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Agri Ministry gets 5.63% more budget for FY22; half of it for PM-Kisan

The Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Ministry has got 5.63 per cent more budget allocation at Rs 1.31 trillion

Rs 1,117 cr relief to TN farmers affected by crop loss in January

The Tamil Nadu government will provide Rs 1,116.97 crore as input relief to about 11,43,000 farmers across the state

Capital outlay should support a higher pace of GDP expansion in FY22

The fiscal deficit of the government of India has increased sharply to 9.5 per cent of GDP in the Revised Estimates for FY21, relative to the budgeted target of 3.5 per cent

Bharat Biotech hails Rs 35,000 cr budget allocation for Covid vaccination

The indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin and Oxford's Covishield are being produced in the country

Enhanced Rs 1.18 trillion outlay for highways, projects to speed up: FM

Sitharaman on Monday said execution of flagship highways corridors as well as projects are bound to speed up

Union Budget 2021: Allocation for education pared by 6.13%, boost for KVs

The school education and literacy department has been allocated Rs 54,873 crore - the lowest in two years -- in Budget 2021

Govt to launch Jal Jeevan Mission for tap water connections in urban areas

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the Jal Jeevan Mission (urban) will be launched

Disinvestment of Air India, Pawan Hans to be completed in 2021-22: FM

FM said in her budget speech that the disinvestment of Air India and Pawan Hans would be completed in 2021-22

Budget 2021 for sectors: Key takeaways from FM Sitharaman's speech

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to unleash a massive fiscal expansion in 2021-22 on the back of fire sales and cesses, to revive India's pandemic-battered economy. Accordingly, she proposed to increase the capital expenditure by 34 per cent in Budget 2021-22 in comparison to the previous fiscal BE (Budget Estimate). In her Budget speech that lasted for around 1 hour and 45 minutes, she doled out enormous amounts for railways, roadways, health care, education as well as the agriculture sector. Watch the video for all key announcements.

Interest earned on PF contributions above Rs 2.5 lakh to be taxable: Budget

Employers who delay the deposit of workers' share of social security contributions like employees' provident fund will not be able to claim the amount as deduction from their income

Budgetary allocation for tourism ministry slashed by 19% to Rs 2,026 crore

The budget has allocated Rs 1088.03 crore for development of tourism infrastructure

Budget 2021: Many positives for mfg sector and CVs, says Ashok Leyland MD

Lauds road infra thrust, scrappage policy among other announcements

Opportune time to fund economy through sovereign bond issue

Target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for FY 2022 in Budget is quite conservative and can be very well overachieved.

Full text of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech in LS

Here is the full text of the Budget speech of FM Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

Anti-people budget by BJP, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

'BJP have money for using chartered planes to fly corrupt leaders to New Delhi', said Banerjee

Budget 2021: Full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill tabled in LS

Here is the full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill as tabled in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget proposals for start-ups to boost 'ease of doing business'

The union government has decided to extend tax holiday claim for start-ups by one more year

Subsidy bill nears Rs 6 trn in FY21 on extra free foodgrain distribution

On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented revised numbers of major subsidies

Govt proposes Rs 3.05 trn scheme to revive power distribution companies

The FM also proposed a framework to provide electricity consumers option to choose from service providers

Budget 2021: Law Ministry gets allocation for procurement of EVMs by EC

Another Rs 7.20 crore has been allocated for elector photo identity cards