Building on the momentum from the previous two quarters, India's economic growth surged to a six-quarter high in the third quarter of FY24, exceeding 8% for the third consecutive time.
The meeting started at 5 p.m. and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also present.
As per the First Advance Estimates of National Income of FY 2023-24, presented along with the Finance Minister’s speech, India’s Real GDP is projected to grow at 7.3 per cent.
The healthcare sector has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments, with the provider segment crossing the $132 billion mark, growing at a CAGR of 16-17 per cent.
The Finance Minister said the corpus will be established with a 50-year interest free loan.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered that elections to the two provincial assemblies be held later this month, but this seems unlikely in the present circumstances, with the government arguing it does not have the funds to conduct elections and security agencies claiming they are not in a position to assist the process.
Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai recently released another audio tape purportedly of state Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin's family of "corruption".
The Consumer Online Foundation has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to investigate the business activities of company Rario and its compliance with Indian taxation laws with respect to virtual digital assets and crypto currency and anti-money-laundering (AML) laws.
But the real character of the government got exposed with the budget allocation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, said Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.
Gahlot is going to present the budget for the first time. Before this, all eight previous budgets were presented by Manish Sisodia.
