"BJP had put special category status in their manifesto as a promise to the people of Odisha. However, this promise had not been considered for Odisha whereas special packages allocating crores of funds have been announced for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar," Patnaik said.
The Chief Minister said that the Union Budget has once again failed to address the pressing issues that plague our country, particularly unemployment, poverty, and rising prices. Though the increase in the allocation for interest-free loans to states to Rs 1.5 lakh crore from the existing a
Union Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday expressed gratitude to PM Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allocating financial assistance to Himachal Pradesh after losses due to floods and other natural calamities.
Managing Director of Chalet Hotels Limited, Sanjay Sethi, hailed the Centre for presenting a very inclusive budget focusing on agriculture and MSMEs and in the right direction towards growth for the country.
In her budget speech in Parliament today, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the budget proposals for customs duties intend to support domestic manufacturing, deepen local value addition, promote export competitiveness, and simplify taxation while keeping the interests of the gene
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented a disappointing budget without acknowledging any demands of the state.
Anwar said, "Ye baat kaafi hadd tak spasht ho gai hai ki ye budget majboori ka budget hai. (It became clear to a great extent that this budget is a budget of compulsion.) Compulsion in the sense that they want to save the government. And to save the government, they had to please Bihar and A
Soon after presentation of Budget 2024-25, India's G20 Sherpa and former CEO of government think tank Niti Aayog asserted that the main highlight of the annual budget was job creation.
Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, electronic & IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said on Tuesday that the economy is much more resilient today and is on a stronger footing than in the past. The economy today is a combination of welfare, fiscal prudence, capital investment, a
"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who also attended the meeting, has ignored the concerns of the people of Karnataka. We don't feel Kannadigas are heard, and hence there is no point in attending the NITI Aayog meeting," added the Karnataka Chief Minister.