Front Page
- Recovery vehicle
- States allowed enhanced 4% of GSDP borrowing
- ‘Record’ allocation of ₹1.1 lakh crore for Railways
World
- Military seizes power in Myanmar coup
- For New Delhi, the tightrope on Myanmar is back
- West condemns coup, China’s response is muted
- No Indian role in developing ECT in Colombo
City
News
- Farmers threaten to block highways
- Modi speaks to Netanyahu on Delhi blast
- Nirmala Sitharaman presents first-ever paperless Budget
- ‘Record’ allocation of ₹1.1 lakh cr. for Railways
OPED
- A promising Budget with a few disappointments
- A Budget that fails to address the hunger pandemic
- The Finance Minister has delivered, but the road ahead is long
Editorial
- Carrying over fiscal conservatism
- Despite some hits, the Budget has crucial misses
- Getting back on track
Social Sector
- Rural India’s lifeline missing in Budget speech
- Portal to collect data on gig workers: govt.
- New scheme for public buses: Minister
- Spending increases on schemes for SCs
- Central varsity to come up in Ladakh
Healthcare
- 137% increase in health and well-being spend
- ₹50,000 cr. for National Research Foundation
- Budget for Women and Child Development shrinks
- Water supply, Swachh Bharat 2.0 missions for urban areas
Agriculture
- Budget sends mixed signals on farm sector
- Food subsidy budget set at almost ₹2.43 lakh crore
- 5 fishing harbours to be modernised
Defence
- LAC stand-off factored in for defence outlay
- Non-lapsable fund for modernisation mooted
- Start-ups to get tax holiday till March 2022
Economy
- Govt. hopes to cut fiscal deficit to 4.5% by FY26
- Auto sector welcomes vehicle scrappage policy
- ‘Consumers will not be burdened by farm cess’
- Centre to amalgamate market laws into single code
- Govt. agrees to maintain States’ share in the divisible pool of taxes
- Tax slabs remain unchanged
- Stake sale expected to fetch ₹1.75 lakh crore