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Budget 2023: Coming up, 100 5G labs to develop applications — smart classrooms to healthcare

Yuthika Bhargava - 1 February, 2023

Budget 2023: MEA gets much less than parliamentary panel wanted. But chair says ‘satisfactory’

Budget 2023: Green push for auto sector — funds for scrapping old govt vehicles, cheaper EVs

Budget 2023: Govt introduces startup fund for young agri-entrepreneurs, idea long pushed by RSS

Budget 2023 for tech sector: Digital India funds slashed, PAN ‘common identifier’, KYCs simplified

Anupriya Chatterjee - 1 February, 2023

Sitharaman's 'technology-driven' also pushed for access to anonymised data, DigiLocker expansion & job creation through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0.

Budget 2023: Capital outlay sees 33% hike in infra boost. Focus on Nal Se Jal, PM Awas scheme

Moushumi Das Gupta - 1 February, 2023

Highways sector also saw jump in allocation. Fifty airports, heliports, water aerodromes & advance landing grounds to be revived to improve regional air connectivity.

Budget 2023: Govt allocates Rs 35,000 crore for energy transition with ‘green growth’ in focus

Simrin Sirur - 1 February, 2023

To aid 'green growth' agenda, Sitharaman announced measures like support for scrapping & replacing old vehicles, battery storage systems & compressed biogas plants.

Budget 2023 Highlights: Budget ‘beautifully balances’ growth & fiscal considerations, says FM

ThePrint Team - 1 February, 2023

AmritKalBudget unveiled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman focuses on 7 'priorities' and 4 'emphasis points'. Here, ThePrint breaks down the Union Budget 2023, and tracks reactions.

Budget 2023: Database to counter terror & organised crime gets 128% hike, marginal rise for CAPFs

Bismee Taskin - 1 February, 2023

Allocation for census, survey and statistics reduced to Rs 1,564.65 from Rs 3,676.00 in the current budget.

Budget 2023: ‘Infrastructure, digital, green’ — buzzwords that dominated Sitharaman’s speech

Nikhil Rampal - 1 February, 2023

In her 1 hour 26 minute-long speech, finance minister mentioned 'infrastructure' about 26 times and both 'digital' & 'green' 21 times. The word 'amrit' appeared 12 times.

Budget 2023: Development aid for war-torn Afghanistan unchanged, cuts for Sri Lanka & Myanmar

Pia Krishnankutty - 1 February, 2023

Allocation to external affairs ministry for development assistance to foreign countries & projects fell 13% to estimated Rs 5,848.58 crore from Rs 6,750 crore in FY23.

Budget 2023: Tourism promotion in ‘mission mode’ — Unity Malls, ‘package’ development of 50 sites

Soniya Agrawal - 1 February, 2023

States to set up ‘Unity Malls’ with objective of promotion & sale of ‘1 district, 1 product’, GI & handicraft. Amount allocated to tourism ministry same as last time, at Rs 2,400 cr.

Budget 2023: Modi govt puts focus on upgrading skills & tech, 3 new AI centres to come up

Kritika Sharma - 1 February, 2023

Education Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,12,899.47 cr — up by 8% from last yr — and FM has announced launch of PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 to skill lakhs of youth within next 3 yrs.

Modi govt’s target to achieve 4.5% fiscal deficit for FY26 could see some risks, says Moody’s

Siddhi Nayak - 1 February, 2023

Earlier in a statement, the rating agency said the narrower fiscal deficit underscores the Modi government's commitment to longer-term fiscal sustainability.

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