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It's not priority of govt to monitor consumption: Finance secretary

He says why the Budget numbers are realistic and speaks of the evolving approach of the government towards disinvestment, welfare schemes, and capital expenditure

Economic reforms implemented 'despite the odds', says FM Sitharaman

Rating agencies must take note of the country's transparent fiscal consolidation path, FM says

BMC unveils highest ever Budget at Rs 59,954 cr with focus on health, infra

No new taxes were proposed on Friday in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Rs 59,954.75-crore budget for 2024-25, the highest ever, as it made special provisions for the coastal road project and proposed four new schemes, one of them for providing medicines free to patients at civic hospitals for which Rs 1,200 crore was set aside. The expenditure on the health budget was hiked to Rs 7,191 crore from Rs 6,309 crore in 2023-24 and a provision of Rs 340 crore was made for upgradation of footpaths, lanes and bylanes. A sum of Rs 100 crore was allocated for implementation of a scheme for women's security. The budgetary estimates were 10.5 per cent more than the 2023-24 amount of Rs 54,256.07 crore. The administration of India's richest civic body presented the budget for the next fiscal to municipal commissioner-cum-administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal at the BMC headquarters in south Mumbai. Chahal, a senior IAS officer, was appointed the BMC administrator by the Maharashtra ...

Interim Budget 2024-25: Striking a middle path

Such prudence also seems to have influenced the Finance Minister's fiscal consolidation efforts

Interim Budget 2024-25: A turning point for investment treaties

This judgment opened the floodgates, and various similar claims were raised against the government asserting the investor's rights under other BITs

Best thing about Budget is Rs 45 cr boost for sports ministry: Gagan Narang

The ministry's flagship programme, Khelo India, was allotted Rs 900 crore, an increase of Rs 20 crore from the previous budget

Interim Budget 2024-25: Strong foundation towards 'Viksit Bharat'

The cornerstone of this Budget is a commitment to foster global competitiveness among Indian enterprises, attract foreign investments, and bolster startups and innovation-driven ecosystems

Budget 2024: PM GatiShakti to be utilised for 3 major railway corridors

PM GatiShakti aims boost multimodal connectivity while moving towards logistics efficiency and reducing carbon footprint in rail movement

Mission Shakti: Under longest-serving woman FM, gender Budget hits a high

India's gender Budget was specifically started in 2005-06 to view the budgetary exercise through a gender lens and to ensure that the benefits of development do not exclude women

Cong MP asks for higher share in Budget, demands separate nation for south

Karnataka politician DK Suresh threatened a call for separate nationhood for southern states after accusing the Centre of disproportionately distributing share of GST and direct tax funds

Budget reinforces the vision of a confident, consistent and credible India

The government has exuded confidence that despite an election year, it has stayed committed to enhancing the quality of its spending

Best of BS Opinion: Interim Budget 2024-25: Striking a middle path & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

New rail corridors to cost Rs 11 trn, add 40K km of tracks: Vaishnaw

The national transporter is expected to have an operating ratio of 98.7 per cent in the current financial year

Interim Budget: Infra focus, fiscal prudence are positives for street

While overall capex has increased, some analysts had expected higher outlays for road, defence and railways

Ready reckoner: FM Sitharaman's interim Budget places emphasis on growth

Our government stands committed to strengthening and expanding the economy with high growth, and to creating conditions for people to realise their aspirations, she said

Interim Budget 2024-25: Food, fertiliser subsidy pegged lower in FY25

The government had rolled out PMUY in May 2022 to make clean cooking fuel, such as LPG, available to the rural and deprived households

Decadal perspective: Foodgrain production up 20% under the Modi govt

Electronic National Agriculture Market has integrated 1,361 mandis and 180 million farmers over a period of time

Interim Budget 2024-25: For agri and rural, it's continuation of the past

Since it is an Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not make any big announcements nor did she increase allocations for welfare schemes in an election year

Budget 2024: FM promises 20 mn more rural houses, hikes MGNREGA allocation

But no increase in PM-KISAN amount surprises experts

Interim Budget 2024-25: Health gets an approval but awaits a boost

The vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 must incorporate commitment to protection and promotion of all Indians across a long, healthy and disability free life course free life course