Budget 2024: Rs 1,000 crore VC fund to take Indian space startups to a higher orbit

Budget 2024: Rs 1,000 crore VC fund to take Indian space startups to a higher orbit

Chennai, July 23 - In order to take the Indian space sectors to a higher orbit, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government will set up a Rs 1,000 crore venture capital (VC) fund.

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Union Budget: Health experts hail Centre’s move to exempt customs duty on cancer drugs

Union Budget: Health experts hail Centre’s move to exempt customs duty on cancer drugs

New Delhi, July 23 - Calling it a welcome step, oncologists on Tuesday hailed the Central government’s move to exempt customs duty on three more cancer drugs.

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Assessments to be reopened beyond 3 years only if escaped income is more than Rs 50 lakh

Assessments to be reopened beyond 3 years only if escaped income is more than Rs 50 lakh

New Delhi, July 23 - The Union Budget for 2024-25 has proposed provisions to simplify the provisions for reopening and reassessment.

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Centre cuts customs duty on mobile phones, components to 15 pc; industry upbeat

Centre cuts customs duty on mobile phones, components to 15 pc; industry upbeat

New Delhi, July 23 - The government on Tuesday announced to reduce the basic customs duty (BCD) on mobile phones, printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and mobile chargers to 15 per cent from the current 20 per cent.

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Union Budget 2024: What becomes cheaper and what’s costlier?

Union Budget 2024: What becomes cheaper and what’s costlier?

New Delhi, July 23 - With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a major reduction in customs duty on cancer drugs and mobile phones, it is set to considerably bring down their prices in the market. The three cancer drugs are Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Osimertinib

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Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in June

Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in June

Colombo, July 22 - Sri Lanka's inflation increased to 2.4 per cent in June from 1.6 per cent reported in May, according to the national consumer price index, the Department of Census and Statistics said on Monday.

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Union Budget 2024: Govt to exempt three more cancer drugs from customs duty

Union Budget 2024: Govt to exempt three more cancer drugs from customs duty

New Delhi, July 23 - In a big relief to cancer patients, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2024, exempted customs duty on three cancer drugs.

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Union Budget gives major push to job creation with focus on youth, women & farmers

Union Budget gives major push to job creation with focus on youth, women & farmers

New Delhi, July 23 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament on Saturday aimed at giving a major push to job creation with a focus on the country’s youth, empowering women and improving the incomes of

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Centre announces one crore houses for urban poor

Centre announces one crore houses for urban poor

New Delhi, July 23 - Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed an allocation of Rs 2.2 lakh crore for urban housing, along with a Rs 10 lakh crore interest subsidy scheme in the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme.

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Budget offers income tax sops for 4 crore salaried individuals

Budget offers income tax sops for 4 crore salaried individuals

New Delhi, July 23 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offered a bonanza for four crore salaried individuals and pensioners with the Budget announcements for 2024-25.

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Union Budget 2024: Govt announces over Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women & girls

Union Budget 2024: Govt announces over Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women & girls

New Delhi, July 23 - Focussing on women-led development, the government on Tuesday announced more than Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls.

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Glad to know Hon’ble FM has read Congress manifesto: Chidambaram

Glad to know Hon’ble FM has read Congress manifesto: Chidambaram

New Delhi, June 23 - After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced many schemes while presenting the Budget on Tuesday, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that he is glad to know that the Finance Minister has read the Congress manifestation of 2024

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Centre keeps capex at Rs 11.11 lakh crore or 3.4 pc of GDP

Centre keeps capex at Rs 11.11 lakh crore or 3.4 pc of GDP

New Delhi, July 23 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday kept India’s FY25 capex outlay unchanged at Rs 11.11 lakh crore, as earmarked in the Interim Budget in February.

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Union Budget: Mudra loan limit enhanced to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh

Union Budget: Mudra loan limit enhanced to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh

New Delhi, July 23 - The government on Tuesday announced several measures to boost the sentiments of the non-farming business community and MSMEs, along with enhancing Mudra loans to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh.

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FM Sitharaman announces setting up of over 100 India Post Payment Bank branches in North East

FM Sitharaman announces setting up of over 100 India Post Payment Bank branches in North East

New Delhi, July 23 - More than 100 branches of India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) will be set up in the North East region, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Tuesday while presenting her seventh straight Budget in the Lok Sabha.

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FM Sitharaman gifts 2 Expressways to Bihar, allots Rs 15,000 cr for Andhra

FM Sitharaman gifts 2 Expressways to Bihar, allots Rs 15,000 cr for Andhra

New Delhi, July 23 - Presenting her seventh-consecutive Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced landmark projects and also fund allocations in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, the states whose ruling parties are allies with the BJP at the Centre.

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Employment, skilling top focus in Budget: FM Sitharaman

Employment, skilling top focus in Budget: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, July 23 - Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented her seventh straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047, focusing on employment, skilling, agriculture and manufacturing.

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman set to present her 7th Budget, major reforms expected

FM Nirmala Sitharaman set to present her 7th Budget, major reforms expected

New Delhi, July 23 - Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her seventh straight Union Budget on Tuesday that would lay a roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047.

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Centre fuelling rapid infra growth but states need to pitch in too: Eco Survey

Centre fuelling rapid infra growth but states need to pitch in too: Eco Survey

New Delhi, July 22 - The Economic Survey released on Monday states that buoyant investment by the Centre has played a pivotal role in funding large-scale infrastructure projects in recent years in highways, seaports, railways and airports but the state governments and private

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Private capex picks up in FY24; spending in transport, railways, defence to boost growth: Eco Survey

Private capex picks up in FY24; spending in transport, railways, defence to boost growth: Eco Survey

New Delhi, July 22 - Increased spending in sectors such as road transport and highways, railways, defence services, and telecommunications will deliver higher and longer impetuses to growth by addressing logistical bottlenecks and expanding productive capacities, the Economic Survey said on Monday.

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