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TopicBudget 2021

Topic: Budget 2021

Budget again shows Navy is India’s forgotten Service. While China marches to 2049 mega plan

Budget 2021-22 has again put the Navy on the sidelines of Indian defence planning and strategy. While China has its plans clear.

In a first, panchayati raj & urban local bodies to spend Centre’s Rs 13,192 cr on health

The health ministry will draw up rules for where the central funds can be spent, in accordance with the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations.

Why Modi govt has slashed 99.9% budget of agency meant to fund higher education institutes

Formed 4 yrs ago, Higher Education Financing Agency was meant to grant interest-free loans to institutions. But its failure prompted Modi govt to slash funding.

Indian economy’s vaccine, and Nirmala Sitharaman’s PSU ‘bazaar’

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

Many good things in Budget 2021. But wait for Modi govt to show its will, capability

Unless the Modi govt comes up with some out-of-the-box solution, the demand for recapitalisation could derail its fiscal plans for the year.

Covid needed special attention to health but Modi govt Budget doesn’t give a clear roadmap

Direct spending via Health Ministry continues to be low. After a 24 per cent increase during the current fiscal, allocations for FY22 fall by 11 per cent.

Budget 2021 is taxpayer friendly — plugs abuse of welfare schemes, respects honest taxpayers

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget proposals regarding investment in infrastructure, heath and other sectors are capital intensive and will usher significant funds in the Indian economy.

Warlike fortification at Delhi borders is lousy politics, shows govt’s paranoia and insenstivity

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rajat Sharma says nothing negative in Budget, Ravish Kumar thinks govt ‘has sold’ everything

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Budget’s disinvestment targets are heroic. Modi govt must show unprecedented transparency

The Atmanirbhar narrative was big in this Budget, but it is here that the danger lies, because the sentiment of self-reliance is seductive and popular.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.