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Friday, October 31, 2025
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.

PM Modi hails Budget 2023 as strong foundation for developing India

The Prime Minister said that the Union Budget gives priority to the deprived and will fulfill the dreams of the aspirational society, the farmers, and the middle class.

Govt cut funding on rural jobs scheme to Rs 600 billion in 2023-24, as per Budget 2023

The allocation is lower than the revised 894 billion rupees spending outlay for 2022-23, and the smallest since 2017/18.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.