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Union Budget 2025: Government to introduce Jan Vishwas 2.0 for greater ease of doing business

Government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 outdated legal provisions to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech that the government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill…

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Opposition parties ‘disappointed’ with Budget, non-BJP ruled states feel ‘neglected’

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Opposition parties called the Union Budget a disappointment as especially for states ruled by parties which were not part of the ruling NDA.Asserting that the government has no new ideas, Congress said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is walking on the “worn-out path” and is not willing to…

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Union Budget: Cancer drugs to get cheaper, special attention to women and child healthcare

The government has allocated ₹99,858.56 crore for the Union Health Ministry in the Union Budget 2025-26 — ₹95,957.87 crore for the Department of Health and Family Welfare and ₹3,900.69 crore for the Department of Health Research. It is an increase from ₹89,974.12 crore allocated in the Budget (revised estimates) of 2024-2025. The government has announced…

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Cancer drugs, critical minerals get duty relief; lithium ion battery production to get a boost

For the manufacturing industries and MSMEs, cobalt powder and waste, scrap of lithium ion batteries, lead, zinc, and 12 more critical minerals will be added to the list announced in the Budget last July for complete BCD exemption. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures in the Budget to rationalise…

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Women’s organisations seek focus on increasing female workforce participation in Union budget

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Women’s organisations and civil society members feel that increasing female workforce participation through employment-linked incentives, flexible work hours, and providing supportive infrastructure, including work site creches, should be a priority of the government in the upcoming Union budget. Even as the women’s groups lauded…

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