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Sunday, February 22, 2026
Topic2023 budget

Topic: 2023 budget

94% MGNREGS budget used in 6 months, rural ministry seeks more funds. Activists worry about less work

Activists representing workers' groups, who opposed slashing of MGNREGS budget, allege govt trying to phase out programme that guarantees minimum 100 days of paid work to rural families.

Safety in focus but what’s Railways spending money on? More on new projects, less on upkeep

Analysis of official documents also shows that percentage of money Railways spent on signalling and communications hasn't changed in past 6 years.

Migrant safety among TN budget promises. DMK govt says revenue deficit cut in half since 2021

Presenting its third budget, DMK govt announced monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 for women heads of households. This was a major poll promise when the party came to power in 2021.

How Budget 2023 choked three schemes critical to managing food inflation

The reduced allocation may imply that government agencies will not procure and sell any pulse, oilseeds or cotton if their prices fall below MSP during FY24.

Where Budget 2023 excels—fiscal prudence to reviewing ‘Covid spending’

The sanctity of budgeting has been preserved amid a lot of expectations, given that this is a pre-election year budget.

How the new tax regime encourages long-term savings like Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

The transition to a new tax regime will be a smart move by existing taxpayers in search of simplicity and more disposable income.

How to do Bharat Jodo on a Budget & Hindenburg underestimates nationalists, again

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

3 idiots’ guide to escaping the Hindenburg & seashell companies at Layman Islands

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.