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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicRail budget

Topic: Rail budget

Railway Budget 2021 — 57% jump in allocation, new vision for 2030, focus on freight corridor

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced Rs 1.07 lakh crore in capital expenditure for the railways for 2021-22.

More private trains, higher spending, green energy focus — what Rail Budget could look like

Ministry of Railways has sought a rise in its capital expenditure from the existing Rs 1.6 lakh crore to 1.8 lakh crore. But the actual increase could only be up to Rs 8,000 crore.

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After being toppled by Gen Z, Nepal’s old guard is now chasing the youth vote

Free internet, $10,000 cards, diaspora voting rights — Nepal’s parties are pitching big ideas ahead of polls. Will this election truly break the cycle?

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.