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Thursday, October 2, 2025
TopicBudget 2021

Topic: Budget 2021

Road networks in poll-bound West Bengal, Assam, Kerala get massive push in Budget 2021

The finance minister said West Bengal will see highway projects worth Rs 25,000 crore. Road projects worth Rs 3,400 crore will be undertaken in Assam and Rs 65,000 crore in Kerala.

Sensex rallies nearly 1,000 points as Nirmala Sitharaman presents Budget 2021

The 30-share Sensex was trading 929.54 points or 2.01 per cent higher at 47,215.31; and the broader Nifty surged 260.05 points or 1.91 per cent at 13,894.65.

Govt extends social security benefits to platform and gig workers

A portal will be set up to collect data on gig & platform workers, building & construction workers, among others to provide them benefits like health, credit, food and others.

Nirmala Sitharaman extends Ujjwala scheme to 1 crore more beneficiaries

The Finance Minister also said city gas distribution network, providing CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households, will be expanded to 100 more districts.

Budget didn’t give in to bad Covid cess idea, good it left taxes untouched

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Govt increases rural infrastructure development fund to Rs 40,000 crore in FY22

Nirmala Sitharaman said 1,000 mandis will be integrated with electronic national market and agriculture infrastructure fund would be made available to APMCs.

Railway Budget 2021 — 57% jump in allocation, new vision for 2030, focus on freight corridor

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced Rs 1.07 lakh crore in capital expenditure for the railways for 2021-22.

Govt announces 7 port projects worth over Rs 2,000 crore

The projects would be undertaken through public-private partnership mode, Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech. Currently, India has 12 major ports under central govt control.

Pandemic pushes India’s fiscal deficit to 9.5% in 2020-21, estimated at 6.8% in 2021-22

Govt to discontinue practice of Food Corporation of India borrowing from National Small Savings Fund for food subsidy — a means used to hide the true extent of fiscal deficit.

Govt proposes to increase foreign direct investment limit to 74% from 49%

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to amend the Insurance Act 1938 to allow this increase and allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards.

On Camera

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.