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New Delhi: Over Rs 200 crore have been earmarked for expenditure on ‘examination and selection’ of the civil servants by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the 2024-25 Budget announced Tuesday. The Commission conducts the civil services examination annually in three stages -- preliminary,...

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Tuesday said the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha has nothing for West Bengal and called it a budget for the ruling NDA and not for India. "This is a 'kursi bachao budget' (budget...

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday slammed the Union Budget, claiming that it has ignored the interests of the youth and farmers. Speaking to reporters after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in Parliament, Yadav linked her announcements of several development measures...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Tuesday dubbed the Union Budget a ‘kursi bachao budget’ and claimed it makes ‘hollow promises’ to BJP allies at the cost of other states. The former Congress chief also claimed that the budget was...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday came out with a cryptic response to the Centre's refusal to grant special category status to the state. Kumar, whose JD(U) is a key ally of the ruling NDA at the Centre, was asked about the Union government's...

New Delhi: Highlights of Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha Tuesday. * Standard deduction in new tax regime hiked to Rs 75,000 from Rs 50,000 * Deduction on family pension for pensioners raised from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000...

New Delhi: For every rupee in the government coffer, the biggest pie of 63 paise will come from direct and indirect taxes, according to the Union Budget 2024-25 documents. The remaining 27 paise will come from borrowings and other liabilities, 9 paise from non-tax revenue...

New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday proposed unique identification number for land or 'Bhu-Aadhaar' in rural areas and digitisation of all urban land records as part of several land-related reforms in the Budget. In her speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre would...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday announced Rs 15,000 crore for the development of Andhra Pradesh's capital city this fiscal, addressing long-standing commitments under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act. Presenting the Budget for 2024-25, Sitharaman outlined a comprehensive plan that addressed key issues faced...

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday claimed that the government seems to have finally come around to 'tacitly admitting that mass unemployment is a national crisis’ that requires urgent attention, as it slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech as being "more focused on posturing than...