The boost to infrastructure sector and structural reforms will give a major fillip to growth and job creation, the prime minister said.

The finance minister added that the government will also provide Rs 35,000 crore for coronavirus vaccination in 2021-22 and is committed to providing further support to eliminate COVID-19

Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to increase spending by more than 15% year-on-year in 2021-22 with an emphasis on infrastructure and healthcare, say senior officials and advisers involved in budget preparation

Budget 2021 expectations: The expected hike in customs duty is aimed at providing an impetus to the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's Make in India initiative, according to officials

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

With a cohesive effort from both public and private players, the Indian bio-pharma industry has the potential to unlock tremendous growth over the next few years

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says preparation of this Budget was taken under circumstances like never before

Budget 2021: Several recommendations have been sent to Centre to provide relief to taxpayers in terms of tax deduction, slabs and rates but it's unlikely as the Centre's finances have badly hit due to pandemic

Budget 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already indicated that Budget 2021 is part of a series of four-five \"mini-budgets'' presented in the form of economic packages last year. So what should you expect from this year's budget?

Mann Ki Baat: The Prime Minister on Friday said that the offer to farmers still stands and that the government is just a phone call away

Angry at new agricultural laws that they say benefit large private food buyers at the expense of producers, tens of thousands of farmers have been camped at protest sites on the outskirts of the capital for more than two months

PM Modi also explained to protestors that Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is just a phone call away from the farmers if they want to take up the offer

Eight core industries' output shrinks 1.3% in Dec 2020 The output of eight core infrastructure sectors contracted for the third month in a row by 1.3 per cent in December, dragged down by poor show by crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel and cement sectors. The core sectors had expanded by 3.1 per cent in December 2019, according to the provisional data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Friday. Barring coal and electricity, all sectors recorded negati...

PM Modi said that the Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament today, captures India's fight against COVID-19 and the nation's strong economy fundamentals

This Budget will be game changer says BJP spokesperson Gopal Krishan Agarwal

Bharti Airtel added more new subscribers as compared to market leader Reliance Jio for the fourth consecutive month in November; The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating e-commerce giant Amazon for alleged violation of foreign exchange laws in its dealings with Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail; After a record September quarter, Apple has doubled its business in October - December 2020 quarter (also referred as Apple's Q1 2021) in India. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Economic Survey: India's real economic growth to be 11% in FY22

Speaking ahead of the commencement of Parliament's Budget Session, PM Modi noted that the day dots the outset of the Parliament session of a new decade that will chart out a bright future for India

WEF Davos Agenda: India will supply many more COVID-19 vaccines to world, says PM Modi India will soon rollout many more coronavirus vaccines for the benefit of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his special address at World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda Summit on Thursday. The developments on vaccine front will rapidly change the economic scenario, he further stated. Airtel beats Jio in subscriber additions for 4th straight month; Voda-Idea continues to lose Bharti Air...

Budget Session 2021: Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian launches Economic Survey; says India took \"short term pain for long term gain\" and recognised that GDP growth will recover, lost human lives cannot be brought back, adds the CEA

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