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Tripura govt presents ₹32,423.44 crore tax free budget, proposes 13 new schemes
6 days, 16 hours ago

Tripura govt presents ₹32,423.44 crore tax free budget, proposes 13 new schemes

Live Mint  

Agartala, Mar 21 Tripura Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy on Friday presented ₹32,423.44 crore budget for 2025-26, proposing a total of 13 new welfare schemes to help job seekers, mentally challenged persons, visitors to the state capital and others. Noting that the government focuses on inclusive growth, the minister said, “More focus was given on capital expenditure in the budget …

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A.P. govt presents ₹3.2 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26
3 weeks, 6 days ago

A.P. govt presents ₹3.2 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh state government, on Friday, presented the annual budget for the financial year 2025-26 with a total outlay of ₹3,22,359 crore. Presenting the budget in Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Friday, Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav said that the estimated revenue deficit is around Rs. The revenue deficit is 3.01% and fiscal deficit is 4.57 per cent of …

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Kerala Budget has many projects, but their timely implementation is equally crucial
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Budget has many projects, but their timely implementation is equally crucial

The Hindu  

Kerala has been experiencing a persistent, acute, and unprecedented fiscal crisis. The crisis during the last decade can be divided into three phases — the 2016 White Paper on State finances which predicted a fiscal collapse by 2021, the unprecedented fiscal crisis declaration by Kerala’s Finance Minister in December 2022, and the unprecedented borrowing of the State in 2023-24 indicating …

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Why the tax cuts are a one way gamble
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why the tax cuts are a one way gamble

The Hindu  

It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the biggest tax cut that the middle class has ever got in any Union Budget. Since the tax rebate has implications for both, and a lot of the plans of the 2025 Budget ride on it, this piece primarily focuses on this unprecedented fall in income tax rates. In …

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Amid challenges, U.P. govt gets ready to present 2025-2026 budget
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Amid challenges, U.P. govt gets ready to present 2025-2026 budget

Hindustan Times  

Amid challenges of mobilising additional funds and making use of them, the U.P. We now have an idea about the funds earmarked for the state – U.P.’s share in the central taxes, central assistance and the likely allocations under centrally “Around 10 to 15 percent increase is expected in the size of the state government’s budget as many big development …

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Union Budget 2025: Key terms to understand before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: Key terms to understand before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech

India TV News  

Union Budget 2025: The wait is almost over! Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget in Parliament at 11 am today, with several major announcements are expected. Key terms to understand To better understand the budget speech, here’s a simple explanation of some key terms often used in budget presentations: 1. Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product refers …

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Quick take: What do the financial markets know of Budget 2025 that the rest of us too should?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Quick take: What do the financial markets know of Budget 2025 that the rest of us too should?

New Indian Express  

While the budget has announced an increase in tax rebate, the aggregate tax spending by the households is expected to go up for direct taxes as well as the GST. Budgeting but not Spending does not help accelerate Growth We also know that the actual expenditure does not necessarily mean that the money has been spent in reality. 2.33 lakh …

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Govt committed to improve quality spending, cut fiscal deficit to 4.5 pc in FY26: Finmin report
3 months ago

Govt committed to improve quality spending, cut fiscal deficit to 4.5 pc in FY26: Finmin report

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 25 The government will continue its focus on improving quality spending, strengthening the social security net and bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent of the GDP in FY26, a finance ministry document said. The Union government is committed to pursuing the glide path of fiscal consolidation as announced in the Budget for FY 2021-22 …

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AP Budget: Total Outlay at Rs.2,94,427.25 Cr
4 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Budget: Total Outlay at Rs.2,94,427.25 Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The annual Budget for Andhra Pradesh was presented in the state assembly on Monday by Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav. Keshav said the budget of Rs.2,94,427.25 crore for FY25 has a revenue expenditure estimated at Rs.2,35,916.99 crore and capital expenditure at Rs.32,712.84 crore. The finance minister announced an allotment of Rs.11,855 crore for agriculture and allied sectors, Rs.18,497 crore for …

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India 4th largest military spender in 2023, says new Sipri report
11 months ago

India 4th largest military spender in 2023, says new Sipri report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India was the fourth largest military spender in the world in 2023 with an expenditure of $83.6 billion after the United States, China and Russia, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report published on Monday. Pokhran: Indian military personnel during the Exercise Bharat Shakti, in Pokhran, Rajasthan, in March India’s spending was 4.2% higher than …

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Global defence budget: How much India, Pakistan and China spend on military? Top 10 list
11 months ago

Global defence budget: How much India, Pakistan and China spend on military? Top 10 list

Hindustan Times  

Global military spending reached $2,443 billion in 2023, marking a significant 6.8 per cent increase from the previous year and the most significant year-on-year rise since 2009, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. SIPRI report on global military spending | Key points • In 2023, total military expenditure accounted for 2.3 per cent of the …

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Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure
1 year, 2 months ago

Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure

India TV News  

The government is expected to maintain its focus on increasing capital expenditure in the upcoming budget, particularly in the infrastructure sector, to stimulate economic growth amid subdued private investment. Since the post-COVID period, the budget has consistently emphasised capital expenditure, leading to over 7 per cent growth in the last three years, making India the fastest-growing large economy globally. In …

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Budget 2024: Key terms you should know before the announcement
1 year, 2 months ago

Budget 2024: Key terms you should know before the announcement

India TV News  

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget 2024 on February 1, 2024, ahead of the upcoming general elections later in the year. The budget is expected to cover various financial indicators, including inflation, fiscal deficit, capital expenditure, revenue receipts, bad loans, and more. Fiscal deficit A fiscal deficit occurs when the government's total expenditure exceeds total …

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Dutch budget deficit to exceed EU norm next year: Finance Min
1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch budget deficit to exceed EU norm next year: Finance Min

NL Times  

The Dutch budget deficit next year will be just above the 3 percent standard that the European countries have agreed upon with each other, reports outgoing Minister Sigrid Kaag. That is because parliament increased government expenditure by 1.5 billion euros last week by adopting multiple amendments and motions. Due to the additional expenditure, the budget deficit in 2024 will likely …

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Punjab: Over 900 Social Security, Women and Child Development Dept employees await June salary
1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab: Over 900 Social Security, Women and Child Development Dept employees await June salary

Hindustan Times  

At least 943 employees, including officers and clerical staff, of the department of Social Security and Women and Child Development are yet to receive their salaries for the month of June. They all work under Integrated Child Development Services, a central Sources said that the department did not get budget for the ICDS scheme and had budget till the month …

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Kailash Gahlot announces budget for ‘clean, modern Delhi’
2 years ago

Kailash Gahlot announces budget for ‘clean, modern Delhi’

The Hindu  

Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday presented the annual budget to create a ‘clean, beautiful and modern Delhi’ and a nine-point action plan to achieve it as the city gears up to host the G-20 summit later this year. While Mr. Gahlot said the share of capital expenditure in the budget has “risen” to 27.68%, the allocation under this …

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Budget 2023 | Department of Space gets ₹12,500 crore, 8% less than previous year
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 | Department of Space gets ₹12,500 crore, 8% less than previous year

The Hindu  

The Department of Space expenditure has been slashed by 8% in the 2023-24 Union Budget, down to ₹12,543.91 crore, from ₹13,700 crore in the previous Budget estimate. This header encompasses the expenditure of ISRO’s various centres, including the Human Spaceflight Centre, as well as “developmental and operation projects” involving satellites and launch vehicles. Notably, the expenditure for space science, which …

Space Budget Launch Crore 2023 Department Of Space
Union Budget 2023-24: Why this year's Budget needs to be seen through the lenses of India as a rising power
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2023-24: Why this year's Budget needs to be seen through the lenses of India as a rising power

Firstpost  

Budgets are always instruments, not only for assessing expenditure and income, but also for projecting what kind of nation a country wishes to be seen as India has been a low-middle-income country for a decade now, and this decade must be about its transition to middle-middle income status. Rising India is likely to signal in this budget that not only …

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Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2023 likely to avoid populist measures
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2023 likely to avoid populist measures

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2023, a key deciding factor prior to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, may avoid populist measures. During the tenure of the first National Democratic Alliance government, spending on defence decreased from 2000-03 average of 18 per cent to 15.2 per cent of the budget share in 2003-04. Due to the government’s commitment to fiscal …

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Budget 2022: Govt hikes public expenditure by 35% to Rs 7.5 lakh crore for FY23
3 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2022: Govt hikes public expenditure by 35% to Rs 7.5 lakh crore for FY23

India TV News  

Budget 2022: Govt hikes public expenditure by 35% to Rs 7.5 lakh crore for FY23 Presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the virtuous cycle of investment requires public investment to crowd-in private investment. Highlights FM said that increase in public expenditure is more than 2.2 times the expenditure of 2019-20 The outlay in …

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This is no 1991, but Sitharaman's budget should boost growth, create jobs and stimulate a COVID-hit economy
4 years, 1 month ago

This is no 1991, but Sitharaman's budget should boost growth, create jobs and stimulate a COVID-hit economy

Firstpost  

When all that the Opposition can muster to criticise the Union budget is a from the 1980s or a meaningless bombast, it is evident that Nirmala Sitharaman has nailed the political messaging. This is by no measure a 1991-style pathbreaking budget but with its massive, forensic focus on infrastructure, major hike in capital expenditure with a lower-than expected fiscal deficit, …

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Finance Ministry secretly corrects 14 data discrepancies in Budget 2020 after India Today seeks answers
5 years, 1 month ago

Finance Ministry secretly corrects 14 data discrepancies in Budget 2020 after India Today seeks answers

India Today  

In her February 1 Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed upon the importance of data, saying "data must have strong credibility" in order to meet challenges of real-time monitoring of our increasingly complex economy. Data must have strong credibility.It is now a cliché - 'data is the new oil' - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech On …

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A Budget exercise that is designed for stressed times
5 years, 1 month ago

A Budget exercise that is designed for stressed times

The Hindu  

The Finance Minister’s job is a greatly coveted one but no politician would want to be in Nirmala Sitharaman’s shoes today. Most people thought that with the government facing a shortfall in total receipts of anything in the range of ₹1,50,000-₹3,00,000 crore, the axe would fall on government capital expenditure. The fall in tax revenues has been offset somewhat by …

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Marching to a new drumbeat: What to expect from Budget
5 years, 8 months ago

Marching to a new drumbeat: What to expect from Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

Modi 1.0 was all about learning the ropes of national governance. Fiscal deficit — the difference between current revenue and total expenditure — decreased from 4.1 per cent in the Interim Budget FY2015 to 3.4 per cent in FY2018. The revenue deficit — the difference between current revenue and current expenditure, reduced from 2.9 per cent of GDP in FY2015 …

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