The highest amount has been allocated to new schemes like Saksham Anganwadi and Mission Poshan 2.0. The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme hasn't been allocated anything in this budget.
Roads Minister Gadkari says infrastructure has got primacy in the Budget for the first time, will have a cascading effect on other sectors like steel & cement.
Basic customs duty on bullion imports were cut to 7.5%, which will not only reduce profit margins for smugglers but also lower costs for consumers who saw prices surge to record highs last year.
Budget 2021 sets aside Rs 124.42 cr for initiatives aimed at 'Development of Pharmaceutical Industry'. In comparison, Budget 2020 set aside Rs 42.05 cr for the scheme.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also reduced the time frame for reopening of income tax assessment cases to three years and serious tax fraud cases to 10 years.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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