There are speculations that Modi’s fiscal plan includes a cash transfer program for farmers, support for small businesses and some reprieve for taxpayers.
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.
Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to present an almost full Budget on 1 February, and govt could breach the fiscal deficit target of 3.3%.
Railway minister Piyush Goyal has instructed officials to make the reservation charts public with the help of the Centre for Railway Information Systems.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Unless there is a plan to shower hundred dollar bills from a helicopter, difficult to see what a last minute Budget can deliver, either electorally or to benefit the economy, that has proved elusive over the last five years.
Unless there is a plan to shower hundred dollar bills from a helicopter, difficult to see what a last minute Budget can deliver, either electorally or to benefit the economy, that has proved elusive over the last five years.