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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicBudget 2021

Topic: Budget 2021

Govt expects subsidy bill to fall by 43% to Rs 3.36 lakh crore in FY22

According to Budget 2021-22 documents, major subsidies are estimated to rise over 2.5 times this fiscal, whereas those on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to fall.

India sets aside over Rs 7,100 cr as development assistance for neighbours, other countries

The Budget has allocated amounts for African, Eurasian countries and also Latin American nations, apart from development assistance to neighbouring countries.

Execution is what will determine if India can spend its way to a V-shaped recovery

The pandemic has finally alerted India to some long-neglected priorities. Overall, execution will determine the outcome of India’s high-risk spending plan.

RSS affiliate wants govt to ‘reconsider’ disinvestment push, flags FDI rise in insurance too

Strategic disinvestment of govt enterprises ‘created by taxpayers money is not right’, Swadeshi Jagran Manch says, but lauds steps announced to revive Covid-hit economy. 

Delhi Police allocated Rs 8,644 crore in Budget 2021, Nirbhaya Fund gets Rs 10 crore

According to a police statement, Rs 8,100.20 crore has been embarked for establishment-related expenditure and Rs 306 crore shall be spent on building office, residential complex.

Govt allocates Rs 11,689.39 crore to Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry

The allocation for the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities saw an increase of 30.19 per cent to Rs 1,171.77 crore in 2021-22 from Rs 900 crore in 2020-21.

India Inc hails Budget 2021 as reformist, says it will drive post-Covid economic revival

Anand Mahindra said his expectation from this budget regarding fiscal deficit was fulfilled. Sunil Bharti Mittal said the budget boldly spells govt's growth agenda.

Centre earmarks Rs 2,217 crore to tackle air pollution in 42 urban centres

The budgetary allocation for the environment ministry has shrunk by nearly 8% from the last fiscal, including a reduction in the climate change action plan and Project Tiger.

What explains lower allocation under Modi’s flagship scheme for farmers PM-Kisan?

The overall budget for the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare has been reduced by about 8.5 per cent or about Rs 11,382 crore.

Nirmala Sitharaman delivers 110 minute-long Budget speech, shortest in 3 years

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first speech in July 2019 went on for around 137 minutes. Last year, Sitharaman's speech was more than 160 minutes long.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

How Op Mahadev unfolded: A day-by-day account of how the net closed in on Pahalgam terrorists

New Delhi: The killing of the three LeT terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre was the culmination of an operation that started immediately after the...

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.