Will privatisation in non-strategic sectors get a push in Budget 2022? What does Pronab Sen see as biggest Budget challenges for FM? Will FY22 direct tax collections exceed BE? Get all answers here

Will privatisation in non-strategic sectors get a push in Budget 2022? What does Pronab Sen see as biggest Budget challenges for FM? Will FY22 direct tax collections exceed BE? Get all answers here

Budget with BS, Ep 5: Privatisation, direct tax mop-up, and Pronab Sen Q&A

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Tata Power on Monday said it is aiming for a capex of Rs 25,000 crore in the current fiscal year and will look to maintain the same annual spend till FY30.
As per an investor presentation, 65 per cent of the capex is aimed at clean energy projects.
Tata Power, which made a capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 17,273 crore in FY25, almost doubled the same to Rs 25,000 crore in FY26.
The total capex estimated between FY26 and FY30 is Rs 1.25 lakh crore with Rs 25,000 crore spent annually, as per the presentation.
In an interaction, Sinha said, "We are well poised to achieve our aspirations."
In the power generation segment, the company had a thermal capacity of 15.7 GW in FY25, which it looks to scale up to 30 GW by FY30, he said.
"From 7 GW of clean and green capacity, we aim to increase it to 20 GW almost three times by March 2031," Sinha said.
The capacity of transmission lines both operational and under-construction stood at 7,047 circuit kilometres (ckm) as of FY25. The same wil

As per an investor presentation, 65 per cent of the capex is aimed at clean energy projects

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A bill to repeal 71 laws which have outlived their utility in the statute books was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
While 65 of the bills are amendment Acts, which were brought to tweak existing laws, six are principal laws that have become outdated.
At least one law,  proposed to be repealed, is of the British era -- The Indian Tramways Act of 1886.
The law was brought to facilitate the construction and to regulate the working of tramways in British India.
The proposed repeal and amendment Bill is not aimed at striking off colonial laws but to remove Acts which have outlived their utility.
"Once an amendment is passed by Parliament, it gets subsumed in the principal law. It then only clutters the statute books. Its use has ended, but it still exists, creating confusion," an official explained.
So far, 1,562 old archaic laws have been repealed. Once the proposed Bill gets Parliament's nod, the total number of laws to be repealed will stand at 1,633.
Since May 2014, the Mo

While 65 of the bills are amendment Acts, which were brought to tweak existing laws, six are principal laws that have become outdated

Amid alarming pollution levels blanketing Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was greeted with chants of 'AQI', 'AQI' from a section of the crowd when she took the stage to welcome football icon Lionel Messi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday.
A sharp drop in visibility and haze-obscured skyline marked another low for Delhi on Monday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) touched 498 in the morning and settled at 427 by the evening, pushing the capital into severe' zone for the third day running.
A video showing a section of the crowd chanting 'AQI', 'AQI' has gone viral on social media, prompting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to attack Gupta over the severe' pollution levels gripping the capital.
International Shame, Crowd for Messi shouts AQI, AQI' as soon as Delhi CM Rekha Gupta arrives, AAP's Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said in a post on X, sharing the clip.
The AAP accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Delhi of being indifferent as toxic air choked Delhi-NCR and parts o

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Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH has asked the government to increase public spending on healthcare to over 2.5 per cent of GDP with urgent action to tackle non-communicable diseases, including tax deductions of up to Rs 10,000 on individuals for preventive health check-ups.
In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage.
The recommendations call for a balanced mix of fiscal support, structural reforms, and public-private collaboration to build a robust, future-ready health system, it said in a statement.
In its recommendations, NATHEALTH asked the sector to be declared 'core infrastructure' and create a healthcare infrastructure fund of Rs 50,000 crore, saying currently there is limited access to long-term, lower-cost capital for hospitals and diagnostic networks.
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In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage

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Budget with BS, Ep 5: Privatisation, direct tax mop-up, and Pronab Sen Q&A

Will privatisation in non-strategic sectors get a push in Budget 2022? What does Pronab Sen see as biggest Budget challenges for FM? Will FY22 direct tax collections exceed BE? Get all answers here

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