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama for ignoring Telangana in the Union Budget 2024 presented on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has criticised Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for ignoring Telangana in the…
Villagers show lithium stones in Reasi district of Jammu (file photo) | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced to fully exempt 25 critical minerals from custom duties, and reduce basic custom duties (BCD) on two of them. “This will provide a major fillip to the processing and refining of such minerals…
Image used for representative purpsoe only | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Shares of producers and exporters of seafood products’ firms jumped on July 23 after Finance Minister Nirmamala Sitharaman said the government will provide finance for shrimp farming and marketing. Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, Sitharaman said that the government has reduced the basic…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables the Financial Survey 2023-24. File | Photo Credit: PTI “A higher level of private sector financing and resource mobilisation from new sources will be crucial for India to build quality infrastructure,” according to the Economic Survey 2023-24. The Economic Survey 2023-24 was tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala…
