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TopicUnion Budget 2018

Topic: Union Budget 2018

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

Pragya Kaushika -
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

Shailaja Chandra -
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

Pavan Burugula -
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

Yogendra Yadav -
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

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
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

Anjali Shukla -
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

ThePrint Team -
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

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

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

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

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

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