Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Budget 2024 put forth nine priorities including skilling youth and job creation. Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor's Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) points out key areas where the focus should have been.
Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman of Hero MotoCorp, expressed confidence in the budget's potential to stimulate consumption, attract substantial investments, and stabilize inflation while maintaining a focus on economic growth and fiscal responsibility.
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday where one of the most significant aspects for the health sector was exempting three cancer drugs from customs duties, which will result in cost reduction of the drugs. The exempted cancer drugs include Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab, which are primarily used […]
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2024 speech on Tuesday, unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing tourism in India, positioning the country as a premier global tourist destination. Emphasizing the historical and cultural significance of tourism, Sitharaman outlined several projects to develop key tourist sites in Bihar and Odisha. The Budget […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2024 speech announced a substantial allocation of ₹1.52 lakh crore for the agriculture and allied sectors in the fiscal year 2024–25.
SRINAGAR: The Government has designated Rs 42,277.74 crore to Jammu and Kashmir in the National Budget for 2024-25, a slight increase of 1.5 percent from the Rs 41,751.44 crore allocated to the region in the previous financial year. In the budget unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, an amount […]
Road Connectivity: ₹26,000 crore will be invested in major road projects, including the Patna-Purnea Expressway, Buxar-Bhagalpur Expressway, and spurs to Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali, and Darbhanga. A new two-lane bridge over the Ganges at Buxar is also part of this plan.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech presenting Budget 2024, abolished Angel tax to boost startup on July 23.
The Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman anticipates a 2 to 2.5 times increase in energy needs by 2047 to support economic growth. The report also highlighted that India faces challenges in balancing energy transition with other developmental priorities
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2023-2024 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, highlighting the robust industrial growth that has propelled India’s economy to an impressive 8.2% growth rate in FY24. This sets the stage for the Union Budget 2024, which is scheduled to be tabled on Tuesday. The survey reported […]