New Delhi: In the Regular Union Budget of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore (approx. US $75 Billion), the highest among the Ministries. While maintaining the allocation made to MoD during interim budget, the Government has made an additional allocation to the tune of Rs 400 crore […]
NEW DELHI: Gold, silver and other precious metals along with imported mobile phones, certain cancer drugs and medical devices are set to become cheaper with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing cuts in customs duty in the Union Budget 2024-25. However, certain items such as imported garden umbrellas and laboratory chemicals are set to become costlier […]
NEW DELHI: In sops for the middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday hiked standard deduction by 50 per cent to Rs 75,000 and tweaked tax slabs under the new income tax regime to provide more money in the hands of salaried class with a view to boost consumption. She said salaried employees in […]
Opposition Terms It As ‘Kursi Bachao Budget’ New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha, saying it would give a new impetus to the economic development in the country. Modi lauded the budget’s sharp focus on the youth, backward sections, women […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah hailed the Budget 2024-25 as pro-people and pro-development. Shri Amit Shah congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman for this visionary budget. In a series of posts on X platform, Shri Amit Shah said that “The Budget 2024–25 not only […]
Srinagar: Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, introduced the Budget of Jammu & Kashmir for 2024-25 in Parliament on 23rd July, 2024. The Appropriation Bill on the Regular Budget for 2024-25 will be considered by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in this regard. Finance Department of the UT Government had drafted the Regular Budget for […]
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the visionary Budget for 2024-2025. The Lt Governor said the Budget-2024 will intensify economic growth, facilitate far-reaching reforms for ‘Viksit Bharat’ and increase the ‘Ease of Doing’ Business’ and the ‘Ease of Living’. […]
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today launched ‘JK SAMADHAN’, Unified Grievance Redressal & Monitoring System, of the Department of Public Grievances, at Srinagar today. In his address, the Lt Governor congratulated the Department of Public Grievances, Information Technology Department, Central Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Bhaskaracharya […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government today dismissed four employees, belonging to various departments: 02 from Police Department (Constables), 01 from School Education Department (Junior Assistant) and 01 from Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (Village Level Worker) in terms of Article 311 of the Constitution of India for their deep involvement in anti-national […]
Srinagar: With the deficit in rainfall in the Valley leading to deficiency in the overall supply of drinking water, the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today convened a meeting to address the issue with active intervention of PHE department and District Administrations by optimum utilization of all the available resources across the […]