Budget 2015
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Modi government has kept its pre-election promise on devolution – but not on development
However you look at it, there will be significantly lesser money available for development.
Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com
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Jaitley’s budget vows to crack down on black money abroad – but the real big bucks might be right here at home
The government might need to place more emphasis on what might be the biggest black money sink: domestic real estate.
Shoaib Daniyal
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No Big Bang reforms, but Modi's grand plan for a more efficient welfare state is taking shape
Technology and lessons learnt from the previous government could result in a more compassionate state.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Trending
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No way home for eight Indian Navy veterans jailed by Qatar?
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‘Bholaa’ review: High on action and colour filters
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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India's front pages today: All Jaitley, all Budget
The World Cup gets barely a mention in the main headlines.
Scroll Staff
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Humour: What cartoonists made of Jaitley's Budget
The edit pages agreed it was a good effort, but the cartoonists had their own ideas about it.
Mayank Jain
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Arun Jaitley's budget has given no reason to cheer for the defence forces
Neither the quality of the gun nor the welfare of the man behind the gun seems to matter to the finance minister.
C Uday Bhaskar
Video
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Watch: Journalist Nishant Shekhar hilariously mimics everyday conversations in Indian newsroom
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Watch: Fire spreads through hotel in Indore, rescuers evacuate trapped guests with ladders
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Watch: Trapped miners rescued from collapsed gold mine in Congo as onlookers cheer in relief
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Watch: Israeli commando units stage undersea protest against government’s judicial overhaul plans
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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What has Modi achieved so far? Jaitley has some answers
The government claims to have improved national pride and efficiency.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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How one statement in Jaitley’s budget could boost Indian tourism and foreign exchange multifold
The visa on arrival scheme is proposed to be extended to 150 countries.
Mayank Jain
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MNREGA: Jaitley just awarded Modi's 'monument to Congress failure' its 'highest-ever' outlay
Finance minister claims MNREGA has gotten its biggest ever allocation, though it's close to the 2010 figure.
Shoaib Daniyal
The Reel
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‘Bholaa’ review: High on action and colour filters
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Watch: The trailer of Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ part 2 is out
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‘Elemental’ trailer: Fire teams up with water in animated film about elements of nature
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Another U-turn: Arun Jaitley's budget offers a vision of India with a not-so-minimum government
The budget increases expenditure and defends subsidies.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Have the biggest announcements from Modi's second budget already been made?
The Finance Commission and the Rail Budget have already made waves.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan