[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 “pro-rich”, 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 ₹903 crore in the Union Budget, more than double the amount given to the Rajya Sabha. A sizeable allocation — ₹558.81 crore of the total ₹903 crore — 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 ₹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 the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Defence Research and Development Organisation). About ₹1.61…
[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…
