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Budget

Taxation Travails

While posts on WhatsApp would have us believe that taxpayers, who are allegedly in a minuscule minority, are a muchharassed lot, the Government pushes a diametrically opposite narrative viz.

Budget is misleading: Himachal BJP

Describing the budget as disappointing, BJP state unit president Rajiv Bindal said: “The capital expenditure has been reduced to Rs 6280 crore in the financial year 2024-25."

Metro funding

Misgivings that both projects from the city to the peripheral areas, via the airport, might be truncated are not wholly unfounded. The Baranagar-Barrackpore-Dakshineswar project has been allotted Rs 10 crore. Though the Baranagar-Dakshineswar stretch is now operational, there has been no progress on the Barrackpore stretch as yet. Overall, the budget mentions no new rail projects for West Bengal this fiscal

Himachal govt invites suggestions for budget 2022-23

Informing about this, a state government official said to make the budget participative and reflective of the views of various stakeholders in the society, suggestions are invited from the general public, industries, trade and farmer associations on the upcoming budget for 2022-23.