Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) In a scathing critique during the Legislative Assembly’s budget discussion, senior NCP (SP) legislator and former Finance Minister Jayant Patil on Tuesday dismantled the state government’s fiscal road map, labelling the 2026-27 budget as a “document of deception.”Patil argued that the government’s rhetoric of making Maharashtra a $5 trillion economy by 2047 is mathematically impossible at current growth rates and warned that the state is hurtling toward a “liquidity cru…
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New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) On the eve of the International Women’s Day, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday that an empowered woman is the strongest foundation of a prosperous society and a developed India. The Chief Minister also travelled on a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus with the Saheli Pink National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) card and experienced how this facility is working on the ground.”Upon boarding the bus, one simply taps the card on the machine and the journey i…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, raising concerns over what he described as serious funding gaps in the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and urging the withdrawal of newly introduced income tax provisions on disability pensions.In his letter to the Finance Minister, Gandhi called for immediate intervention on two key issues impacting armed forces personnel and veterans.”I w…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Thursday wrote an open letter to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, seeking allocations in the state budget for implementing the poll promises of the Congress.He said though the Congress has been in power in the state for almost half its term, 95 percent of the promises made by it were yet to be fulfilled.Stating that no allocation was made in two previous budgets, the BRS leader said the people of …
Chennai, Feb 17(IANS) Tamil Nadu has successfully arrested the decline in cultivable land caused by climate change and natural calamities through sustained policy interventions, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam said while presenting the Interim Agriculture Budget for 2026-27 in the Assembly on Tuesday.The minister announced an outlay of Rs 47,248.24 crore for the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, underscoring the state government’s continued focus o…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has received a special allocation in the Union Budget, aimed at strengthening research, innovation and overall development at the country’s premier medical institution. Highlighting the significance of the allocation, Dr Rima Dada, in charge of the AIIMS Hospital Media Cell, said the enhanced budgetary support will help AIIMS expand its role as a national hub for advanced medical research, innovation and ca…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 1 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra, on Sunday, expressed strong disappointment over the Union Budget 2026–27, alleging that Odisha has been completely ignored despite its significant contribution to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government’s electoral success. Reacting to the Union Budget 2026-27 presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Patra told IANS that while several states and citie…