With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
His very first budget laid strong emphasis on capital expenditure & infrastructure development, his goal of making Maharashtra a five-trillion dollar economy by 2047, and ensuring fiscal discipline.
After K-Rail did not get Centre’s approval, Kerala govt recently approved RRTS. Sreedharan criticised RRTS as ‘election student’ & called it ‘foolish venture’.
2 years after UNNATI was unveiled to accelerate industry & jobs in the region, Budget offers limited funding, with only incremental support through tourism & agarwood farming.
FM Sitharaman also announced the govt will set up 5 university townships in the vicinity of major industrial logistics centres, and set up or upgrade 4 Telescope Infrastructure.
According to economists, the govt is expected to raise spending on roads, ports and railways, expand export incentives, and reform the import-duty regime.
The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.
INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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