The Latest Breaking News from Budget

Fashion Chain Primark Puts Click-And-Collect on Radar as Expansion Gathers Pace

Budget fashion chain Primark, which has shunned the extra cost of home delivery, could add click-and-collect services to its revamped website over time, but still sees new stores in markets such as Italy and the United States as it main growth driver. The chain, whose trendy clothes at rock-bottom prices…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2022

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha to resume simultaneous sittings

Budget session will begin on March 14 and end on April 8

The Hindu · Mar 8, 2022

Union Budget sets agenda for continuity to provide tax predictable regime, vision for 25 years: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 7 said the Union Budget for 2022-23, which she had presented, stands for continuity to provide a tax predictable regime and a vision for the next 25 years.

The Hindu · Mar 7, 2022

Mixed reactions to Karnataka Budget

While the leaders of the ruling party have welcomed the Budget proposals wholeheartedly, Opposition leaders have expressed disappointment

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

With pandemic receding, focus shifts to secondary and tertiary care

With the COVID-19 pandemic receding, the State’s focus has now shifted towards tertiary and secondary healthcare. The State Budget on Friday did not spell out any vision on preparedness for pandemic control in the future. 

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

Old wine in a new bottle: Hardly any new projects for Bengaluru in State Budget

Allocation includes ₹6,000 crore under Amruth Nagarothana to be carried out over a period of three years

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

An election year Budget amidst fiscal struggle

There are new schemes galore in the Budget for most of which no fund allocation has been made

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

Temples and cows get priority

The BJP’s Hindutva agenda has been a priority in the Budget presented by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday, with focus on temples and cow protection. 

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

Honorariums hiked

The monthly honorarium given to victims of acid attack has been increased from ₹3,000 to ₹10,000. Also, recognising the services of mid-day-meal workers under Akshara Dasoha scheme and ASHAs, especially during the pandemic, the Budget announced that the monthly honorarium being paid to mid-day meal cooks and helpers and ASHAs…

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022

₹1,000 cr. set aside for Mekedatu project

The BJP Government in Karnataka, which is under pressure to act on the proposed ₹9,000-crore Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Drinking Water Project in the wake of the recently-concluded padayatra by the Opposition Congress, has allocated ₹1,000 crore for the project in the State Budget presented on Friday.

The Hindu · Mar 4, 2022