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Budget 2023 increases municipal bond issues to improve civic finances for infrastructure

The government will incentivise civic bodies to improve their finances & set up an Urban Infrastructure Development Fund to create urban infrastructure in tier-II & tier-III cities.

Sitharaman announces Agriculture Accelerator Fund in Union Budget to encourage agri-startups

The Finance Minister said the government proposes to increase the agricultural credit target to Rs 20 lakh crore with a focus on animal husbandry, dairy, and fisheries.

Inclusive development to green growth — Sitharaman lists 7 priorities of Budget 2023

The seven key priorities are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infra and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth power and financial sector.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.2% in FY24, rising interest payments a concern, says UN report

The report noted that the rising interest rates signify that interest payments could be higher than the entire education budget of a few years ago.

Union Budget 2023 to focus on deficit reduction. Education, defence funds likely to grow

Officials said funds towards health, education and defence are likely to grow at not more than 10% to 12% for the current year

India’s FY24 gross borrowing could be less than expected -economists

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central government's gross market borrowings for 2023/24 could come in below market expectations as a pool of securities raised to compensate states for a shortfall in goods

Newsrooms, consultancies all abuzz but missing key question: Is Budget important anymore?

When GST was rolled out in India, proposals pertaining to 45-50 per cent of the government’s tax revenue were taken out of the Budget and placed under the GST Council.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.