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    • Budget 2024 outlines roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat', focus on poor, women, youth and farmers

      The Budget unveils government’s plan for 'Viksit Bharat' placing significant emphasis on job creation and skill enhancement as its focal points, structured around four key pillars 

    • MGNREGA gets Rs 86,000 crore for FY25

      The allocation is a xx percent drop from the over Rs 90,000 crore the government had spent on the programme in the previous year

    • Aptech, TeamLease, other job-related stocks surge on Budget proposals to boost employment

      The Union Budget introduced a comprehensive job creation and skilling package, including significant investments in internships, skill loans, and education, boosting job-related stocks.

    • FM proposes increasing PCBA duty from 10% to 15% on certain telecom equipment to push local manufacturing

      Domestic and multinational companies ' local production of telecom equipment, leveraging the production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme, surpassed the milestone of Rs 50,000 crore. Exports totalled around Rs 10,500 crore, creating more than 17,800 direct jobs.

    • FM Nirmala Sitharman proposes reduction in basic custom duty to 15% on mobile phones, PCB and chargers

      She said that the mobile industry has matured over the last many years.

    • Budget 2024:Gender Budget reaches highest level since FY11

      Govt to spend over Rs 3 lakh crore on gender budget for the first time, marking an xx percent increase over the previous year

    • Agri stocks surge after Budget 2024 announces agricultural reforms, provision of 1.52 lak cr

      Budget 2024 Impact: Finance Minister Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors

    • Union Budget 2024: The myth of central government neglect of social sectors

      Budget 2024-25: Budgetary allocations to agriculture, housing and rural development have all increased, as a percentage of GDP

    • Job creation via capex, social spending, fiscal prudence to be key themes in Budget 2024, says Morgan Stanley

      It is likely at the central government will retain a 5.1 percent fiscal deficit target, in line with the interim budget, according to Morgan Stanley.

    • Budget 2024: Will social sector spending take note of UN concern?

      The latest UN report on SDGs is an eye-opener for all and calls for accelerated action

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