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Union Budget 2025: India On Way To Become 'Viksit Bharat', Says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Budget focuses on spurring agricultural growth, empowering farmers, supporting MSMEs and ensuring innovation while promoting exports.
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Union Budget 2024: How The New Budget Affects Your Daily Grocery Bill
Find out how the Union Budget 2024 has changed the cost of common food items. Detailed insights into the price variations of pulses, oils, cereals, sugar, and vegetables since the budget announcement.
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Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Cut In Customs Duty On Gold, Silver To 6%
Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed a reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent.
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Budget 2024: Defence Ministry Gets Highest Allocation, Agriculture Lowest
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her sixth Union Budget in a row, equalling the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Interim Budget indicated the government's focus on women, youth and farmers in an election year.
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Budget 2022: Food, Fertiliser & Petroleum Subsidies Reduced
A substantial reduction in subsidies -- primarily for fertiliser, food and petroleum -- has been announced in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) on Tuesday.
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"Revenge For Farmers' Protest": Farm Leaders Disappointed, Slam Budget
Farmers across the country were keenly following the budget speech with a lot of hope as this is the first one after the massive year-long protest ended with several promises made by the centre but were disappointed with the announcements.
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Chemical-Free Natural Farming To Be Promoted Near Ganga: Finance Minister
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government will promote chemical-free natural farming throughout the country along the river Ganga.
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Budget 2022: Centre Plans To Boost Spending On Infrastructure
India plans to raise spending on infrastructure in its annual budget next week to set the economy on a firmer footing, but fiscal constraints leave little chance of concessions for households hurting from the pandemic, officials said.
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Trade Body Seeks Support For Food, Beverage Industry
The Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) on Tuesday suggested the government to announce incentives in the forthcoming Budget for activities such as branding and marketing of made in India products, setting up of modern R&D labs and duty-free import of raw material by SEZ units with an aim to promote the food and beverages industry.
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Doors Being Opened For Talented Youth In Several Sectors: PM Modi
Doors are being opened for talented youth in several sectors such as space, atomic energy and agriculture as limiting knowledge and research is a big injustice to the country's potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.
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New Agriculture Cess Will Fund Farm Infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman
Elaborating on the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC), a new cess announced in the union budget 2020-21, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that with AIDC, the central government will have some money for funding agricultural infrastructure activities.
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Those Opposing Farm Laws "Failed To Point Out Single Flaw": Minister
Protests over farm laws are limited to only "one state" and farmers are being "instigated", Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in parliament today, as the massive agitation on the borders of Delhi entered 72nd day. The minister's "one state" attack refers to the protest led by farmers mainly from Punjab, a Congress-ruled state, as...
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"Nothing For Farmers": Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait On Budget 2021
Farmers protesting at various sites on the border of Delhi on Monday unequivocally said they are only concerned about their common goal of having the three farm laws repealed, and what has been offered to the agriculture sector in the Union budget did not matter.
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Union Budget 2021: Finance Minister Proposes Agriculture Infra Cess On Petrol, Diesel
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the imposition of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and Rs 4 per litre on diesel.
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Union Budget 2025: India On Way To Become 'Viksit Bharat', Says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Budget focuses on spurring agricultural growth, empowering farmers, supporting MSMEs and ensuring innovation while promoting exports.
-
Union Budget 2024: How The New Budget Affects Your Daily Grocery Bill
Find out how the Union Budget 2024 has changed the cost of common food items. Detailed insights into the price variations of pulses, oils, cereals, sugar, and vegetables since the budget announcement.
-
Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
-
Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Cut In Customs Duty On Gold, Silver To 6%
Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed a reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent.
-
Budget 2024: Defence Ministry Gets Highest Allocation, Agriculture Lowest
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her sixth Union Budget in a row, equalling the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Interim Budget indicated the government's focus on women, youth and farmers in an election year.
-
Budget 2022: Food, Fertiliser & Petroleum Subsidies Reduced
A substantial reduction in subsidies -- primarily for fertiliser, food and petroleum -- has been announced in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) on Tuesday.
-
"Revenge For Farmers' Protest": Farm Leaders Disappointed, Slam Budget
Farmers across the country were keenly following the budget speech with a lot of hope as this is the first one after the massive year-long protest ended with several promises made by the centre but were disappointed with the announcements.
-
Chemical-Free Natural Farming To Be Promoted Near Ganga: Finance Minister
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government will promote chemical-free natural farming throughout the country along the river Ganga.
-
Budget 2022: Centre Plans To Boost Spending On Infrastructure
India plans to raise spending on infrastructure in its annual budget next week to set the economy on a firmer footing, but fiscal constraints leave little chance of concessions for households hurting from the pandemic, officials said.
-
Trade Body Seeks Support For Food, Beverage Industry
The Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) on Tuesday suggested the government to announce incentives in the forthcoming Budget for activities such as branding and marketing of made in India products, setting up of modern R&D labs and duty-free import of raw material by SEZ units with an aim to promote the food and beverages industry.
-
Doors Being Opened For Talented Youth In Several Sectors: PM Modi
Doors are being opened for talented youth in several sectors such as space, atomic energy and agriculture as limiting knowledge and research is a big injustice to the country's potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.
-
New Agriculture Cess Will Fund Farm Infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman
Elaborating on the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC), a new cess announced in the union budget 2020-21, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that with AIDC, the central government will have some money for funding agricultural infrastructure activities.
-
Those Opposing Farm Laws "Failed To Point Out Single Flaw": Minister
Protests over farm laws are limited to only "one state" and farmers are being "instigated", Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in parliament today, as the massive agitation on the borders of Delhi entered 72nd day. The minister's "one state" attack refers to the protest led by farmers mainly from Punjab, a Congress-ruled state, as...
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"Nothing For Farmers": Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait On Budget 2021
Farmers protesting at various sites on the border of Delhi on Monday unequivocally said they are only concerned about their common goal of having the three farm laws repealed, and what has been offered to the agriculture sector in the Union budget did not matter.
-
Union Budget 2021: Finance Minister Proposes Agriculture Infra Cess On Petrol, Diesel
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the imposition of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and Rs 4 per litre on diesel.
