West Bengal’s budget bets on infra push, welfare, jobs and fiscal repair
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a post-Budget webinar on Monday, March 9, on the theme “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas – Fulfilling Aspirations of People”, as the government begins the process of translating the announcements made in the Union Budget into actionable strategies across key sectors of the economy.
Mayor Goutam Deb on Friday tabled the Budget of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) for the financial year 2026-27, proposing an outlay of over Rs 638 crore.
CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar pointed out that Union minister JP Nadda had once promised an AIIMS for Kerala, but even after 10 Budgets, there is no AIIMS in the southern state.
India’s tourism sector is entering a pivotal moment. The recently presented Union Budget 2026–27 lays out an ambitious vision - from enhanced connectivity and cultural circuit development to job creation and workforce skilling.
While announcing budgets each fiscal year, India has been experimenting on various growth models, some led by capex, others hoping to be triggered by enhanced domestic consumption.
Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the West Bengal government, alleging that the state Budget was anti-development and detrimental to the future of the youth.
The Treasury Bench in the West Bengal Assembly today moved a motion condemning the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state barely an hour before the scheduled presentation of the interim (vote-on-account) Budget.
CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar said the common man is struggling with falling real incomes, rising unemployment, and mounting uncertainty, yet the government has made no serious attempt to revive demand or expand public spending where it matters the most, in the Budget proposals.
Every year, just before the Union Budget , the Government of India places b efore Parliament a document that rarely attracts the attention it deserves—the Economic Survey.
