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Topic: Budget 2023

Budget 2023: Database to counter terror & organised crime gets 128% hike, marginal rise for CAPFs

Allocation for census, survey and statistics reduced to Rs 1,564.65 from Rs 3,676.00 in the current budget.

Budget 2023: ‘Infrastructure, digital, green’ — buzzwords that dominated Sitharaman’s speech

In her 1 hour 26 minute-long speech, finance minister mentioned 'infrastructure' about 26 times and both 'digital' & 'green' 21 times. The word 'amrit' appeared 12 times.

Budget 2023: Development aid for war-torn Afghanistan unchanged, cuts for Sri Lanka & Myanmar

Allocation to external affairs ministry for development assistance to foreign countries & projects fell 13% to estimated Rs 5,848.58 crore from Rs 6,750 crore in FY23.

Budget 2023: Tourism promotion in ‘mission mode’ — Unity Malls, ‘package’ development of 50 sites

States to set up ‘Unity Malls’ with objective of promotion & sale of ‘1 district, 1 product’, GI & handicraft. Amount allocated to tourism ministry same as last time, at Rs 2,400 cr.

Budget 2023: Modi govt puts focus on upgrading skills & tech, 3 new AI centres to come up

Education Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,12,899.47 cr — up by 8% from last yr — and FM has announced launch of PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 to skill lakhs of youth within next 3 yrs.

Modi govt’s target to achieve 4.5% fiscal deficit for FY26 could see some risks, says Moody’s

Earlier in a statement, the rating agency said the narrower fiscal deficit underscores the Modi government's commitment to longer-term fiscal sustainability.

Budget 2023: Fiscal deficit to meet 6.4% target in FY23, aim for 5.9% in FY24, says Sitharaman

In her budget speech, Sitharaman said her govt was committed to bringing down fiscal deficit to 4.5% by 2025-26 and pegged economic growth at 7% in the current fiscal.

Budget 2023: Rs 2.40 lakh crore for Railways to boost expansion — highest outlay since 2013

The overall allocation to the sector increased from last year’s Rs 1.4 lakh crore. Slew of initiatives like addition of new lines, doubling rail lines announced.

‘Hum do, Humare do,’ Shatrughan Sinha’s dig at Modi govt’s new income tax regime

The TMC leader alleged that the Union Budget 2023 presented in Parliament Wednesday has nothing special for the middle class.

Centre has only ‘fooled’ Bihar over special package, says Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

Yadav also told reporters that Union Budget 2023 was ‘small' & lacked 'any detailing.’

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?