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Press Trust of India (PTI) is India's premier news agency, with a reach that covers every corner of India. It employs more than 600 journalists and 800 stringers to cover almost every city and town in India. PTI was registered in 1947 and started operations in 1949.
Total income declined to Rs 1,256.63 crore in the October-December quarter against Rs 2,213.68 crore in the year-ago period
The National Medicinal Plants Board has been allocated Rs 18.59 crore while the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) has been allocated Rs 21.96 cr.
Eligible start-ups can avail complete deduction of profit and gains for three consecutive years out of 10 years, beginning from the year of incorporation
The Budget's agricultural roadmap, centered around making the sector a primary growth engine, has drawn positive responses for its focus on reducing import dependencies
Auto industry body SIAM noted that the government is focused on long-term sustained economic growth
Under the 'Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act' 2023, State Legal Services Authorities have established Legal Service Clinics in jails to provide free legal assistance to persons in need
The allocation is considered significant in the wake of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's repeated statements that the Narendra Modi government has resolved to end Naxalism in the country by March 2026
Assocham President Nayar said that pick up in consumption demand would, in turn, encourage investment as well in the medium term
The industry, on the basis of the current duty rates, estimates that the illicit trade results in an annual revenue loss of Rs 21,000 crore to the government
The Union Budget for 2025-2026 was 'biased' in completely ignoring Tamil Nadu and betrayed the expectation of the people, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday.
The fund allocation is for salaries and allowances of the president, the expenditure on the household establishment of the president, including staff salaries, discretionary grants
The Income Tax Act 1961, which deals with imposition of direct taxes -- personal I-T, corporate tax, securities transaction tax, besides gift and wealth tax, currently has about 298 sections
Within the ministry, a major chunk has gone to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which has been allocated Rs 1,278.49 crore against Rs 1273.91 crore allocated in 2024-25
Reacting to the budget, Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal said mining is one of the six domains identified for transformational reforms over the next five years
The direction of the budget is towards the goal of Vikasit Bharat, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Kerala Chairman Vinod Manjila said
Establishment of the India Infrastructure Fund and emphasis on Public-Private partnerships for infrastructure in the budget is also a game-changer for the real estate industry
While India is making strides toward fiscal discipline and inflation control, Moody's maintains that for a rating upgrade, a substantial reduction in the debt burden is essential
The allocation for semiconductor projects has been more than doubled to Rs 2,499.96 crore for 2025-26 from Rs 1,200 crore revised allocation for the current fiscal
The National Security Council Secretariat has been allocated Rs 182.75 crore, against Rs 270.08 crore allotted in 2024-25
As part of the National e-Governance Plan, the e-Courts project is under implementation since 2007 for ICT enablement of the Indian judiciary