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Topic: Budget 2021

Total allocation for health ministry up only 7%, no increase in budget for Ayushman Bharat

Allocation for health ministry stands at Rs 73,931.77 cr , up from Rs 69,000 cr last year.  AYUSH ministry budget stands at Rs 2,970 cr, up from last year’s Rs 2,122 cr.

Defence capital budget sees 19% jump, Finance Commission calls for non-lapsable fund

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended a Rs 2.38 lakh crore non-lapsable fund for modernisation in 2021-26. But the overall defence budget in FY22 is up only 1.5%.

Govt announces voluntary policy to phase out vehicles older than 15 years after fitness test

Presenting Budget 2021, Sitharaman said that personal vehicles would undergo fitness test after 20 years while commercial vehicles would require it after completion of 15 years.

Lokpal gets Rs 40 crore in Budget 2021 to meet establishment, construction costs

The Lokpal was given Rs 74.7 crore for the ongoing fiscal, which ends in March. This has now been revised to Rs 29.67 crore for 2020-21.

Budget puts roads in focus in poll-bound states, Bengal & Assam tea workers get welfare push

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s party BJP is hoping to win West Bengal for the first time and retain Assam in assembly polls later this year.

Coming up — a ‘bad bank’ that will manage India’s record levels of soured debt

Shares of Indian lenders surged with the main banking barometer climbing as much as 6.5% after the Budget announcement of the stressed asset management company.

‘Ruler is one who creates wealth’ — FM Nirmala Sitharaman quotes poet Thiruvalluvar again

The Tamil poet and philosopher also used to feature prominently in the budget speeches of previous finance minister P. Chidambaram.

Committed to farmer welfare, says govt, cites ‘assured’ MSP at 1.5 times production cost

In her Budget speech Nirmala Sitharaman said the procurement of crops like paddy, wheat, pulses and cotton has jumped manifold in the last six years.

Govt to borrow about Rs 12 lakh crore in 2021-22, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Presenting the Union Budget, Sitharaman said expenditure for the next fiscal year has been pegged at Rs 34.83 lakh crore, which includes Rs 5.54 lakh crore of capital spending.

India set for first-ever digital Census, govt allocates Rs 3,726 crore for exercise

While presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the govt is also working on a national language translation initiative.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

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.

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.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.