Union Budget 2025: Will 10K new medical seats curb students outflow?

The government's announcement in the Union Budget to create 10,000 additional seats in medical colleges next year has been welcomed by education experts and stakeholders, saying the move will......

Budget allocates Rs 3,481 cr to wipe out Maoist menace

The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated Rs 3,481.27 crore for security-related expenditure and the Special Infrastructure Scheme for Left Wing Extremist areas as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led......

Ministers' salaries, perks get higher Budget allocation

The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated Rs 1,024.30 crore for expenses incurred by the Council of Ministers, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office, and for hospitality and......

Budget allocation makes Census unlikely this year too

If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented on......

Modi-led Cabinet clears Union Budget 2025-26

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday approved the Union Budget 2025-26. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with a digital tablet enclosed in a......

Budget 2025: More Jobs Via Thriving Farms and MSME Growth

The most striking features of this Budget was its focus on simplification and improving the ease of doing business in India, asserts Kaku Nakhate. IMAGE: Farm labourers arrive to harvest potatoes......

Budget 2025: UDAN scheme modified to connect 120 new destinations

To tap Indian civil aviation market's growth potential, the government on Saturday announced a modified regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) to connect 120 new......

Budget 2025: Rs 1.88 lakh crore outlay for rural development

The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. IMAGE: Ministry of Rural......

What's New for Indian Sports in This Year's Budget?

Sports budget raised by over Rs 350 crore, Khelo India gets biggest share IMAGE: Overall, the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports was designated Rs 3,794.30 crore, an overall jump of Rs 351.98......