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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicBudget 2024

Topic: Budget 2024

Pilot project of PM’s internship scheme offers 1.25 lakh jobs in 2024-25; target 1 cr in next 5 yrs

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs said these internships will be at India’s top 500 companies, based on their corporate social responsibility expenditure over the last 3 years.

A new, important disclosure in 2024 Budget went unnoticed. It conveys caution to future govts

The message of caution is necessary because govts in the past have often shown a tendency to indulge in fiscal jugglery to hide the actual extent of their fiscal deficit.

India’s fiscal imbalance isn’t a North vs South problem. Here’s what lies at the ‘centre’ of it

India has a large vertical fiscal gap, which has been increasing. The reason is that while the Constitution assigns the most buoyant taxation powers to the Union, it allocates more spending responsibilities to the states.

Nobody knows what Narendra Modi is thinking. Surely, he must sense the tide is turning

As the discontentment mounts, the crucial question remains: what is the PM thinking? He is a shrewd politician so he must have a long-term strategy. But no one can figure out what it is.

Govt’s Rs 1000 cr fund for space sector has drawbacks. It should bet on outcomes, not ideas

Government as an anchor customer provides a stable source of demand for space-based services, reducing uncertainties in the market. It can boost investor confidence in the Indian space sector, attracting investments from home and abroad.

Our take on UPSC aspirants’ death & delay in Tejas jets delivery — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

After uproar over hike in Budget, govt reverts to 10% customs duty on lab chemicals, with 1 condition

The condition is that importers now have to give an undertaking that they will only supply labs. How this affects the supply chain remains to be seen.

After 10 years, Modi has accepted the Indian political consensus: ignore the middle class

The middle class, though largely loyal to the BJP, now has other options. The angry reaction to Budget 2024 shows how they feel betrayed.

SubscriberWrites: How does Indian govt’s FY24-25 budget propose to address challenges of unemployment & inequality

The 2024-25 budget aims to tackle unemployment with 7 initiatives, including wage support, employment incentives, skilling programs, women's workforce participation & education loans.

‘It takes 2 hands to clap’ — Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal joins chorus of voices slamming pvt sector

At a post-budget conference, the minister took industry leaders to task for not cooperating with govt. Last week, Economic Survey & govt officials had also criticised private sector.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.