West Bengal elections 2026: The real numbers test for Mamata Banerjee’s command & BJP’s pitchWest Bengal is heading into a high-stakes Assembly election scheduled in two phases on April 23 and April 29 across all 294 seats, with cou...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
Delhi Budget 2026 Highlights: CM Rekha Gupta presents Rs 1,03,700 cr budget; two free LPG cylinders & more, check key announcementsDelhi's State Budget 2026, totaling Rs 1,03,700 crore, has been unveiled as a 'green budget' by CM Rekha Gupta. A significant 21% is dedica...
24 Mar, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Telangana Budget 2026: State presents Rs 3.24 lakh cr budget for FY27, focus on infra, poll promisesTelangana presented a Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget for 2026-27, a nearly Rs 20,000 crore increase, prioritizing flagship programs like Musi Ri...
20 Mar, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Punjab Budget Highlights: FM Cheema proposes Rs 2.60 cr outlay, promises to give Rs 1,000 to women every monthPunjab Budget 2026: Punjab's Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema unveiled the budget for FY 2026-27. He declared it a 'saari guarantiyan p...
08 Mar, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
MoSPI to launch new surveys, boost high-frequency economic indicators: Saurabh GargIndia's statistics ministry is set to launch a new Index of Services Production. Plans include state-level data revisions and harmonisation...
06 Mar, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
Welfare, development push: Andhra government presents Rs 3.32 lakh cr budget for 2026-27Andhra Pradesh unveiled a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026-27. The plan balances welfare and development. Significant allocations are mad...
14 Feb, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
UP govt tables supplementary demands of Rs 24,497 crore for FY2026Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented supplementary demands for grants totaling Rs 24,496.97 crore to meet immediate...
22 Dec, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
States to spend Rs 1 lakh cr on pre-poll sops to women in FY26: ReportCrisil Ratings reports that top 18 states in India are projected to spend ₹1 lakh crore on pre-election schemes for women this fiscal year....
26 Jun, 2025, 03.20 PM IST
UP's per capita income second lowest, but state finances good: Finance Commission chiefArvind Panagariya, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, lauded Uttar Pradesh as a well-managed state financially, despite its low per c...
04 Jun, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
UP economic growth outpaces national average: CM YogiUttar Pradesh's economic growth has surpassed the national average, with its GSDP increasing by 11.6% in 2023-24. CM Yogi Adityanath emphas...
05 Mar, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Mizoram govt presents Rs15,198 crore budget, allocates 75% more in flagship schemeMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma presented a Rs 15,198.76 crore budget for 2025-2026, with a significant increase in fund allocation for th...
04 Mar, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
Mapping economic data: From macro to micro, official statistics coverage set for a deeper dive soonThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) plans to come up with district-level estimates by onboarding states and als...
14 Sep, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Debt-to-GDP ratio: States can take it easyThe government had no immediate plans to ask states to reduce their debt-to-GDP ratios, prioritizing control of fiscal deficits instead. Th...
17 Aug, 2024, 12.40 AM IST
Assam CM says Tata Electronics to hire 1K Science graduates for semicon plant; state targets 10 lakh cr GDP by 2026Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that Tata Electronics will recruit 1000 science graduates for its semiconductor faci...
01 Jan, 2024, 08.05 PM IST
Centre eases norms for adjusting states' off-budget borrowingsTo bring in transparency in state finances, the Centre in March informed states that off-budget borrowings are to be equated with the state...
13 Jul, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Gujarat needs to focus on 9 winning sectors to assist India become $5 tn economy: ReportThe report has identified nine 'winning sectors' for manufacturing needing special attention from the government. These are automobiles, ap...
17 May, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
Odisha to have a larger FY20-21 Budget, despite lesser Central fundsThe 2019-20 budget of Rs 1.39 lakh crore was a 15 per cent increase from the previous year. With room to borrow from the years of fiscal pr...
16 Feb, 2020, 11.18 PM IST