New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to address the Reserve Bank of India’s central board on February 11 and highlight key points of the Union Budget, including the fiscal consolidation roadmap and high capital expenditure plan. The post-budget meeting has been scheduled for February 11 where Sitharaman would be addressing the board members […]
New Delhi: Opposition leaders slammed the Centre on Wednesday for its “limited” focus on important sectors like health and education in the Budget for 2023-24 fiscal. In the annual budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the health sector has been allocated Rs 89,155 crore, a hike of around 13 per cent over Rs […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India’s Budget for 2023-24 will not only try to fulfill the hopes and dreams of the common man in the country but it will be a ray of hope for the world. Addressing reporters ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament, PM Modi said not just […]
New Delhi: India has become the third-largest aviation market in the world and is growing rapidly, with the number of airports increasing to 147 from just 74 in 2014, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday. She also said the Indian Railways is emerging as a modern institution and many inaccessible areas are being added to […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday posted petitions challenging the 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme for hearing in the third week of March this year. A bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, which took up the batch of petitions Tuesday, noted that they raised three separate issues—a challenge to electoral bonds, whether […]
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund is not a “public authority” as defined by the Right to Information Act, and therefore, the Trust does not come under its provisions, the central government told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. In a detailed affidavit submitted to the […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it will list a PIL challenging the “ban” on the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ for hearing on February 6. Advocate M L Sharma, who filed the petition, mentioned it before a bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. Sharma’s plea seeks quashing of […]
New Delhi: A day after the Bihar BJP state executive passed a resolution to “never align with the Janata Dal (United) again”, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, too, ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the BJP in future, saying he would rather die than join hands with the saffron party. “I will rather die […]
Srinagar: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Rahul Gnadhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra has spread the message of love to every corner of the country and urged the party’s supporters to unite for taking the nation forward. Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in […]
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday urged the Centre to provide 1,300 million gallons per day (MGD) of water to Delhi, saying it will help ensure round-the-clock water supply to the people in the city. The Delhi government is trying to increase water availability in the city, he said after inaugurating an 11 million […]