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Sitharaman said that India must “extend the red carpet and remove the red tape at the same time for ease of doing business,” while keeping stability as the central anchor.
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan India (JSAI) or the People's Health Movement-India, a national coalition of over 20 networks and over 1,000 NGOs, activists, and health professionals working to secure healthcare as a fundamental right, in a press statement alleged that over the last five years, the Ministry of Health has failed to spend significant portions of its sanctioned outlays.
On the central government weighing possible changes to Press Note 3 to spur investments, Sitharaman said discussions on this have taken place.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dismissed claims that Tamil Nadu was ignored, highlighting key infrastructure and industrial investments while taking aim at DMK and Congress.
The Finance Minister proposed high-speed rail links between Mumbai–Pune, Pune–Hyderabad, Hyderabad–Bengaluru, Hyderabad–Chennai, Chennai–Bengaluru, Delhi–Varanasi and Varanasi–Siliguri.
Nirmala Sitharaman dismissed MK Stalin’s claim that Tamil Nadu has been ignored, citing major budget allocations and infrastructure projects while accusing the DMK of political insecurity.
“He is the leader of the opposition. But most often I think he shoots from his hip. He doesn’t use good foundational data to make his points,” Sitharaman said.
The aircraft had operated flight AI132 from London to Bengaluru and landed in Bengaluru on Monday morning, sources told news agency PTI.
The finance minister also said the government did not assess the potential impact of US tariff actions while framing Budget proposals.
Speaking to the media after walking out of the meeting, the TMC chief said that the delegation decided to boycott the meeting as, according to her, their grievances were not heard.
The fiscal deficit target for FY27 is just 10 percentage points lower than the aim for the current financial year.
The rule governs what members are allowed to read or cite while speaking in the House and became the basis for objections raised by senior ministers and the Speaker’s intervention.
On January 29, Wangchuk, who is under detention in Jodhpur Central Jail, denied allegations that he made a statement to overthrow the government like Arab Spring, emphasising that he has the democratic right to criticise and protest.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accused Gandhi of flouting the Speaker’s ruling. “Speaker Om Birla had ruled in the House that only authenticated documents can be quoted,” he said.
LoP Rahul Gandhi asserted that the alleged memoir contains direct references to the Prime Minister and Defence Minister.
New Delhi considers the tribunal “illegally constituted” and therefore sees no obligation to respond to its directions.
If Kerala rejects the central initiative, the Centre may bypass the state government to implement the project directly or move it to more cooperative states such as Odisha or Tamil Nadu.
Sankar Narayan Nandi questioned his life sentence for murdering his mother with a sharp-edged bothi dao, a household implement used for cutting vegetables and meat.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ruled that the LoP should confine his remarks strictly to the President’s address and refrain from quoting from an “unpublished" memoir.
Surabhi Upadhyay speaks with Veteran Market Investor Raamdeo Agarawal to decode the impact of Budget 2026 and gets to the bottom of the current equity sell-off. She also discusses the recent volatility in global equity and commodity markets with Kevin Warsh Being appointed the new Fed chair
While granting bail in the Pune Porsche crash case, the Supreme Court flagged a wider social failure, saying parenting is being replaced by “money, ATM cards and mobile phones,” with deadly consequences.
During his speech, the Bangalore (South) MP said that while "leaders have come and gone" in various thriving democracies of the world, Narendra Modi returned to power for a record third term with a thumping majority.
She also alleged mistreatment of people from Bengal in the national capital Delhi and criticised the conduct of authorities, saying her party would raise these issues firmly and seek answers from the institutions concerned.
The IMF’s January 2026 global outlook projects worldwide growth at 3.3% in 2026 and 3.2% in 2027, noting that technology investments, fiscal and monetary support, and private-sector adaptability are helping offset shifts in trade policy.
