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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicBudget 2020

Topic: Budget 2020

GDP grew 6.1% not 6.8% last fiscal but rose to 8.3 % in demonetisation year

National Statistical Office Friday revised India's GDP growth downwards for two financial years while increasing economic growth in year of demonetisation.

First day of Budget session begins with release of Economic Survey & Congress protest

President Ram Nath Kovind delivered the Presidential address to a joint sitting of Parliament, outlining the government's policy, amid sloganeering and protest by opposition members against CAA.

PM Modi wants ‘good debates’ on economic issues during Parliament’s Budget Session

Speaking ahead of Budget session, PM Modi said he wanted a vast and qualitative discussion on financial issues in both the Houses.

What RSS and affiliates want from Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget tomorrow

Organisations backed by RSS have made representations to govt on their expectations from Union Budget 2020, which comes amid an acute resource crunch.

Mander calls for nationwide civil disobedience, Baru, Himanshu & Sanyal on Budget 2020

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

IAF, Navy delaying procurement due to funds crunch. And lesser said the better about Army

Former Defence Minister and current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must keep Indian forces in mind while allocating Budget 2020. The last one was a disaster.

Modi govt favours subsidy cuts to expand fiscal room

Rationalisation of subsidies such as on food allowances could be a key tool in tomorrow’s budget for expanding fiscal headroom.

Modi govt can’t spend its way out of the slowdown

Modi govt will have to show considerable political courage if it is to revive growth because there really isn’t any room for a flood of more spending.

These are the 5 key factors to watch in Nirmala Sitharaman’s second Budget tomorrow

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to outline tomorrow fiscal steps that may include higher spending in rural areas and possible tax cuts.

Indians deserve a Budget that strikes at structural deficiency, not just tinkers at the edges

Cash transfers to rural voters or tax breaks to India Inc can’t be a lasting solution to the woes of Indian economy. It needs structural reforms.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

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.