In Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliament K. Laxman is to move the motion initiating a debate on the President's address to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on January 31.
The CPI MP said that money belonging to the people of the country is at risk of "being wiped out" due to the crisis currently unfolding with the Adani group.
In a critique of the Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Wednesday, 'Saamana', the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction said it was pre-election budget and a sedative for the people till the next general elections.
Union Budget 2023-24 has a slew of measures to boost exports and help accelerate the growth of manufacturing in the country, said an official press release by the government, adding that the indirect tax simplification and rationalisation have a clear export-oriented focus, as per an offi
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hailed the Union Budget, saying that envisions a prosperous and inclusive India in which the fruits of development will reach all sections and citizens, especially the youth, women, farmers, OBCs, SCs, and STs.
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'.
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.
He said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman demonstrated how far removed the government is from the people and their concerns about life, livelihood and the growing inequality between the rich and the poor.
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.