Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar on Wednesday gave a thumbs-down to Union Budget, claiming that it did not reflect any willingness on the part of the government to plan for the 'country's growth'.
In a step towards women empowerment, the government will launch a 'Mahila Samman Savings Certificate', providing deposit facilities for women and girls, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget.
The stock market responded positively to the Union Budget 2023-24, with the benchmark BSE Sensex recording a surge by more than 1100 points during afternoon trade on Wednesday.
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has praised the Union Budget 2023-24 which was presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the parliament on Wednesday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Wednesday said that States would be encouraged to set up a Unity Mall in their state capital or most prominent tourism centre or financial capital.
CM Chouhan also said, "It is a budget to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve to build a self-reliant India. It is the budget for building a glorious, prosperous and powerful India. It is an omnipresent budget, the welfare of every sector of the society and every state of the countr
Karnataka's Water Resource Minister Govinda Karajola on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the Central government for granting Rs 5,300 crores for Upper Bhadra Project in the state.
Opposition parties slammed the Union Budget 2023, the last full-fledged Budget of the Modi government in its second term, and said that the Budget offers no solution to address the rampant unemployment, rising inflation as well as the growing inequality between the rich and the poor.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday gave a measured response to the Union budget, hailing a few key announcements but also denouncing some of the declarations made by the Centre.