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4 states, a UT will go to polls in 2021: What do they expect from Budget?
West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Poducherry will go to the polls in April-May this year
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First part of Budget Session likely to end on February 13: Sources
The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will end on February 13 instead of February 15 as the Rajya Sabha, on Sunday, decided to change its sitting, sources said.
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India's gender budget was almost same for 13 years; here's what it achieved
While India's gender budgets have succeeded in drawing attention to gender issues, experts say ministries and departments consider them as an aggregation exercise only
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Govt ready to answer all queries in Budget Session Part-II: Pralhad Joshi
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said that the government is ready to answer all questions of the Opposition in the second half of the ongoing budget session of Parliament.
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Healthcare likely to be top priority for govt in Budget 2021: Survey
The Budget comes in the face of the country braving a once-in-a-century global pandemic, says a survey
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Budget: IT hardware makers urge govt to allocate Rs 20,000 cr under PLI
IT hardware makers urge the government to allocate Rs 20,000 crore under the production-linked incentive scheme, to boost manufacturing of personal computers, tablets and servers in the country.
Budget should incentivise the use of technology and robotics: Official
Budget 2021 should focus on enhancing productivity by incentivising the use of technology to make India 'Atmanirbhar' and future-ready
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Why grand policy statements in this 'never-before' like Budget are unlikely
In a CII event last year, Sitharaman said this time she shall offer a 'never before' like budget
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Major economic legislations to be considered during Budget Session
The Centre has lined up an intensive legislative agenda with over 20 bills for the Budget Session of Parliament
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LIVE: Delhi Court charges Ex-Haryana CM in disproportionate assets case
CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian today interacted with industry leaders, a day after presenting Economic Survey 2021. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
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Govt should spend, increase healthcare allocation: CEA to industry leaders
Speaking on privatisation, Subramanian said disinvestment would happen this year and selling Air India would be a seminal moment that would clearly signal the government's intent
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PM Modi to chair all-party meet ahead of Parliament's Budget Session
The government has not shown any inclination towards repealing the farm laws which is the prime demand of the protesting farmers
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Sowing trust: Agri reforms a remedy, not a malady, says Economic Survey
On food management, the Survey advocated increasing the central issue price (CIP) of grains sold through the ration shops to tame burgeoning food subsidy burden.
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Budget to be seen as part of mini budgets of 2020, says PM Narendra Modi
Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Budget in the Lok Sabha on Monday
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Roads, health care consistent priority for govt: Economic Survey
Private participation remains low, the Survey shows
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A call to print more money: Economic Survey sees a 'V-shaped recovery'
Forget fiscal conservatism, turn on the fiscal taps, and ignore debt build-up, says Survey
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Eco Survey bats for sustained, calibrated measures to facilitate recovery
Economic Survey is rich in analysis and comparisons with international data and this makes it an important policy document as has been the case in previous years
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Eco Survey suggests end to forbearance, another asset quality review round
Severely criticises RBI for not being able to unearth full extent of bad debt mess in banks in previous AQR round
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Increasing health spend to 3% can halve out-of-pocket expenses: Eco Survey
The survey said the focus must be on building the health care system generally rather than a specific focus on communicable diseases
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Litigation turning out to be a big hurdle for IBC: Economic Survey
Cites World Bank's Ease of Doing Business report, which said it takes 1,445 days to resolve a commercial contract in India, versus 589.6 days in OECD high income countries, 120 days in Singapore
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