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Battery prices should come down by 10% after Budget 2025: Attero Recycling CEO

The freshly announced Union Budget 2025 leaves a lot to unpack, particularly with regards to just how a custom duty waiver on critical mineral scrappage is to help boost EV battery manufacturing. Here are a few Comparing the two: Lower import duty on refined critical minerals vs scrapped critical minerals. Last year’s budget had announced

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Maharashtra Opposition slams Budget 2025 as Bihar-centric; State Government hits back

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Aaditya Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Opposition parties in Maharashtra slammed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as ‘Bihar budget’. While the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Congress and the Shiv Sena UBT hit out at the Budget for open favouritism, the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its governing

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Nothing substantial for Tamil Nadu in Budget, say trade bodies

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The trade bodies in Madurai offered a largely disappointed reaction to Budget 2025 presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday as they could not find anything substantial for Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president N. Jegatheesan said it was disappointing that there was nothing for Tamil Nadu

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Textile industry welcomes announcement of Mission on Cotton Productivity

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The removal of Customs Duty on two types of shuttleless looms is a welcome move for the technical textiles sector. | Photo Credit: File Photo The textile and apparel sector has welcomed the announcements in the Union budget, especially the announcement of Mission on Cotton Productivity. Vijay Agarwal, chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion

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Union Budget 2025: India’s Middle Class, Jobs, GDP Growth and the Need for a Census

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No matter where in the world a baby is born, a universally favourite game is playing “peekaboo”. Babies are surprised when they see things come back after being out of sight, and the game is structured around the time-tested method of creating a joke; the setup, the build-up and the punchline. The Swiss developmental psychologist

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Union Budget aimed at economic betrayal of Bengal, says Trinamool Congress

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Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Highlighting that not a single meaningful financial allocation had been made to West Bengal in the Union Budget 2025-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership on Saturday (Saturday 1, 2024) said that the Budget was nothing short of an

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Adani’s Colombo Port Terminal Proceeds Despite International Challenges

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Adani Group’s Colombo Port West Container Terminal, set for February launch, emerges as the company’s sole advancing international project. | Photo Credit: Thilina Kaluthotage/Bloomberg For the Adani Group, there is one major good news from abroad, after the string of bad news beginning with the 2023 Hindenburg Report on Adani’s round tripping of capital, and

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India’s Budget 2025-26: Key Announcements, Tax Cuts, and Political Reactions

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2025-26 attempts to balance economic priorities with electoral considerations. While it seeks to boost agriculture, infrastructure, and employment, critics argue that the allocations appear politically motivated, particularly with Bihar receiving substantial benefits ahead of election. Agriculture takes centrestage, with an increased Rs.7 lakh cap on the subsidised Kisan Credit Card

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‘Band-aid for bullets,’ Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt over Budget 2025, netizens hit back, ‘kuchh to sharam kar’

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit back the Centre on Saturday over Budget 2025 noting that the ‘government is bankrupt of ideas’ Commenting on the Budget 2025, which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he posted on X, “A band-aid for bullet wounds!” “Amid global uncertainty, solving our economic crisis demanded a paradigm shift. But

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India Budget 2025-26: Full Details of Major Policy Changes and Allocations

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The 2025-26 Union Budget introduces what the government calls reforms across agriculture, healthcare, technology and infrastructure sectors with a Rs.1.5 lakh crore state funding package. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26, outlining what she called a roadmap for economic growth, social welfare, and technological advancement. With a strong

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Battery prices should come down by 10% after Budget 2025: Attero Recycling CEO

Maharashtra Opposition slams Budget 2025 as Bihar-centric; State Government hits back

Nothing substantial for Tamil Nadu in Budget, say trade bodies

Textile industry welcomes announcement of Mission on Cotton Productivity

Union Budget 2025: India’s Middle Class, Jobs, GDP Growth and the Need for a Census

Union Budget aimed at economic betrayal of Bengal, says Trinamool Congress

Adani’s Colombo Port Terminal Proceeds Despite International Challenges

India’s Budget 2025-26: Key Announcements, Tax Cuts, and Political Reactions

‘Band-aid for bullets,’ Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt over Budget 2025, netizens hit back, ‘kuchh to sharam kar’

India Budget 2025-26: Full Details of Major Policy Changes and Allocations

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