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.
The government has allocated Rs 11.1 lakh crore as capital expenditure for the next fiscal year, marking a rise of 11.1 per cent, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Thursday.
On Thursday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the interim budget before the country heads for Lok Sabha polls later this year. This will be her sixth Budget as the Finance Minister and last in the second term of the Modi government.
According to the reports, the experts have suggestions to extend the concessional corporate tax rate of 15 per cent for new manufacturing companies by another one to two years.
The growth will be riding on the strength of its financial sector and other recent and future structural reforms and can aspire to become a $7 trillion economy by 2030.
The ailing tea industry in Assam needs proper promotion, particularly overseas, so that it can tap new markets, according to Nalin Khemani, Chairman of Bharatiya Chai Parishad.
