FM announces setting up of national telemental health network. NIMHANS will be nodal centre, and International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru, will provide tech support.
It was widely expected that Sitharaman would announce higher deductions under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. However, no such move was forthcoming.
Digital rupee, incentives for start-ups, increase in capital expenditure —these are some of the highlights of Budget 2022-23 announced by FM Sitharaman. Follow live updates here
Global economic environment a concern with inflation becoming an issue across the world, says Economic Survey 2021-22, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament.
On development front, 33% Indians want agriculture to be top focus while 31% prefer roads & highways to be the key area, the survey says, adding 47% seek health focus on social front.
A day before Budget presentation, Modi said the 'more fruitful we make this session', the better opportunity there will be in the coming year to take India to new economic heights.
Construction spending, as well as incentives for electric mobility & renewable energy, are also likely to be a focus in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget speech Tuesday.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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