Finance

March 11, 2024 9:05 PM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present interim budget in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha at 11 AM today. It will be her sixth Budget presentation as Finance Minister and will be the last Budget of the current Lok Sabha. Like the previous three full Union Budgets, Interim Budget 2024 will also be de...

March 11, 2024 9:06 PM

Government cuts import duty on mobile phone components to 10%

According to a Finance Ministry notification, duty has been lowered on components such as battery cover, front cover, middle cover, main lens, back cover, GSM Antenna, SIM socket, screw and and other mechanical items of plastic and metal.  All these items will now attract import duty at 10 per c...

October 25, 2024 3:54 PM

Rescuers drill through debris to reach 41 men trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel

Rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 low-wage workers from India's poorest states, one at a time on wheeled stretchers through a pi...

October 25, 2024 3:55 PM

Rescuers hope bigger drill will reach 40 trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel

Rescuers trying to reach 40 road workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for more than three days will soon get help from a heavy drilling machine airlifted to the site, officials said on Wednesday. The workers are safe, and rescuers have been able to communicate with them and send t...