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Budget at a glance: Here're the key numbers from interim Budget 2024

FM Sitharaman emphasised India's growing popularity as a global tourist destination as well as its booming domestic segment, spanning from business to spiritual tourism

Budget 2024: Govt allocates Rs 600 crore as grant to Maldives for FY25

Budget 2024: India has allocated Rs 600 crore as grant to the Maldives in FY25 (BE). This is 28.33% lower than RE for FY24, but 50% higher than the Rs 400 allocated in BE for FY24

Budget 2024: Industry leaders 'happy' with Modi govt's 'prudent' budget

Budget 2024 Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her sixth budget, an interim one on February 1, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for this year

Budget 2024 targets cervical cancer, which kills 8 Indian women every hour

Budget 2024 updates: In the interim budget 2024, Sitharaman proposed to boost vaccination against cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women globally

Budget 2024: What is 'Blue Economy 2.0' announced to boost aquaculture

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman presented her sixth consecutive budget, an interim one, in the Parliament on Thursday

'Budget for future of Bharat', PM Modi congratulates countrymen: Top quotes

Budget 2024: Congratulating Sitharaman and her team, PM Modi said the interim Budget presented today, "guarantees to strengthen the foundation of Viksit Bharat in 2047"

WATCH: Sitharaman infuses her Budget 2024 speech with PM Modi's quote

Speaking on the second day of the Budget session in the Parliament, Sitharaman began her sixth budget address, giving an extensive report card of the Narendra Modi government's decade-long tenure

Budget 2024: 'Governance, development, performance,' FM redefines GDP

Budget 2024: Emphasising the government's narrative of inclusive growth, Sitharaman said the next five years will have golden moments in the Indian economy

Budget 2024: What has been the trend for interim budgets in last 2 decades

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman, at an event in early December, had said that there wouldn't be any "spectacular" announcements in the February 1 interim Budget as the country is in election mode

Budget 2024: What is this fiscal exercise all about? Everything answered

Budget 2024: The key fiscal exercise acts as the financial roadmap that shapes the country's economy. It paves the way for the design and implementation of different welfare schemes and policies

Budget session: Bill to tackle exam malpractices likely on Monday

The government is likely to introduce a new bill in Parliament next week to deal sternly with malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations, with provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore. Sources said the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 may be introduced on Monday but a final call is yet to be taken. The bill was cleared by the Union cabinet recently. The sources said students will not be a target of the proposed law. It will act against organised gangs, mafia elements and those indulging in malpractices and will not even spare government officials found in collusion with them. The move comes against the backdrop of cancellation of a series of competitive tests such as the teacher recruitment exam in Rajasthan, Common Eligibility Test (CET) for Group-D posts in Haryana, recruitment exam for junior clerks in Gujarat and constable recruitment examination in Bihar following question paper leaks. The bill also .

Chandrayaan-3 to tribal welfare: Highlights of Prez speech before Budget

Budget 2024: President Murmu address in Parliament ahead of the Interim Budget 2024 presentation

Budget 2024: Prez commends Centre on Ram temple, Article 370 abrogation

Kicking off the 2024 Budget session, President Droupadi Murmu applauds the central government for fulfilling projects of national interest

Budget 2024: Prez addresses both houses, lists accomplishments of govt

President Droupadi Murmu's address to both Houses marks her first speech in the new Parliament building

Union Budget session 2024 to start today: 10 things you must know

Interim Budget 2024 date: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget, her sixth Budget in a row, on February 1

14 suspended Oppn MPs to attend House proceedings during Budget session

The Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee on Tuesday held 11 suspended opposition MPs guilty of breach of privilege and contempt of the Council of States, but Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar revoked their suspension allowing them to attend the Budget session, sources said. In its report to the Rajya Sabha chairman a day before the session starts on Wednesday, the committee also recommended that the period of suspension already suffered by the members be treated as "sufficient punishment" for the transgression. The MPs held "guilty of breach of privilege and contempt of the Council" of States are Jebi Mather Hisham, L Hanumanthaiah, Neeraj Dangi, Rajmani Patel, Kumar Ketkar, G C Chandrashekhar, Binoy Viswam, Sandosh Kumar P, M Mohamed Abdulla, John Brittas and A A Rahim. The committee presented the report to Dhankhar, taking note of the situation that the suspended members would not be able to attend the special address of President Droupadi Murmu to both Houses of Parliament, the first address

Centre holds all-party meet ahead of interim Budget session of Parliament

Floor leaders of various parties on Tuesday attended an all-party meeting convened by the government ahead of the Budget session of Parliament. Defence Minister and Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and his deputy Arjun Ram Meghwal represented the government at the meet. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Congress' K Suresh, TMC's Sudip Bandopadhyay, DMK's T R Baalu, Shiv Sena's Rahul Shewale, Samajwadi Party's S T Hasan, JD(U)'s Ram Nath Thakur and TDP's Jayadev Galla were among the leaders present at the meeting at the Parliament House complex. It is a customary practice ahead of every session to convene a meeting as leaders of different parties highlight the issues they want to raise in Parliament, and the government offers them a glimpse into its agenda and seeks their cooperation. It will be a short session this time, between January 31 and February 9, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to table an interim budget ahead

Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states to be held on February 27

This year a total of 69 Rajya Sabha seats are up for elections, including the latest 56, which come ahead of the much anticipated Lok Sabha elections

Parl panel examining bill on marriage age of women gets another extension

A parliamentary committee examining a bill seeking to raise the age of marriage of women from the present 18 years to 21 has been given another extension to table its report. The Budget session of Parliament beginning January 31 is the last session of the present Lok Sabha before parliamentary elections are announced. The committee will now finalise its report by May following the four-month extension while the term of the 17th Lok Sabha ends on June 16. The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha and remains pending there, is likely to lapse when the tenure of the House ends in June. Bills introduced in the Lok Sabha and pending there as well as those passed by the Rajya Sabha and pending in the lower house lapse on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha. "Chairman, Rajya Sabha, has granted extension of time for a period of four months with effect from 24th January, 2024 to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on ..

Budget 2024: Govt calls all-party meet on Jan 30, ahead of budget session

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi's floor leaders' meeting on Tuesday will unveil expectations and priorities for the upcoming Interim Budget Session from Jan 31 to Feb 9