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As per the Economic Survey 2022-23 released on Tuesday, Indian Railways has witnessed impressive growth in capital expenditure (capex) on infrastructure.

The scheme envisages providing houses for rural as well as urban poor and the massive hike in its outlay holds significance keeping in mind the fact that this is the last proper Budget of the NDA government before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Finance Minister also proposed to change the tax structure in this regime by reducing the number of tax slabs to 5 and increasing the tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh.

This will offer a deposit facility upto Rs 2 lakhs in the name of women or girls for a tenor of two years at fixed interest rate of 7.5 per cent with partial withdrawal option.

While presenting the Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament, the minister said, "Digital public infrastructure of agriculture to be built as open source, opened standard, interoperable public good".

The accident took place around 5 am when the bus on its way from Solapur to Pune rammed into a stationary truck near Pune's Yavat village.

"Our focus on reforms and sound policies resulting in Jan Bhagidari helped us in trying times, our rising global profile is due to several accomplishments," she said.

A total of Rs 15,000 crore will be made available to implement the scheme in the next three years." the FM announced in her Union Budget 2023 speech.

A massive fire broke out in a cloth showroom in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh on the intervening night of January 31 and February 1.

Seven priority areas of the Budget are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth and financial sector.

Finance Minister Sitharaman will present the last budget of the Modi 2.0 government at 11 a.m.

Assembly elections in the state will be held in two months and Karnataka's ruling BJP is making all out efforts to return to power.

Finance Minister Sitharaman will present the last budget of the Modi 2.0 government at 11 a.m.

US Defence Department spokesperson Eric Pahon said after the meeting in Washington on Tuesday that they "discussed avenues to deepen coordination between the US and Indian militaries to address the region's increasingly contested strategic environment".

The Finance Minister will also attend the Union cabinet meeting and then present the Budget around 11 a.m.

National Security Advisers (NSA) Ajit Doval of India and Jake Sullivan of the US led the iCET meeting at which space, scientific, defence and commerce officials participated.

She will lay a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the government for 2023-24.

A total of 14 people were injured in the blaze that erupted at 6 pm on the second floor of Ashirwad Tower in Dhanbad's Joraphatak area

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh was recently conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London

The Survey also has the State securing the top slot in supplying drinking water to every household, apart from being ranked third in Maternal Mortality Rate, and is the fourth largest with regard to FLFPR.

The industrialist applauded the athlete and said he would love to meet her in person and take sailing lessons from her.

The Government of India announced on January 28 that the majestic gardens surrounding the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi have been renamed.

The House of Elders assembled briefly for transaction of government business followed by President Droupadi Murmu's address to the members of both the Houses of Parliament together in the Central Hall of Parliament House.

According to the experts, this cat, also known at the Temminck’s cat, has been spotted for the first time in the region.