Budget 2018
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With eye on 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Adityanath focuses on jobs, farmers, youth in UP budget
The Rs 4.28 lakh-crore Budget is 11.4% more than last year’s.
Scroll Staff
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Siddaramaiah prioritises agriculture in his Budget for poll-bound Karnataka
While the education sector got Rs 26,846 crore, the state government allocated Rs 6,645 crore for health schemes.
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Indian economy was in the hands of a ‘terrible doctor’ during UPA rule: Arun Jaitley
Jaitley said the country was named in the fragile five economies in the world when P Chidambaram was the finance minister.
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To ensure proper nutrition for TB patients, give them food instead of cash, say experts
Rs 600-crore budget for nutrition support and aid of Rs 500 per month will do little to prevent undernutrition in TB patients, say public health specialists.
Priyanka Vora
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Slightly falling short of fiscal deficit aim won’t have material impact on Indian economy: Moody’s
The ratings agency said that Budget 2018 strikes a balance between fiscal prudence and growth.
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Opinion: Modicare is more an election gimmick than a real solution to India’s health needs
The mega health insurance scheme announced in Budget 2018 is largely geared towards the corporate healthcare industry’s interests.
T Sundararaman
Video
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The Union Budget is popular, not populist, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
He said the Budget blends both economy and politics and denied that it did not give the middle class any tax relief.
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Budget promise to double farmers’ income is a hollow assurance, says former PM Manmohan Singh
The senior Congress leader said the fiscal arithmetic of the Budget that Arun Jaitley presented on Thursday was at fault.
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‘We will declare war’: Andhra Pradesh government unhappy with Budget, may rethink alliance with BJP
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has called a meeting of his Telugu Desam Party leaders on February 4.
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The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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A poll dance called ‘Budget Natyam’: Front pages sniff ‘pollitics’ in Jaitley’s Budget before 2019
‘Modicare’, the healthcare bonanza that the finance minister announced on Thursday, was also in focus across front pages.
Scroll Staff
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Budget 2018 talks big on rural economy and agriculture. But where is the money?
Many crucial schemes have been allocated less than last time and what the finance minister announced in Parliament.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Barring expansion of loans for institutions, Budget 2018 is a non-starter for education, say experts
Government support for education up 3.8% over 2017-2018 revised estimates.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Field
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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