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Budget 2023 LIVE updates: FM Sitharaman presents her fifth Union Budget

Catch all latest updates on Union Budget 2023-24 here as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the last full Budget of the government before General Elections 2024

Air India Disinvestment housing scheme: 60% completion in 11 of 35 states

It would take the government another five years to construct all houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban).

Soaring milk prices may become a hurdle in Modi govt's inflation fight

"In terms of the outlook for this year, we believe that milk prices will continue to increase, since there is a shortage of milk heading into the peak demand season," said an economist

Congress to present report card of Modi govt on its 8th anniversary

Congress General Secretaries Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala will hold a press conference in Delhi to present a report card of the Narendra Modi government

Nadda meets union ministers to discuss plan to mark 8 years of Modi govt

BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday deliberated with Union ministers on the party's planned outreach exercise to mark eight years of the Narendra Modi government.

State of the economy cause of 'extreme concern', says P Chidambaram

Chidambaram said a slower rate of growth has been the "hallmark" of the present government in the last eight years, and the post-pandemic recovery has been "indifferent and halting".

Slovenian foreign minister arrives in India to attend Raisina Dialogue

Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar on Monday arrived in India to take part in the Raisina Dialogue. This Dialogue will view participation from 90 countries.

Modi govt has focused on health sector with holistic approach: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the health sector saw incremental work in the first 70 years after Independence

PM Modi to inaugurate projects worth Rs 20,000 cr during J&K visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of three road packages of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, being built at a cost of over Rs. 7,500 crore

India's trade pacts: A toss-up between strategic interests, economic gains

A free trade agreement (FTA) is due to be signed with Israel in June. By the end of 2022-23, at least one more FTA will possibly be entered into with the UK.

Modi govt doing everything against what Ambedkar stood for: Congress

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate claimed that in 2020 alone, as many as 50,291 incidents of crime were committed against Dalits as against 33,000 in 2011

Media dissent at home and abroad

There could be further leaks on Pegasus in the American media, following the one in the New York Times in January

Modi government fulfilling promise of 'roti, kapda aur makan' for poor: BJP

While every government spoke about providing "roti, kapda aur makan" to the poor, it is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led dispensation which is fulfilling the promise, the BJP said on Friday

Centre to table bill on prohibiting financing of WMD in Rajya Sabha

The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday

Govt working tirelessly to augment India's health infrastructure: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the government was working tirelessly to augment India's health infrastructure

The ascent of majoritarianism

Dr Jaffrelot provides the historical process by which lynch mobs have come to be idolised and how brigades of angry young Hindus have been raised

Centre extends free foodgrain programme for six months until Sept

Govt will spend another Rs 80,000 cr in the next six months, till September, 2022 on Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

NCP, Congress criticise Centre for fuel price hike amid discounted rates

What was the need to increase the price of cooking gas when you (the Centre) have already imported lakhs of barrels of crude oil at highly discounted rates from Russia, NCP spokesperson asked

Congress flays Modi govt over fuel price hike after 11 days of poll results

While the LPG prices have been hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, petrol and diesel rates have gone up by 80 paise

Govt's huge welfare scheme expenses hitting public finances: Yashwant Sinha

Ex finance minister Yashwant Sinha said huge expenditure on welfare schemes by Modi govt has impacted public finances which are currently in a mess with fiscal deficit touching abnormally high level