'Karnataka does not survive on Centre's largesse'

'Karnataka's finances are much healthier than the Union government's, which is indebted to nearly twice the extent of the state' IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addresses a press......

EC wants parties to give info on financial viability of poll promises

Amid a debate on the freebies, the Election Commission on Tuesday proposed amending the model code to ask political parties to provide authentic information to voters on the financial viability of......

'Kerala may have suffered losses of around Rs 20,000 crore'

‘Last year we had drought and this year flood. How prepared are we to face that?’ IMAGE: A man cleans up his house after flood waters subsided in Chengannur district of Kerala.......

'TDP fell into YSR Congress' political trap'

'The TDP walking out of the NDA is a victory for the YSRCP.''The YSRCP wanted it to happen so that it would help them in coming elections.' IMAGE: Vice-President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu with......

Nirmala Sitharaman and her team decode the fine prints of Budget 2024

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with her team of bureaucrats, delved into the fine print of the 2024-25 Budget documents in a press conference, detailing the government’s......

Fiscal deficit in FY24 improves to 5.6% on better tax mop-up

The central government's fiscal deficit during 2023-24 at 5.6 per cent of the GDP was better than previous estimates of 5.8 per cent on account of higher revenue realisation and lower expenditure,......

'Nobody's Asking Where Money Will Come For Freebies'

'The prime minister's comment on 'revdi culture' was welcome. But I am disappointed he did not follow up on that.' 'All political parties, including the BJP, have been guilty of this.' 'Now, Modi's......

Govt lowers fiscal deficit to 5.1% of GDP for FY25

Continuing on the fiscally prudent path, the Modi government in the interim Budget refrained from announcing populist measures, which will help it trim the fiscal deficit to 5.1 per cent of the GDP......