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