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.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
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.
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.
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