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Union Budget 2024-25 — no signs of learning

C.P. Chandrasekhar

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Budget 2024: A message of fiscal stability, growth continuity

Yuvika Singhal,Shubhada Rao

Budget 2024: What are ‘Bharat Small Reactors’ and small modular reactors?

Vasudevan Mukunth

Budget 2024: A Budget sans poetry, but filled with political pragmatism

Nistula Hebbar

Budget 2024: Personal income tax slabs revised, standard deductions hiked

Budget 2024: Andhra Pradesh to get ₹15,000 crore for capital Amaravati

Budget 2024: Nitish Kumar hails Budget as Bihar gets ₹58,900 crore

Budget 2024: Small servings, many plates

Nirmala Sitharaman signals shift from earlier trickle-down strategy to a slew of schemes for unemployed youth, MSMEs, tax cuts for the middle class; tightens fiscal deficit target to 4.9% of GDP; promises next-gen reforms to be spelt out later

Budget 2024: States ruled by non-NDA parties ignored, says Opposition; four CMs to boycott Niti Aayog meet

LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge. File.

Budget 2024: Agriculture gets more; food, fertilizer subsidies trimmed

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Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces more than ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women

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Shuffling the deck: On the Union Budget 2024-25

The Budget sought to be many things to many people, but fiscal responsibility remained in focus

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Army tanks and other weapon systems being showcased during the 72nd Republic Day parade at Rajpath, in New Delhi. File

Budget 2024: Defence gets more at ₹6.22 lakh crore, boost for BRO’s projects

Adding heft: The tech platform will increase the utility and efficiency of CIR process.

Budget 2024: Budget proposes tech platform to strength IBC process, to set up more NCLTs

Lalatendu Mishra

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks on the Union Budget in New Delhi on July 23, 2024.

Budget 2024: With ₹2.65 lakh crore outlay, Railways to prioritise safety

The actual operating ratio of the railways has gone up slightly to 98.22% for FY25 from 98.10% for FY23

Budget 2024: Urban, rural land reforms ‘welcome move’ by government

Vasudevan Mukunth

Budget 2024: Meagre hike in funds for minority affairs

The Hindu Bureau

Only houses with a suitable roof and an existing connection to the grid will be eligible for the scheme and consumers will still have to pay for all the net power supplied and consumed via the grid. File

Budget 2024: Fillip to clean energy schemes

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs. File

Budget 2024: Centre to launch PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan for tribal welfare

The Budget has proposed amendment to Section 194D, pertaining to TDS on payment of insurance commission.

Budget 2024: Budget slashes TDS on life cover pay-outs, insurance commission

People walk past a display screen telecasting the Union Budget 2024-25 presentation by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Parliament House, outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on July 23, 2024.

Budget 2024: Stocks wobble on capital gain tax plan

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The government has signalled that it wants to revisit the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme, arguing that it has not met its expected outcome of poverty alleviation. File

Budget Budget 2024: MGNREGS allocation lower than last year’s actual expenditure

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S. Gajraj, chairman, Marketing Committee, Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association, and his family.

Budget High income group: ‘Tax rebate could have been higher for low earners’

S. Selladurai, a retired professor of Anna University, and his wife Geetha.

Budget Middle income group: Higher exemption limit on savings will put money in our pocket, says retired professor

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu giving a motion of thanks to the Governor’s speech, in the Assembly.

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh is the only State without a capital, even after ten years of its formation, says Chandrababu Naidu

Olympics Paris Olympics | Will the ‘nucleus of Indian sports’ live up to its title?

High expectations: Antim would be keen to make her maiden Olympics a memorable one.

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At the post-Budget press conference, in New Delhi

Union Budget 2024-25 — no signs of learning

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Budget 2024: Fostering sustainable development and economic opportunities

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Will local job quotas pass the legal test? | Explained

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Trainee officer Puja Khedkar speaks regarding the police interrogation in Washim district. File

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According to the WEF’s June report, updated figures in educational attainment indicators have caused India’s gender parity levels to dip from the previous year. Image for representation.

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