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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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Topic: budget

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.

India stocks rise ahead of Budget as Fed keeps rates on hold

Stocks across Asia surged after the Fed's dovish statement helped ease concern even as data suggests the world's largest economy is cooling.

Interim budget last-ditch opportunity for PM Modi to woo voters ahead of 2019 polls

There are speculations that Modi’s fiscal plan includes a cash transfer program for farmers, support for small businesses and some reprieve for taxpayers. 

Pre-poll Budget session must pass minimum wage for unorganised labour

Voters who cannot be given jobs can be partly assuaged with better wages.

CM Manohar Parrikar presents Goa budget, says he’s in high spirits despite fatal ailment

Manohar Parrikar's announcement was intended to hit back at the Congress, who earlier claimed the Goa administration had "collapsed" due to his ill-health.

Full budget or interim budget, what’s in a name?

The Modi govt is rumoured to be presenting a 6th ‘full’ Budget instead of an interim one that is the norm in election years. There is a clear difference.

Modi government’s next budget shouldn’t be excessively bold

But in all probability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pack in several big-ticket, populist announcements before the election campaign formally begins.

The hits and misses of Arun Jaitley’s Budgets

Govt finances and revenues will certainly show improvement, but school education has stagnated and India’s defences look increasingly vulnerable.

What to expect from interim budget, and how it differs from full budget & vote on account

The Modi government is set to present an interim budget in the first week of February.

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.