During the interim budget, the government had announced widening the coverage by including Anganwadi and ASHA workers. The experts urged the government to further widen the coverage by including the…
The group of economists suggested to the ministry that the focus should be on reducing the fiscal deficit in the upcoming budget, adding the issue of the need to generate…
The legislators slammed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb for presenting a “tax-loaded and International Montery Fund (IMF)-dictated budget”. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) faced an unprecedented backlash in the National…
Ruth Gregory, chief UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said the “disappointing” borrowing figures suggested the OBR forecast “already looks too optimistic”…reports Asian Lite News Jeremy Hunt has been…
The budget update anchors a projected deficit of about 6.6 per cent of GDP for 2024, and includes adjustments in the amount of about 20 billion Shekels (USD 5.6 billion)…
Sir Keir called the move, which is expected to raise £2.7bn a year, a “short-term, cynical political gimmick” – adding there was not a “more obvious example of a government…
Public debt was estimated at around 96.5% of annual gross domestic product, up 1.8 percentage points from January 2023 and holding at levels last seen in the early 1960s, the…
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, stated that his party is prepared to address any papers the government brings to the House…reports Asian Lite News The…
Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal launched a scathing attack on the central government, accusing it of causing financial hardship for Kerala…reports Asian Lite News Kerala Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal presented…
An upward trend continues in defence Capital expenditure, promoting ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance)…reports Asian Lite News In the current geopolitical scenario and with the twin objective of promoting self-reliance and exports, the…
