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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.

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

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.

Shares fall as budget dents insurers, Adani stocks resume slide

The blue-chip Nifty 50 index closed down 0.26% at 17,616.30, its biggest slide on budget day since a 2.51% fall in 2020. However, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.3% to 59,708.08.

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

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.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

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.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

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.