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Monday, October 27, 2025
TopicUnion Budget 2018

Topic: Union Budget 2018

MPs’ salary increase: Here’s what our lawmakers’ new pay package looks like

The Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances approved the parliamentary affairs ministry’s proposals, doubling MPs’ basic salary from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. New...

Modicare is not a jumla. There are too many ‘buts’ though

The concern with the health protection scheme is whether the insurance companies would make it worthwhile for hospitals to extend services easily.

Long-term capital gains tax makes a comeback

LTCG reintroduced after 14 years; govt also imposes 10% tax on dividend distributed by equity mutual funds.

The Modi govt never understood the problems of Indian farmers. Budget 2018 proves it

Arun Jaitley seemed to make a grand declaration as if he was fulfilling a manifesto promise. But he just shifted the goal posts with Budget 2018.

Happy that budget has taken our concerns into account: RSS affiliates

Swadeshi Jagran Manch, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh call this budget as the first that truly addresses the concerns of ‘70 per cent India’s population’.

The biggest numbers from Modi government’s last full budget are mixed

The govt has been struggling with managing its spending following the rollout of the GST last year as well as the impact of demonetisation.

Full text of the Union Budget 2018

Here's the full text of the Union Budget presented by Arun Jaitley.

Arun Jaitley gives no new ideas on reforming higher education in Budget 2018

More higher education institutions a positive, one new medical college for every three parliamentary constituencies will ease shortage of professionals.

On Camera

Bangladesh should look to India, not Pakistan. Learn how to keep the army at arms length

With every passing day the army is being dragged deeper into a quagmire of internal politics. 'This may soon lead to a crisis stalling the elections,' said a Bangladeshi journalist.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.