Srinagar, Feb 1 (UNI) The higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley as well as some plains experienced a fresh light to moderate snowfall on Saturday, officials said. Most parts of Jammu and Kashmir also received rainfall overnight, the Meteorological Department Srinagar said. The MeT office said tourist destinations of Pahalgam in south Kashmir received 11.2cm…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) For revenue generation, the government continues to rely primarily on a mix of taxation and borrowings as 24 paise of every rupee comes from borrowings, while income tax contributes a substantial 22 paise of every rupee as revenue. According to the Union Budget for 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed the setting up of Day Care Cancer Centres in all district hospitals in the next three years. To provide relief to those suffering from cancer and other rare and severe chronic diseases, she proposed adding 36 lifesaving drugs and medicines to the list fully…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced the setting up of a Centre for Excellence in AI for education with an outlay of Rs 500 crore. Presenting her 8th Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said, “I had announced three Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for agriculture, health,…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced the launch of a modified UDAN scheme aimed at enhancing regional connectivity by adding 120 new destinations and facilitating four crore additional passengers over the next decade. Presenting the Union Budget 2025 in Parliament, Sitharaman said the scheme would also support the development…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Bihar managed to yet again get a fair share of central support from the Union Budgeton Saturday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a slew of projects including setting up of Makhana Board and the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) in…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Demanding discussion on the “Maha Kumbh tragedy”, the Opposition parties on Saturday staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha during the presentation of the Union Budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, . As soon as the Finance Minister stood up to present the Budget, members of the Samajwadi Party led…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) In a major relief for common man, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that there will be no tax payable on income upto Rs 12 lakh a year, up from Rs 7 lakh till now. “I am now happy to announce that there will be no income tax payable…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2025 in the Lok Sabha here on Saturday, announced a fresh contribution of Rs 10,000 crore to the Fund of Funds (FoF) for startups, supplementing the government’s existing Rs 10,000 crore commitment. She highlighted that the FoF for startups has so…
