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TopicCapital budget

Topic: Capital budget

Tax slab changes, govt spending, reform agenda — your guide to read Budget 2021

On 1 February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her third Union Budget. Here’s a guide to scan the documents for what you need.

समय आ गया है कड़े कदम उठाए जाएं- बजट बढ़ाएं या फौज घटाएं

भारत हालांकि अपने बजट का 30 प्रतिशत प्रतिरक्षा पर खर्च करता है लेकिन आधुनिक अस्त्र-शस्त्र की जरूरतें पूरी करने के लिए उसे और संसाधन जुटाने होंगे.

India’s out shopping for arms with empty pockets. Can’t afford both more men & modern machines

India invests 30% of capital budget on defence, has sixth biggest defence spend in the world. Large manpower cut, or massive budget increase are...

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Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Amid supply crunch, govt offers 10% additional commercial LPG to states. But there’s a condition

India faces LPG shortage amid supply disruptions from Strait of Hormuz closure due to prolonged West Asia conflict.

Indian borders to US schools, Indian firm bags orders to supply surveillance drones to Texas schools

The company had secured orders worth over Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army in November last year. Its UAVs are deployed along India’s borders with Pakistan & China.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.