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Fugitive economic offenders will be extradited: FM in reply to White Paper debate in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces extradition of fugitive economic offenders and criticizes the UPA government for corruption.

The Hindu

R&D spend — golden intervention or smoke and mirrors

With so many demands on the corpus announced in the interim Budget, the government needs to define what it is expected to achieve

The Hindu

"Economy in fragile state in 2014, economic mismanagement...it was crisis situation": Finance Ministry in White Paper tabled in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Thursday laid a White Paper on Indian Economy in the Lok Sabha. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Parliament Budget Session extended by a day till February 10

The last session before Lok Sabha polls expected to be held in April-May this year was started with the address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of two Houses on January 31. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Inflation within tolerance band; government taking steps to check price rise: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman on inflation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces that inflation in India has decreased due to government measures to control prices.

The Hindu

Chalo Delhi | CM Siddaramaiah to lead protest on Feb 7 against Centre’s ‘financial injustice’ to Karnataka

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lead the protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi at 11 a.m. on February 7. He will be joined by all Congress legislators, Ministers and the lone Congress MP in Karnataka D.K. Suresh.

The Hindu

Lok Sabha to discuss Interim Budget; FM Sitharaman to move The Finance Bill 2024

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to move The Finance Bill, 2024 for its consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nirmala Sitharaman and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at loggerheads over funds for Karnataka

Parliament Budget Session: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman denies allegations of discrimination in fund allocation to Congress-ruled Karnataka and non-BJP states.

The Hindu

Analysis: India’s 2024 interim budget shows a changing economy

Move from agriculture to manufacturing, an increase in demand for Food for Work programme show changes in economy.

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Morning Digest | Champai Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM today; Nirmala Sitharaman announces panel to examine challenges of ‘fast population growth’ to development, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on February 2

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

What the Finance Minister’s budget speech tells us – and what it doesn’t

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her sixth budget today. It was an interim budget, with the full budget being due once the next government is elected after the Lok Sabha polls, which should happen in April and May.

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Honourable mention for bioeconomy in Interim Budget, with trillion-dollar potential in mind

Budget 2024: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new bio-manufacturing scheme in the 2024-2024 Interim Budget to boost India's bio-economy, but budget cuts may hinder progress.

The Hindu

India's Short-Term Budget Focuses on Infrastructure, Jobs, and Growth

India's finance minister unveils a short-term budget, focusing on infrastructure projects, job creation, and subsidies reduction, ahead of upcoming electio...

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India budget 2024: What does it say about the economy, elections?

The Modi government has snipped its food subsidy bill while also lowering its fiscal deficit target.

The Hindu

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

Where does the money come from and where is it allocated?

Budget 2024: We see where the money for the 2024 interim budget comes from and where it is allocated in this article from The Hindu team.

The Hindu

Analysis | Govt. confident of return, Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget takes on the question of ‘free electricity politics’ with solar panels

Budget 2024: One of the most politically interesting announcements was on the programme to provide rooftop solar power generation to one crore households, as part of the Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana. I

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Union budget’s push from tech to infra: 5 takeaways from Sitharaman’s speech

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim budget today, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, purportedly with a renewed emphasis on welfare schemes for four groups – “the poor, women, youth and farmers”.

The Hindu

Kerala’s ruling front and Opposition slam Centre’s Interim Budget as political exercise in futility

Initial reactions to the Interim Budget 2024 presented by Union Minister For Finance Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on February 1 signal a limited political concurrence between Kerala’s ruling front and the Opposition that the Centre’s financial plan held no promise for the country’s youth, farmers or women.

The Hindu

Interim Budget 2024-2025 documents presented by FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024-2025, highlighting achievements and leaving tax slabs unchanged. The Hindu provides a copy of these Budget documents in PDF/DOC format.

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"Trinity of democracy, demography and diversity can fulfill aspirations of every Indian": Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asserted that the BJP-led government at the Centre has worked with an approach to development that is "all-round, all-inclusive and all-pervasive."

The Hindu

Interim Budget 2024 | ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers gets health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

Add Budget 2024: The government on February 1 announced the extension of health care cover under Ayushman Bharat to all ASHA and anganwadi workers.

The Hindu

No change to direct and indirect tax rates: Finance Minister in Budget Speech

Income Tax Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposes to retain tax rates, withdraw outstanding tax demands, and extend tax exemptions in her interim budget speech.

The Hindu

38 lakh farmers benefited from PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana, says FM Sitharaman

Interim Budget, PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman enumerates the benefits of agriculture schemes, including PM Kisan Sampada Yojana, in the interim budget.

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