budget-2024

In a press conference, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Bengal has been allocated Rs 13,941 crore for railways in the current financial year.

During a meeting in the capital, Sarma expressed gratitude for the budget’s provisions, which he described as pivotal for a "Viksit Bharat."

“I myself have met the prime minister thrice. I even called him bade bhai, hoping that he would act like one and handhold the state which as the leader of the nation, he should. But he remained unmoved,” Revanth Reddy said. 

The budget, presented yesterday, has failed to address critical concerns for homebuyers such as high interest rates on home loans and annual stamp duty increases, leading to widespread disappointment.

The Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, dismissed the accusations as "outrageous," asserting that no previous budgets, including those presented by the Congress, had mentioned all states.

Taking to X, Congress MP KC Venugopal said "...INC CMs will be boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for 27th July.”

INDIA bloc leaders held a meeting at Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on July 23, after which the decision to protest was announced.

The budget seeks to address pressing challenges while positioning India for long-term growth and prosperity in an uncertain global financial landscape.

He criticised the government’s response to the problem of unemployment, saying, “the response is too little and will have only little impact on the grave unemployment situation. The claim that the schemes announced by the Finance Minister will benefit 290 lakh persons is highly exaggerated”.

Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu must be mighty pleased with the liberal assistance announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who presented her seventh consecutive budget in the Parliament on Tuesday.

Referring to frequently occurring natural disasters like devastating floods, he said, there was no provision for it. He pointed out how devastating floods had taken place in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. He asked what special steps have been taken for it?

Limit of Mudra loans will be enhanced to Rs 20 lakh from the current Rs 10 lakh for those entrepreneurs who have availed and successfully repaid previous loans under the 'Tarun' category.