New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her seventh Union Budget tomorrow, July 23 at 11 am, as the Monsoon Session of Parliament began this morning. With this, she becomes the first Finance Minister to present seven consecutive budgets, surpassing Morarji Desai’s record of six. Desai served as Finance Minister from…
Vijayanagar: Condemning the ‘injustice’ rendered to Congress-ruled Karnataka in the Union Budget, the Congress will stage a demonstration in New Delhi on Feb. 7. Announcing this while speaking to press persons at the Helipad in Hampi University premises in Vijayanagar district yesterday, Siddaramaiah alleged that the Centre has displayed a step-motherly attitude towards Karnataka in…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the last full-fledged Union Budget of the Modi Government before nine Assembly elections including Karnataka this year and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The main highlight of the Budget is a new tax regime where the Income Tax rebate limit has been increased to Rs. 7…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the sixth Finance Minister in independent India to present five consecutive Budgets, joining a select league of legends. Sitharaman’s Budget for the fiscal year starting April 2023 is her fifth straight since 2019. Other Ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P. Chidambaram,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the Centre’s budget announced on Feb.1, 2022 is aimed at realising the visions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has for the country in 2047, when the country celebrates the centenary of Indian Independence, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the Centre’s budget is a move in the right direction and the Opposition…
H.D. Kote: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday criticised the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as ‘Sab ka vinash’ budget for its poor allocation to various sectors such as health, agriculture, education food security and employment generation among others. The former CM also expressed his concern over mounting debts of the country. Addressing…
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New Delhi: When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her first Union Budget in 2019, she drew the nation’s attention by replacing the budget briefcase with the “bahi khata.” The decision to opt for the bahi khata appeared to be a move to dump the colonial practice of carrying a briefcase. The “budget briefcase” was a…
New Delhi: This year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wrapped up her Budget speech this time in about 92 minutes — her shortest one so far. Last year she had spoken for an hour and 50 minutes. Her speech in 2020 had made headlines for being the longest one in India’s history at about 2 hours…
New Delhi: The traditional ‘halwa ceremony’ ahead of the Union Budget 2022-2023 was not observed this year. The custom that marks the final leg of the budget preparation exercise was replaced by distribution of sweets to the core staff. In 2021, the ceremony took place nine days ahead of the budget presentation. The decision to…
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