union budget 2024

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal outlined the budget’s ambitious plans to elevate Northeast India’s economic and social landscape in a discussion on the Union Budget 2024 held in Shillong on July 28.

The meeting focused on the farmers' demand for a legal guarantee of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, a long-standing issue that has been at the heart of ongoing farmer protests.

Congress leaders, including President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, led the demonstration, joined by MPs from the TMC, Samajwadi Party, DMK, and the Left.

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 announced the government’s goal to increase women’s engagement in the workforce while presenting the Union Budget by establishing working women hostels. This focus comes as a part of the government’s focus towards the four classes including the poor, women, youth, and farmers. The Budget allocates nearly ₹3 lakh crore […]

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 have beenfrom custom duties, which will result in cost reduction of the drugs. The exempted cancer drugs include Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab, which are primarily […]

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the government’s goal to increase women’s engagement in the workforce while presenting the Union Budget by establishing working women hostels. This focus comes as a part of government’s focus towards the four classes including the poor, women, youth, and farmers. The Budget allocates nearly ₹3 lakh crore for […]

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 […]

First-time employees in the formal sector will receive a direct benefit transfer equivalent to one month's wage, up to ₹15,000, in three installments.

The 58-year-old President and Managing Director of Volvo Group India expressed satisfaction at the aggressive fiscal deficit goals set in the interim budget, coupled with a stable macroeconomic performance. This strategic fiscal approach aligns with the broader vision for economic resilience and sustainability.