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February 4, 2025 8:46 AM

Women-led Indian startups making global mark: Jitendra Singh

Women-led startups in India are making a global impact and hold the promise of realizing the vision of a "Viksit Bharat," said Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, on Sunday. Speaking to a delegation of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Ladies Organisation (FICCI-FLO), Singh highlighted women's contributions even in traditionally challenging sectors like space exploration. He cited India's solar mission, "Aditya L...

February 1, 2025 8:22 PM

Modi Government’s Perfect Budget For A Viksit Bharat

The ideal budget for Viksit Bharat must balance the macro fundamentals, the supply-side reforms, the growing demand governed by the free hand of the market, and the role of evolving structural reforms in an economy that will soon be the third-largest in the world. Fortunately, for the people and the nation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s eighth budget ticks all the right boxes. The Modi Government’s budget is positively mind-boggling in many ways, but for starters, it promises to br...

February 1, 2025 12:41 PM

Budget 2025-26: FM Sitharaman announces measures to make India a global toy hub

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the eighth consecutive Budget of the NDA government, outlined a blueprint for a 'Viksit Bharat' and made key announcements focused primarily on four segments — women, youth, farmers, and the poor. The Finance Minister announced the implementation of schemes to facilitate and scale up toy manufacturing, thereby giving a boost to the 'Make in India' campaign. She also revealed plans to establish a toy manufacturing ecosystem and clusters ai...

February 1, 2025 11:51 AM

Union Budget 2025-26 unveiled: Focus on growth, inclusive development, and economic strengthening

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Union Budget 2025-26, laying out a strategic framework aimed at accelerating economic growth, promoting inclusive development, and strengthening India’s position as a global economic leader. The budget also emphasized uplifting household sentiment and enhancing the purchasing power of the country's rising middle class. Sitharaman asserted that the government's efforts are centered on creating a balanced path toward prosperity, sayi...

January 31, 2025 5:10 PM

India needs 8% growth to achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047: Economic Survey

India must sustain an average growth rate of 8% over the next two decades to realize its ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25 tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The report underscores that this growth target is crucial for achieving the nation's vision of "Viksit Bharat" as it marks its centenary of independence. However, it cautions that global political and economic factors will inevitably influence India’s growt...

January 31, 2025 4:04 PM

Govt bullish on creating robust infra, private sector must reciprocate too: Economic Survey

The government has laid a special focus on infrastructure -- physical, digital and social -- in the last five years and those efforts would need to be supplemented with wholehearted acceptance of the need for public-private partnerships in infrastructure across the country, the Economic Survey 2024-25 said on Friday. Tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Survey said equally important is that "the private sector must also reciprocate". " While estimates of the req...

January 31, 2025 12:18 PM

PM Modi highlights innovation, inclusion and investment as key to India’s future as Budget session begins

Ahead of the Budget session on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his government's commitment to all-round development in its third term, highlighting innovation, inclusion, and investment as the key pillars of India’s economic growth strategy. Speaking to the media outside Parliament ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of the two Houses, PM Modi outlined his government’s approach, saying, "In our third term, we are in mission mode. Innovation, incl...

January 10, 2025 7:36 PM

Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2025 kicks off in New Delhi

The Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2025 kicked off at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Friday, with a mission to encourage youth participation in nation-building. Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to X to inform that the event will facilitate bright and talented youths from across the nation to present their visionary ideas for a Viksit Bharat to PM Modi. Organized by the Department of Youth Affairs under the leadership of Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, the three-day event prov...

January 8, 2025 4:31 PM

Indian Railways on track for future-ready transformation: spends 76% of budget in capacity augmentation for safer, faster, and world-class travel

The Indian Railways is making remarkable strides towards transforming itself into a future-ready organization, aiming to offer safer, faster, and world-class travel experiences for millions of passengers across India. By the end of the first nine months and four days of the current fiscal year, the Railways has already spent 76% of its budgetary outlay, demonstrating a strong commitment to capacity augmentation and modernization, the Railway Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. The b...

January 8, 2025 3:25 PM

18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention begins in Bhubaneswar

The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention is being held in Bhubaneswar from January 8 to 10, 2025, celebrating the significant contributions of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and the global Indian diaspora to India's development. This year's theme, 'Diaspora’s Contribution to a Viksit Bharat,' highlights the vital role the diaspora plays in shaping a prosperous and progressive India. PBD is celebrated every two years to strengthen the connection between the overseas Indian community and...