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.
In her budget speech, the minister made five major announcements in regard to personal income tax, saying these primarily benefit hard-working middle class
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared five major announcements in the new tax regime including an increase in the income tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh stating that the new tax regime will now be the default tax regime.
"Sickle cell anemia is a major disease among the tribal population. Seven crore people below the age group of 40 years will be screened for this disease," Mandaviya added.
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], February 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): The ffreedom App, a revolutionary platform that empowers farmers and small business owners in India to increase their income and achieve financial freedom, has reached a major milestone by crossing 10 million downloads on the Google
Bihar Industries Association president Arun Agarwal on Wednesday said that the income tax rebate announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is according to the expectations, however, there was no major announcement for Bihar which came as a disappointment.
Looking to acquire major weapon systems including fighter aircraft, submarines and tanks, the defence services today got a hike of around 13 per cent in their budget for 2023-24 as Rs 5.94 lakh crore were allocated to them from the Rs 5.25 lakh crore given last year.
BRICS is a grouping of five major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - which together represent about 41 per cent of the world's population, 26 per cent of the planet's landmass across four of the continents, 25 per cent of global GDP and 20 per cent of world
Ramban administration on Wednesday advised commuters plying on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway to follow a traffic advisory after shooting stones blocked either side of the road.
The US-India defence and artificial intelligence dialogue is a multi-layered approach and China is one of the dimensions as it is a major challenge to New Delhi and the world, senior administration officials at Washington told ANI.