New Delhi: The government Sunday announced an integrated programme to boost growth in the labour-intensive textile sector and also proposed setting up of mega textile parks. In her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "For the labour-intensive Textile Sector, I propose an Integrated...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The government Sunday proposed dedicated corridors in mineral-rich states like Odisha and Tamil Nadu and import duty exemption on capital goods needed for processing critical minerals to boost mining and processing activities. This assumes significance in view of the government's focus on promoting...
New Delhi: The government's annual subsidy expense on food, fertiliser and fuel is pegged 4.47 per cent lower at Rs 4,10,495 crore during the 2026-27 fiscal. According to the Union Budget 2026-27, the revised subsidy for food, fertiliser and fuel for the current 2025-26 fiscal...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitahraman Sunday proposed to set up an Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund to provide calibrated partial credit guarantees to lenders. Sitharaman in her Budget speech said during this past decade, the government has undertaken several initiatives for large-scale enhancement of public...
New Delhi: India Sunday categorically rejected as baseless Pakistan's allegations of an Indian hand in attempts to disturb peace in Balochistan, and said it is Islamabad's usual tactics to deflect attention from its "internal failings". External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, trashing the charges, also...
New Delhi: The government Sunday proposed the development of an 'East Coast Industrial Corridor' with a well-connected node at Durgapur in West Bengal, and creation of five tourism destinations in five 'Purvodaya' states. Presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed to...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed a container manufacturing scheme, with a budgetary allocation of Rs 10,000 crore over five years, to create a globally competitive container building ecosystem. To promote environmentally sustainable movement of cargo, Sitharaman said a scheme for the enhancement...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed to reduce the tax collection at source (TCS) rate to 2 per cent for education and medical purposes under Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) as well as on sale of overseas tour program package. Presenting the Union Budget...
New Delhi: The Union government Sunday announced plans to promote astrophysics and astronomy, as well as boost telescope facilities in the country. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said this while presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget in the Parliament. “Four telescope infrastructure facilities to be...
New Delhi: Building on the success of the Lakhpati Didi scheme, community-owned retail shops will be set up for the women entrepreneurs from self-help groups, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Sunday. Presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, the minister called it the "next...
The fresh Indo-US trade deal announced by US President Donald Trump 2 February will see American tariffs on Indian goods...
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China’s President Xi Jinping now finds himself in an enviable position enjoying kind of a special superpower status as countries,...
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For an economy plagued by multiple ailments – a daily depreciating currency, growing household debt, high unemployment and inequality, exodus...
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By Aakar Patel As a democratic society, it is expected that India’s authorities follow the rule of law. This includes...
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