The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, ending the Budget session that began on January 31. As soon as the House met at 12 noon after an adjournment over remarks by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla read out his valedictory remarks and adjourned the House sine die – indefinitely…
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present the state budget for 2025-26 on Friday amid the ruling DMK’s war of words with the BJP-ruled centre. This will be fifth Budget of the present DMK government since led by Chief Minister MK Stalin since storming to power in 2021. The Budget speech will begin at…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is also the Finance Minister of the state, tabled the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government’s Budget for the 2025-26 fiscal on Monday. This is 11th state Budget being presented by Pawar as finance minister in the state Assembly. “I have got a chance to present the 11th budget as…
The second leg of the Parliament Budget Session began today with yet another confrontation between the Opposition and the government over the alleged ‘Hindi’ language imposition through the National Education Policy (NEP). Amid the sloganeering, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla has adjourned the house until 12 noon. The DMK members attacked the government over the…
The second leg of Parliament’s Budget session will begin today, March 10. The session is expected to begin on a stormy note, with the Opposition planning to corner the Union government on issues like US trade tariffs, alleged manipulation of electoral rolls, the Waqf bill, delimitation and the three-language rule in National Education Policy (NEP)….
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill after incorporating changes recommended by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The approval paves the way for the bill to be tabled in Parliament in the second half of the budget session beginning March 10. The Union…
The Income Tax Act of 1961 has undergone innumerable amendments since its inception (4,000, as stated by the finance minister in Parliament). Historically, successive governments have used tax as an instrument to incentivize specific industries, promote investments in certain regions, or to encourage foreign exchange earnings. As a result, numerous provisions were added over the…
Budget Session: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a book by a former CIA agent to target the Congress party and its leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Rahul Gandhi, on foreign policy. “I would like to tell such people that if they are really interested in foreign policy and want to understand foreign policy and want…
Delhi Election 2025: Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing the former chief minister of focussing on ‘jacuzzis’ and ‘showers.’ PM Modi’s remarks while speaking in Lok Sabha, without naming Kejriwal, came a day before Delhi is going to assembly elections. “Kuch netaon ka focus jacuzzi par, stylish shower…
Budget Session: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to ‘introspect’ and ‘apologise’ for his manipulation allegations in the recently held assembly elections in the state. “Introspect instead of insulting Maharashtra! You have insulted the people of Maharashtra, the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Phule and…
