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New Delhi: India’s growth is estimated to be at 9.27 per cent in the current year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Parliament during the presentation of the Union Budget 2022-23 on Tuesday. “India’s economic growth in the current year is estimated to be 9.2 per cent, highest among all large economies,” she said. The […]
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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the Budget 2022-23, sources said. The Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a short while from now in the Lok Sabha. The Budget documents usually include the finance minister’s speech in Parliament, highlights, annual financial statement, finance […]
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New Delhi: A Union Cabinet meeting is underway ahead of the presentation of Budget 2022-23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Parliament on Tuesday. Earlier today, Sitharaman met President Ram Nath Kovind ahead of the Budget presentation. She was accompanied by Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Bhagwat Karad and other officials from […]
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Ministers of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday met President Ram Nath Kovind ahead of the Union Budget 2022-23 presentation. The Cabinet is scheduled to meet at 10.10 a.m. to give the ascent to the […]
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Chennai: The Industries in Tamil Nadu are expecting higher production linked incentives in the Union Budget 2022 to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. The sectors that the industry expects to gain are the renewable energy sector, electric vehicles, and electric components. According to industry insiders, if the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) […]
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New Delhi: India registered a sharp decline in daily COVID-19 cases as 1,67,059 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, informed Minister of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. India on Monday reported 2,09,918 fresh COVID-19 cases and 959 fatalities. However, with the addition of 1,192 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, […]
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Union Budget for the year 2022-23 in parliament today at 11 am. The budget session of Parliament began on Monday with the address by President Ram Nath Kovind to both Houses in the Central Hall. The Finance Minister tabled this year’s Economic Survey, which was centred around […]
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday morning left her residence for North Block ahead of presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in the Parliament. The Budget presentation will begin with a speech from the Finance Minister scheduled to take place at around 11 am. This year, the Union Budget will be delivered in […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Budget presentation today, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed Opposition parties stating that they have “no views on the economy.” “On the morning after the Economic Survey, if you read some newspapers, you will come to the conclusion that there is no Opposition in […]
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Chennai: Indian women are expected to outlive men by a couple of years, as per the Economic Survey 2021-22. According to the Survey, tabled in Parliament on Monday, the report on ‘Sample Registration based System (SRS) based ‘Abridged Life Tables 2014-18’ provides estimates of average longevity at various age groups and estimates of expectation of […]
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Covid-19 and its continued impact on the country and the health system has drained significant government resources in the last two years. Given the state of the economy and the geo-political environment, Budget is likely to be a watershed moment in providing a direction to India’s path of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025, […]
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New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor practising in a hospital in the United Kingdom killed herself on Sunday in New Delhi’s Masjid Moth area after suffering from depression following the demise of her mother recently, said the police on Monday. “A suicide note has been found. Thus, no suspicion is being raised by the family members […]
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Chennai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged suicide of a class 12 girl student at a Christian missionary school in Thanjavur district. The girl had allegedly committed suicide on January 19. Justice G.R. Swaminathan ordered the probe following a […]
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New Delhi: India’s economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday. “With the […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday lauded India’s Covid-19 inoculation drive calling it a proof of the country’s capability in fight against the pandemic. Kovind was addressing the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament at the start of the Budget session. “We have made a record of administering more than 150 crore […]
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The BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal has herself made the announcement via Twitter on Monday, urging those who came in contact with her to get themselves tested.
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New Delhi: With the Budget Session of Parliament commencing on Monday, the government is all set to lay Economic Survey 2021-22 along with Statistical Appendix in both Houses. Economic Survey 2021-22 and the Statistical Appendix will be laid on the table of the Lok Sabha at around 12.45 pm by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Budget Session will be made as fruitful as possible and urged MPs to hold discussions with an open mind to take the country on the path of development. Speaking ahead of the Budget Session, the Prime Minister said, “Budget Session commences today. I welcome […]
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With this, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country moved up to 4,13,02,440 including 18,31,268 active cases which account for 4.43 per cent of the total cases.
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New Delhi: Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu is heartbroken after hearing about the sudden demise of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst. The 30-year-old beauty queen, lawyer, fashion blogger and Extra TV correspondent fell from a “higher elevation” of a 60-story condominium in New York City just after 7 am on Sunday, January 30, and was […]
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The body was recovered from the Chhatari police station area at the instance of two sacked employees of the doctor, Nijam and Shahid, who have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping the child and killing him on Friday night.
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New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign door to door in Noida on Monday to seek votes for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak. This will be her first physical campaign since the Election Commission banned rallies. The Congress has given tickets to 40 per cent women and has sought votes for the empowerment […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 30th National Commission for Women (NCW) Foundation Day programme on Monday, at 4:30 pm via video conferencing. In a tweet today, the Prime Minister wrote, “At 4:30 PM this evening, will address the 30th NCW Foundation Day programme. @NCWIndia.” The theme of the programme is ‘She […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind expressed condolences on the demise of those who lost their lives in the Kanpur bus accident. The President hoped for a speedy recovery of those who got injured in the accident. In a tweet today, the Rashtrapati Bhavan informed, “Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties in the […]
