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URL copied Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget 2021 today Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday will deliver her promised budget, which is expected to provide relief to the pandemic-hit common man as well as focus more on driving the economic recovery through higher spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence amid rising tensions with neighbours. As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, genero...

Sections of political as well as farmer leaders had been skeptical that the BJP-ruled states were trying to weaken APMCs by throwing agriculture markets open for private participants, triggering protests from farmers.

The infrastructure ministries including housing and urban affairs, road transport and highways and shipping are likely to see a 15-25% increase in outlay –– a considerable jump after the government cut budgets across ministries to meet expenditure for its fight against Covid-19.

Three environmental groups are calling on MidAmerican Energy to retire its coal-fired power plants, in order to save ratepayers millions of dollars. The organizations are making their case to the Iowa Utilities Board, which is considering the company's latest emissions plan.

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