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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Govt doubles tax exemption for the middle class man

In the interim budget presentation, finance minister Piyush Goyal increased the tax exemption from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.

Defence budget crosses Rs 3 lakh crore, but lowest ever with respect to GDP

While Pakistan and China are focussing on modernising their armament, India’s own modernisation process could suffer because of the small increase in budget.

Informal sector gets yet another pension scheme

Budget allocates Rs 500 crore for scheme that will provide Rs 3,000 as monthly pension for people with monthly income of Rs 15,000.

Govt’s final move to appease farmers — Rs 6,000 every year for those with 2-hectare plots

The income support scheme announced by Piyush Goyal in the interim budget has similarities with Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu and Odisha’s Kalia schemes.

Budget 2019: The rise in funding for MGNREGA, charted

Despite PM Modi terming MGNREGA as a 'UPA failure', his govt has allocated Rs 60,000 crore in the interim budget — the highest ever for the scheme.

Piyush Goyal begins budget on chest-thumping note, but fiscal deficit sneaks past 3.3%

The deficit target will soothe markets, foreign institutional investors and rating agencies, though it will be revisited when a full budget is presented. New Delhi:...

BJP workers and leaders’ grouse — party has a big purse but small heart

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government. 

Economists, markets are awaiting Modi govt’s fiscal consolidation roadmap in budget 2019

With low indirect tax collections and failing disinvestment, sticking to fiscal deficit target of 3.3% will be tough for Piyush Goyal.

Wondering which side of the debate to pick on India’s jobless growth? This list will help

All you need to know about the debate on job growth in India

GST collections could be the biggest headache in Modi govt’s budget

Economists expect shortfall in GST collections to be around Rs 1.5 lakh crore. The budgeted collection was Rs 7.44 lakh crore.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.