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Union Budget 2024-25: Mobile phones to get cheaper as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cuts basic customs duty to 15%

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a 15 per cent cut in basic customs duty (BCD) on mobile phones while presenting the Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25 in Parliament. BCD on...

Employment, agriculture productivity, manufacturing among nine priorities outlined by the government in the Union Budget

The Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday identified nine priorities to create ample opportunities. While presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, he said that the upcoming budgets...

India will remain the fastest growing major economy in 2024-25, says CEA Nageswaran

India will remain the fastest growing major economy in 2024-25, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said at a press conference after the Economic Survey was tabled in Parliament on Monday. The Economic Survey...

Economic Survey 2023-24 mentions focus areas like productive jobs, skill gap, green transition, China problem

The Economic Survey 2023-24, tabled in Parliament on Monday, has identified six key policy focus areas for the government to achieve sustainable economic growth. The six areas the government will focus on are productive...

Economic Survey 2023-24 shows agricultural credit to grow by nearly 1.5 times during FY24

According to the Economic Survey 2023-24 presented in Parliament on Monday, credit to agriculture and allied activities will be in double digits during FY24. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday tabled the Economic...

Indian economy needs to create around 78.51 lakh jobs annually in the non-agricultural sector- Economic Survey

The Economic Survey 2023-24, released by the Finance Ministry on Monday, showed that India has a workforce of about 565 million, of which 45 per cent are engaged in agriculture, 11.4 per cent in...

India has recovered from the pandemic and moved forward in an orderly manner: Economic Survey 2023-24

The Indian economy has recovered and expanded in a systematic manner post the pandemic and the real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023-24 will be 20 per cent higher than the pre-pandemic 2019-20 level,...

Retail inflation remained at 5.4 percent due to timely intervention of the government and measures of RBI: Economic Survey

The Economic Survey 2024, tabled in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, said that despite the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, timely policy interventions of the central government and price stability measures...

Indian economy is in a strong position to face geopolitical challenges: Economic Survey 2023-24

The Indian economy is in a strong and stable position, demonstrating resilience in the face of geopolitical challenges, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24 presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday....

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Economic Survey 2023-24 in Lok Sabha

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday tabled the Economic Survey 2023-2024 in the Lok Sabha. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to all parties to participate in the discussions in Parliament and end...