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The Centre has exempted GIFT City-based International Financial Services Centre entities from obtaining DGMA licences to lease foreign vessels. The move under the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 aims to ease vessel chartering and strengthen India's maritime and international financial services ecosystem

The bank currently has 4,585 branches across all 28 states and six of the seven Union Territories.

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu said India is set to become the world’s third-largest aviation market by 2035 with around 2,250 aircraft. He highlighted GIFT City’s growing role in aircraft leasing and financing, aiming to reduce dependence on foreign jurisdictions

Pichai made the announcement, saying that the company will continue to invest in India through its $10 billion digitisation fund.

The Minister said Hyderabad was one of the least active seismic zones in the country, which makes it an ideal location for setting up such data centres

Startups and MSMEs termed the Budget as pro-growth and pro-technology and will usher in the digital payments era of the country.