Day: February 1, 2021

Budget's transparency on numbers will enthuse rating agencies: SBI economists

Budget turns paperless; FM reads out speech from tablet for first time

8:09 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: From Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reading out her 110-minute speech from a tablet to seating arrangements in tune with pandemic times, there were quite a few firsts during the presentation of the 2021-22 Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Also, for the first time, the Budget went paperless and members were provided soft copies of the speech and documents. Clad in […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

Mamata dubs union budget “anti-people”;attacks BJP

8:04 pm February 1, 2021

Siliguri : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday slammed the union budget as ”anti-people” aimed at deceiving the masses and said the BJP talks about nationalism, but in practice, they are the ones who are selling resources of the nation to the private players. Reiterating the demand for withdrawal of new agri laws,Banerjee wondered […]

Delhi Police personnel get ‘iron batons’ for self-defense

7:53 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Police personnel of Shahdara district have been given iron batons to protect themselves from attacks by sharp-edged weapons, police said on Monday. The initiative was taken by station house officers (SHOs) of all 11 police stations falling under the jurisdiction of Shahdara district. Each police station distributed around 12 iron batons to its personnel, they said. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Unorganised sector ignored in budget: traders body

7:49 pm February 1, 2021

Kolkata: The government is banking on the organised sector which provides only 10 per cent of jobs and has ignored in the Union budget the unorganised sector which provides employment for the rest, an organisation of traders claimed on Monday. Traders and retailers who were previously ignored during the announcement of stimulus packages got disappointed […]

NHRC bats for 'right to water' for citizens

Rs 50K crore allocated for Jal Jeevan Mission, FM announces its urban segment

7:43 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi : A whopping Rs 50,000 crore has been earmarked for the Jal Jeevan Mission in Budget 2021-22, even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday announced the scheme’s urban segment that aims to provide tap water connections to 2.86 crore households. In the budget, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department under the Jal Shakti Ministry has […]