Front Page
- Interim budget : No poll vault, measured step looking ahead
Govt & Politics
- US clears sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones to India
Explained
- Converns over GDP, spending cuts; fiscal deficit is bright spot
Macro
- Tax buoyancy helps centre align with its fiscal roadmap
- Negotiating BITs with trade partners to boost FDI
- Centre to follow a calibrated approach to divestments in FY 25
Infra
- Households to get 200 units free power under rooftop solar scheme
- Trade corridor will be strategic game changer
Rural
- Job guarantee scheme outlay stays at 86000 cr no change in PM Kisan
- 500cr for drone didis plan for India’s self reliance in edible oils
- Food fertiliser, fuel subsidy bill to fall to 5 year low
Welfare
- 2cr new rural houses, scheme for urban buyers
- Govt makes HPV shot for girls a priority no separate allocation yet
- In pursuit of Viksit Bharat a panel to look at population challenges
Editorial
- Stability over political gestures
- Neglecting the farm
Ideas Page
- Over the privates sector
- The what if of growth
Govt & Politics
- Viability gap fundig for tapping off shore wind leads green push
- 61.7% hike for military upgrade
- Bhutan gets lion’s share in MEA development aid
- Lakshadweep in focus domestic tourism to get a boost
Express Network
- 1981 amendment does a half hearted job : SC reserves verdict on AMU minority tag
World
- As airstrikes pound Gaza, Netanyahu says UN Agency for Palestinians must close