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State Budget to be keenly watched for steps to mop up additional resources

The 2024-25 Budget in Thiruvananthapuram will focus on generating additional resources for social welfare programs while facing financial constraints.

The Hindu

A rising tide lifts all boats

The Interim Budget reflects the aspirations of a new India

The Hindu

Solar panels for households will lower cost of batteries for EVs: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that government initiatives such as solar panel rooftops for 1 crore households announced in the interim Budget along with a clean cooking mission will be a boost for the battery manufacturing industry and bring down the cost of batteries for electric passenger vehicles.

The Hindu

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Ignoring an agricultural sector in distress

The revival of agricultural growth from its long-term slump requires imaginative policy shifts and decisive fiscal measures, but the Budget provides no indications of such a plan or even intent

The Hindu

Poll posture: On the 2024 Interim Budget

It was an an election-eve, self-congratulatory report card on the economic achievements engendered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two governments he has led since 2014

The Hindu

A case of capex under the ‘macroscope’

The FY25 Interim Budget carries forward the ethos of public capex a notch higher, thereby bolstering the government’s commitment to high quality spending.

The Hindu

WHO applauds extension of healthcare coverage to ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers

The World Health Organization applauds India's Union Budget for extending healthcare coverage to grassroots workers and implementing various health initiatives.

The Hindu

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her shortest Budget speech till date

Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her shortest-ever budget speech, focusing on governance, development, and performance.

The Hindu

Interim Budget 2024 | Net zero gain for MGNREGS

Budget 2024: As per the statistics available on the Union Rural Development website, the total expenditure on the programme so far has been ₹ 88,309.72 crores

The Hindu

Union Budget | Indian economy witnessed profound positive transformation in last 10 years, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2024 Speech: Indian economy witnesses positive transformation, projected to become third largest in the world with a GDP of $5 trillion

The Hindu

New Zealand to be briefed on Aukus – as it happened

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Interim Budget: Kerala keeping its fingers crossed

The 2024-25 Interim Budget will be closely watched by Kerala, as it battles with the Centre over tax share and borrowing limits.

The Hindu

Tax incentives will boost investments in Kerala, says KSSIA ahead of Budget

Kochi's tax incentives attract investments, but the Kerala State Small Industries Association calls for improvements in GST operations.

The Hindu

Centre’s capex thrust will continue because the private investment remains weak: Former Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar

Former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar emphasizes the need for continued focus on capital expenditure in the upcoming Interim Budget to address weak private investment and bridge the infrastructure gap in the Indian economy.

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Floor leaders attend all-party meeting convened by government ahead of Budget session of Parliament

Parliament Budget Session: Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and his Deputy Arjun Ram Meghwal represented the government at the meet ahead of the Budget session of parliament

Evening Standard

Britain faces a 'nasty combination' of high tax and tight public spending after the next election, experts warn

Britain faces a “nasty combination” of high tax and tight public spending after the next general election, leading economists warned on Friday as doubts grew over Jeremy Hunt’s room for Budget giveaways.

The Hindu

Nirmala Sitharaman to become the second Finance Minister to present the Union Budget six times in a row

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present sixth consecutive budget, focusing on immediate fiscal needs before elections.

The Hindu

Has the economy improved in the NDA’s second term?

Has the NDA government’s economic performance in its second term fared better than its first?

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Interest-free crop loans given to nearly 20 lakh farmers

The State government has disbursed ₹15,841.48 crore interest-free crop loans to 19.97 lakh farmers so far this year, an increase of ₹776.48 crore compared to 2022-23.

The Hindu

Interim Budget | Healthcare industry expectations include incentives to promote private investment, R&D, et al

The healthcare industry in New Delhi seeks incentives for private investment, antibiotic research, and healthcare infrastructure in the upcoming budget.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt drops new pre-election Budget tax cut hint

He said the 'direction of travel' is for the UK to emulate successful low-tax economies

Roll Call

Bill to create new debt commission approved in House panel - Roll Call

The House Budget Committee advanced legislation that would create a bipartisan fiscal commission to curb the growth of federal debt.

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt hints at voter-friendly tax giveaway in March budget

With polls predicting electoral disaster for Tories, chancellor says ‘economy would be more successful if we had more competitive taxes’

The Hindu

Civil society groups asked us to raise demand in Parliament, that PM Modi visit Manipur before Lok Sabha polls, says Congress

Civil society organisations in Manipur who met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have urged the party to put forth their demand in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit violence-hit Manipur

The Hindu

Interim Budget may see measures to boost consumption demand, push agri economy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to step up efforts to boost consumption and rural economy while keeping inflation under check when she presents her sixth straight Budget on February 1

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