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

Agriculture Accelerator Fund aims to bring 'innovative & affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers' and modern technologies to increase productivity & profitability.

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

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

Modi govt’s ‘mitr kaal’ budget proves it has no roadmap to build India’s future: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader, in a tweet, slammed the Modi government, claiming that its ‘mitr kaal’ budget has no vision to create jobs as well as no plan to tackle inflation.

P Chidambaram calls Budget 2023 callous, says govt has forgotten about the middle class

The former finance minister said that the income tax relief is only for those that have moved to the new regime and data about how many taxpayers switched to it is not available.

How Sitharaman can live up to her Budget promise of KYC simplification

Our response to KYC problems has been to bring technology to streamline processes. The problem is that they often don’t work as well as one would have hoped.

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

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

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

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

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

Budget 2023: Defence gets 13% more than last yr. Pensions & salaries almost half of funds pie

Capital budget increased to Rs 1.62 lakh crore from 1.52 lakh crore. Navy, Army see substantial increase but allocation for procuring aircraft, aero engines goes down.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.