New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will strengthen high-value crop ecosystem, focusing on production of coconut, cashew and sandalwood, along with a new multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) tool... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- To counter constrained global supply chains of rare earths, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to support the mineral-rich states- Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh a... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Opposition parties dubbed the General Budget 2026-27 as visionless and "blind to India's real crises," with former finance minister P Chidambaram pointing out that none of the... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget on Sunday placed tourism among the key sectors for employment generation and regional development, with proposals covering eco-tourism, heritage conservation, tra... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday unveiled a bunch of projects that are expected to give a fillip to infrastructure and connectivity in the poll-bound states of ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- A Rs.5,000 crore fund to develop city economic region (CER) centred around tier-2, tier-3 cities and temple towns, a Rs.100 crore incentive for municipal bonds issued over Rs.1,00... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- This was a budget of a mature economy, for an economically stable country, and by a government that is confidently looking beyond today. Union Budget 2026-27 signals a shift from cris... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed seven high-speed rail corridors and allocated Rs.2,77,830 crore to the ministry of Railways for capital expenditure in 2026-... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a set of measures in the Union Budget 2026 aimed at expanding access to higher education for women and supporting wom... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Supreme Court has strengthened the hands of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to impose higher environmental compensation (EC) on real estate projects, observing that if a com... Read More