Budget session

Budget 2025 offers states extra borrowing for power reforms. Focus on improving Discom health and infrastructure. This targets DISCOM losses, tariff issues, with incentives tied to improvements in electricity distribution and capacity.

Budget 2025 introduced a ₹1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund to enhance city redevelopment, infrastructure, water, and sanitation. Key initiatives include housing project support, expanded aid for street vendors, and urban sector reforms.

In a pivotal move during the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced customs duty exemptions on key lithium-ion battery components, aiming to boost India's electric vehicle industry and reduce production costs.

Here is the list of 36 life-saving medicines and 37 additional medicines, along with 30 new patient assistance programs, now exempt from basic customs duty to aid cancer and rare disease patients, as announced in Budget 2025.

Budget session starts today; Parliament's budget session starts today. The New York Times report in the Pegasus espionage case may bring