T.V. Somanathan argued that supposed progressive nature of direct taxes in old regime doesn’t hold because lower-income households can’t meet full exemption limits while rich easily can.
ThePrint looked at Budget documents since Modi govt came to power in 2014, to calculate gap between budgeted and actual revenue earnings, revenue expenditures & borrowings.
Allocation for school education went up to 68,805 cr from last budget's Rs 63,449.37 cr. Substantial increase in funds for training teachers & grants-in-aid to state govts & UTs.
Less than 2 months ago, panel chaired by BJP MP P P Chaudhary had recommended more than doubling allocation to foreign ministry, to 1% from 0.44% of overall budget.
No import duty on machinery required to manufacture lithium-ion cells for batteries used in EVs, specific budgetary allocation for scrapping & replacing old govt vehicles.
Agriculture Accelerator Fund aims to bring 'innovative & affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers' and modern technologies to increase productivity & profitability.
Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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