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Rs 45K cr for Ken-Betwa interlinking of rivers project
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced Rs 44,605 crore for the implementation of Ken-Betwa river link project which is necessary for irrigation of Bundelkhand region, prompting critical remarks from…
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People will reject this ‘capitalist Budget’, says P Chidambaram
New Delhi: The “capitalist” Union Budget 2022-23 is “obdurate” and “callous” as there is no cash assistance to the very poor who have been pushed into extreme poverty and suffered immensely during…
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Rs 60K cr allotted for ‘Har Ghar Jal’, 3.8 cr households to benefit
New Delhi: The central government has allotted Rs 60,000 crore to cover 3.8 crore households in FY 2022-23 under ‘Har Ghar Jal’, ‘Nal Se Jal Scheme’, launched in August 2019. She said,…
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Wait for Indian masses to use 5G smartphones gets longer
New Delhi: India, which is the third-largest 5G smartphone market globally, is yet to use the 5G technology and the wait only got longer with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing on Tuesday…
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Central Vista project: Rs 2,600 cr for construction of non-residential office buildings
New Delhi: The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has been allocated Rs 2,600 crore in Budget 2022-23 for the construction of non-residential office buildings of the Central Vista project, including the Parliament…
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Union Budget 2022: Here’s how Opposition leaders reacted
The Union Budget for the Financial Year 2022-23 was released on February 1 with an emphasis on infrastructure spending, tax on cryptocurrency, battery swapping policy to encourage the use Electronic Vehicles and…
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Union budget lacks special provision for farmers, common man: Rajasthan CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the Union budget will further lead to rise in fiscal deficit and has no special provision for farmers, common man, poor and women.…
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Authors of anti-CAA protest book had no authorisation to use Danish Siddiqui’s name, says family
A soon to release photo book outlining the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) movement has been met with some criticism from deceased photojournalist Danish Siddiqui’s family. On Tuesday, the family alleged in a…
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Budget 2022: Minority Affairs Ministry allocated over Rs 5,020 cr
New Delhi: The Minority Affairs Ministry was allocated Rs 5020.50 crore in the 2022-23 Union Budget on Tuesday which is Rs 674.05 crore more than the revised figures of the previous fiscal.…
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Battle for UP: Criminals out, wives in
Lucknow: Even as it mounts a blistering attack on the Samajwadi Party for giving tickets to criminals, the BJP itself has fielded the wives of two convicted criminals in the Uttar Pradesh…
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India to get its own digital currency by RBI next year: FM
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the launch of India’s own digital currency by the RBI next year that will be based on Blockchain technology, while the much-expected…
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Govt to bring battery swapping policy to promote electric vehicles
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the government will bring a battery swapping policy to boost the use of electric vehicles in the country in view of space…
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No change in personal income tax rates in Budget
New Delhi: Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates in the Budget for 2022-23. The minister also did not raise standard deduction, which was…
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Budget is betrayal of salaried, middle classes: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country’s salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for…
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India to earmark 68 per cent of capital procurement budget of Defence for domestic industry
New Delhi: With an objective to reduce dependence on imports of defence equipment, India will earmark 68 per cent of its capital procurement budget of the defence sector for the domestic industry,…
