view of a higher multiplier effect of capital expenditure and in order to provide a boost to capital spending by states, the scheme ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24' was announced in the Union Budget 2023-24
Parliament’s Budget Session last week appeared drawing to a close after the Lok Sabha approved the Finance Bill, 2023 containing tax proposals for 2023-24,
This time, the Central government has announced the highest budget of Rs 2.4 lakh crore for the railways.
Modi is understood to have specifically asked the MPs to reach out to the middle class and the poorer sections to explain to them how they stand to gain from the new income tax slabs.
Peeved by the denial of funds to Telangana, the BRS put up posters in Hyderabad targeting the Central government. The party has been reaching out to people with posters alleging step-motherly treatment of the state whenever PM Narendra Modi came visiting.
The West Bengal chief minister pointed out that unemployment in the country is at an all-time high, yet no step has been taken to address the problem.
The column stated that this might be a plan by the government to divert public attention from all these questions through a tax relief
Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asked the Union finance minister and the BJP government to spell out how it helps the common man.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu terms the budget disappointing and contrary to the expectation of the common masses.
The common refrain among the Opposition political parties was that it is an anti-farmer and anti-people budget that will give rise to inflation and poverty in the country.
