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Thursday, September 4, 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

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.