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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicUnion Budget of India

Topic: Union Budget of India

Budget gives nuclear energy sector another fillip soon after SHANTI paved way for private players

Budget has extended basic customs duty exemption on imports for nuclear power projects until 2035. while expanding this exemption to all nuclear plants irrespective of capacity.

Rare earth corridor, zero customs duty on monazite: Budget’s push to counter China’s grip

With supply strains under pressure, the Centre will support rare earth corridors in Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, while cutting the customs duty on monazite to zero from 2.5 percent.

Budget 2024: Outreach continues, new schemes for tribals, Rs 2.6 lakh cr outlay for rural development

Allocation for MGNREGS, however, remained the same (Rs 86,000 crore) as mentioned in the interim budget earlier this year.

Budget 2024: Gold, silver, phone chargers to get cheaper. Cost of fertilisers, PVC flex boards to rise

Twenty-five critical minerals essential for sectors like nuclear energy, renewable energy, space, defence etc exempt from customs duties. Angel tax abolished, in boost for startups.

Union Budget 2024 highlights: Modi says budget will take villages, poor & farmers on path of prosperity

Budget 2024: Apart from revising income tax rate structure, FM also proposed the abolishment of angel tax for start-ups, and unveiled big sops for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

The Budget for 2018-19 will be forgotten within a week

Large chunks of the budget speech will, however, resurface in the BJP's election manifesto. Modi & Jaitley have also given their candidates many talking...

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.