Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered Taratala police of Kolkata not to take any coercive action against actor and BJP leader Paresh Rawal for his "cook fish for Bengalis" remark while campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly polls last year.
Fitch Solutions anticipated that the current cycle of rupee devaluation has not yet ended and that rupee will continue to lose its value against the US dollar, considering the high demand for foreign currency to pay for imports and repay colossal foreign debt.
The Union Budget has been prepared to aim to increase the GDP growth, bringing economic stability and supporting the weaker sections of the society, the Union Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said on Thursday.
Be it capital expenditure, the asset quality of banks, foreign exchange reserves, GST collections, fiscal consolidation path, and convergence of wholesale and retail inflation, Budget document data showed all these indicators to be on strong ground.
Sitharaman noted that the world has recognised the Indian economy as a 'bright star' which is expected to grow in the current year at seven per cent - the highest among all the major economies.
The government proposed to take up 100 critical transport infrastructure projects, for last and first-mile connectivity for ports, coal, steel, fertilizer, and food grains sectors.
Presenting the Union Budget 2023, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pegged the fiscal deficit target for 2023-24 at 5.9 per cent of GDP.