According to the Budget documents, Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess of Rs 2.5 per litre has been imposed on petrol and Rs 4 per litre on diesel
Sitharaman walked into the House several minutes before 11 am and placed the tablet on the podium
The Budget proposed abolishing the under-performing, authority of advance ruling, to replace it with a two-member board of advance ruling
The Budget will give a massive push to the economy and empower the people, says CM Adityanath
The expenditure for total rural development schemes declined from Rs 2.16 trillion in FY21 to Rs 1.95 trillion in FY22.
On Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of over Rs 4,000 crore over the next five years for the Deep Ocean Mission
Finance Commission finds inconsistencies in GST, bats for change, simplification and a three-rate structure
TDP spokesperson K Pattabhiram told ANI that many promises made at the time of bifurcation of the state were pending
The middle class has widely supported the BJP since 2014, with it winning convincingly in metro cities in both 2014 and 2019
The new distribution under horizontal devolution remains broadly unchanged compared to the interim report
The new centrally sponsored schemes include Mission Shakti, Saksham Anganwadi, Poshan 2.0, and Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikash Yojana
Allocation for farm and allied activities has been cut
The Union budget will bring in a positive change for investors, businesses and the general public, said Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Anurag Thakur on Monday.
States will receive Rs 10.33 trillion in grants
With grants, the transfer is roughly 50-50 of divisible tax pool between Centre, states; N K Singh says Commission worked without any bias
Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination
Does away with loans from National Small Savings Fund to Food Corporation of India
A snapshot of the key numbers released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021
The onus was on the government to do the heavy lifting for reviving the investment cycle as a broad-based recovery in private capex is not yet in sight
Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus