Union Budget 2021: Here is Full Text of Nirmala Sitharaman's Address at the Parliament
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Union Budget 2021: Here is Full Text of Nirmala Sitharaman's Address at the Parliament

News 18  

Hon’ble Speaker, I present the Budget for the year 2021-2022. Setting up integrated public health labs in all districts and 3382 block public health units in 11 states; c. Establishing critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts and 12 central institutions; d. Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control, its 5 regional branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units; e. Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs; f. Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings; g. Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centers and 2 mobile hospitals; and h. Setting up of a national institution for One Health, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region, 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories and 4 regional National Institutes for Virology. For 2021-22, I propose a sharp increase in capital expenditure and thus have provided Rs5.54 lakh crores which is 34.5% more than the BE of 2020-21. Over and above this expenditure, we would also be providing more than Rs2 lakh crores to States and Autonomous Bodies for their Capital Expenditure. To give a further boost to the non-conventional energy sector, I propose to provide additional capital infusion of Rs1,000 crores to Solar Energy Corporation of India and Rs1,500 crores to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency.

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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India TV News  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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News 18  

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Agriculture gets higher allocation; fertilizer, food subsidies slashed, farmers express concern

The Hindu  

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget evokes mixed response from Andhra’s political leaders, industry bodies

The Hindu  

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Union Budget 2024: Here Are The Major Announcements From FM Sitharaman
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: Here Are The Major Announcements From FM Sitharaman

ABP News  

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Union Budget 2024: Sector-Wise Allocation Puts Defence At The Top. Full Details Inside
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: Sector-Wise Allocation Puts Defence At The Top. Full Details Inside

ABP News  

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday in Parliament. Defence: For FY25, the defence sector will receive an allocation of Rs 6.21 lakh crore, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Education: During the presentation of the Budget 2024 on Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the central government would allocate Rs 1.48 lakh …

Rs 1,248.91 cr for salaries of Union ministers, entertainment of State guests, ex-governors
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rs 1,248.91 cr for salaries of Union ministers, entertainment of State guests, ex-governors

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The 2024-25 Union Budget has allocated Rs 1,248.91 for expenses incurred by the Council of Ministers, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office, and for hospitality and entertainment of State guests. The Cabinet Secretariat has been allocated Rs 75.24 crore, against Rs 70.28 crore in 2023-24, for meeting the administrative expenses of those of the Chemical Weapons …

Union Budget 2024-25: Census, NPR unlikely in 2024 too as only ₹1,309.46 crore allocated
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024-25: Census, NPR unlikely in 2024 too as only ₹1,309.46 crore allocated

The Hindu  

The Budget 2024-24 on July 23 allocated ₹1,309.46 crore for census, a significant reduction from 2021-22 when ₹3,768 crore was allocated for the decadal exercise, an indication that it may not be carried out even after a significant delay. According to the Budget 2024-25, ₹1,309.46 crore has been allocated for census surveys and statistics, and it was ₹578.29 in 2023-24. …

Government cuts borrowing target to ₹14.01 lakh crore for 2024-25
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Government cuts borrowing target to ₹14.01 lakh crore for 2024-25

Hindustan Times  

The government has lowered its borrowings estimate for the current financial year to 14.01 lakh crore as there is an improvement in tax collection. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman showcases a red pouch carrying the Budget documents, outside the Finance Ministry in North Block The government has to borrow by issuing dated securities to meet its fiscal deficit target. The …

Budget 2024: Just a political exercise to protect interests of Modi govt, says Kerala Finance Minister
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Just a political exercise to protect interests of Modi govt, says Kerala Finance Minister

The Hindu  

Kerala Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal on July 23 slammed the 2024-25 Union Budget, calling it a “gimmick” and a “political exercise” solely intended to protect the interests of the BJP-led NDA government. “While the BJP opened its account in Kerala, Kerala’s account has been closed,” Mr. Balagopal remarked, in an apparent reference to the BJP candidate Suresh Gopi’s win …

India defence budget 2024: ₹6.21 lakh crore allocated; minister Rajnath Singh reacts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India defence budget 2024: ₹6.21 lakh crore allocated; minister Rajnath Singh reacts

Hindustan Times  

India has set aside ₹6,21,940 crore for defence spending in the Union Budget 2024-25 – up from last year's outlay of ₹5.94 lakh crore – finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced as she presented the Union Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday. The total allocation to the defence sector is 12.9 per cent of the total budget of the government of India …

Budget: FM announces ₹10 lakh crore for urban housing scheme
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget: FM announces ₹10 lakh crore for urban housing scheme

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A transit-oriented development framework for 14 large Indian cities, dormitory-type rental housing for industrial workers, and 10 million new houses for the urban poor were announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Tuesday. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday In her record seventh budget presentation and the first …

Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric, people-friendly: Annamalai
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric, people-friendly: Annamalai

The Hindu  

The Union Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric and people-friendly. It strengthens the road map towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047, said BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. In a social media post on X, Mr. Annamalai said Budgetary announcements, including the Transit Oriented Development Plans in 14 large cities with a population above 30 lakh, …

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

In her seventh budget presentation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced allocating Rs 11 lakh, 11 thousand and 111 crore towards capital expenditure. She further urged, “We will encourage states to provide support of similar scale for infrastructure development based on their priorities.” The finance minister stated that private investment in infrastructure will be promoted through Viability Gap Funding and a …

Budget 2024: How will it impact the common people and consumers? CHECK here
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: How will it impact the common people and consumers? CHECK here

India TV News  

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the Union Budget 2024-25, with nine outlined priorities in agriculture, employment and skilling, manufacturing and services, human resource development, urban development, energy security and more. Sitharaman announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi's package of five schemes for employment, skilling and other opportunities for employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth …

Union Budget 2024: Where does Centre spend the most money?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: Where does Centre spend the most money?

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget in Parliament of Tuesday. Union Budget 2024: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the Budget tablet arrives at the Parliament to present the Union Budget 2024-25 during the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi on Tuesday. "The fiscal consolidation path announced by me in 2021 has served our economy very well, and we …

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt

Op India  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her seventh consecutive Union Budget for 2024-25, outlined key priorities aimed at fostering economic growth and creating ample opportunities. She listed productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment and skilling, inclusive human resource development and social justice, manufacturing and services, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, innovation, research and development and next-generation reforms as nine priority areas …

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Narendra Modi government will offer financial support for loans up to ₹10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions. Union Budget 2024: People watch Union Budget being presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on television screen at TV showroom, at Dadar, in Mumbai. Follow- Budget 2024 Live Updates "For …

Budget: FM announces ₹15,000 cr for development of Andhra Pradesh’s new capital
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget: FM announces ₹15,000 cr for development of Andhra Pradesh’s new capital

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Tuesday presented her seventh Union Budget, announcing Rs.15,000 cr for Andhra Pradesh’s new capital Amaravati. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Budget portfolio The FM said that the government will ensure all efforts to fulfil the commitments in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. Describing it as a lifeline of Andhra Pradesh, Sitharaman said …

Union Budget 2024: From farming, skilling to infrastructure, Sitharaman lists out nine priorities of Modi 3.0
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: From farming, skilling to infrastructure, Sitharaman lists out nine priorities of Modi 3.0

India TV News  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday listed the 7 priorities of the government in Budget 2024-25. Here are the government's seven priorities in the Union Budget 2024-25: Priority 1 in Budget -Productivity and Resilience in Agri Raising Productivity and Climate Resilient Varieties Thrust on Natural Farming: 2 crore farmers to be supported in next 2 years Atma Nirbharta in …

Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman announces e-vouchers for students; education loans up to ₹10 lakh
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman announces e-vouchers for students; education loans up to ₹10 lakh

The Hindu  

As part of the new loan scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, e-vouchers will be given to one lakh students every year to secure loans up to ₹10 lakh to pursue higher education in domestic institutions. “This initiative will undoubtedly empower many aspiring students to pursue their academic goals without the burden …

Budget 2024: BIG announcement for Andhra Pradesh, Govt proposes Rs 15,000 crore to develop state capital
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: BIG announcement for Andhra Pradesh, Govt proposes Rs 15,000 crore to develop state capital

India TV News  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed that the government will facilitate special financial support for the development of the capital city in Andhra Pradesh. Presenting the Budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, she further said the NDA government at the Centre is fully committed to financing and early completion of Polavaram Irrigation project, which is considered as …

Union Budget 2024 India: Sitharaman Announces 5 Schemes Focusing On 4.1 Crore Youth Over Next 5 Years
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024 India: Sitharaman Announces 5 Schemes Focusing On 4.1 Crore Youth Over Next 5 Years

ABP News  

Union Budget 2024 India: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her announcement during the Budget speech revealed that the Modi 3.0 government will launch five major schemes focusing on 4.1 crore youth over the next five years, with a substantial central outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore. The Finance Minister emphasized that 20 lakh youth will receive training and skill development …

Union Budget 2024: Govt Allocates Rs 1.52 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: Govt Allocates Rs 1.52 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors

ABP News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government allocated Rs 1.52 Lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors in the Union Budget 2024 while presenting the Budget in parliament on Monday. Building on the pilot project's success, FM said that the government, in collaboration with the states, will support the rollout of Digital Public Infrastructure in agriculture to cover farmers …

Union Budget 2024: 7 key figures to gauge Indian economy's health under Sitharaman
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: 7 key figures to gauge Indian economy's health under Sitharaman

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament today, marking her seventh consecutive budget, surpassing the late Morarji Desai's record of six. Follow- Budget 2024 Live Updates Key numbers to watch for the first full Budget of Modi 3.0 Fiscal Deficit: • The budgeted fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year is projected at 5.1%, down …

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