Plantation sector gets higher allocation in Budget
The plantation sector, comprising tea, coffee, rubber and spices, has received higher budgetary allocation for 2025-2026. While the tea sector has been allocated ₹771 crore as against ₹500 crore in…
The plantation sector, comprising tea, coffee, rubber and spices, has received higher budgetary allocation for 2025-2026. While the tea sector has been allocated ₹771 crore as against ₹500 crore in…
Representative image | Photo Credit: PTI Falling short of the 100 days of work guaranteed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, average workdays per household under…
Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 2, 2025) described the Union Budget as “by the people, for the people, of the people”, and said Prime…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The government has only committed to “half-hearted” steps of registering gig workers on e-SHRAM and including them under the Ayushman Bharat…
A view of the Parliament building in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Lok Sabha has been allocated ₹903 crore in the Union Budget, more than double the…
APCC president Y.S. Sharmila said it was ridiculous on the part of the Chief Minister to call it a progressive budget. File | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee…
Volkswagen’s India unit said in a statement it is using all legal remedies as it cooperates with authorities and remains committed to ensuring “full compliance” with all global and local…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday…
Anti-Tobacco activists in Mysuru have expressed their disappointment over the failure of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget to either increase sin tax or a percentage increase in cess under National…
Aaditya Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Opposition parties in Maharashtra slammed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as ‘Bihar budget’. While the Nationalist Congress Party…