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CAG report flags Maharashtra govt's over spends, blames Ladki Bahin scheme

A CAG report has cautioned the Maharashtra government on its financial sustainability, pointing to large spends in the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana

Updated 20 days ago

3 months after budget, Maha tables ₹97,706-crore supplementary demands

3 months after budget, Maha tables <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>97,706-crore supplementary demands

Published 38 days ago

Centre treating RBI as ‘personal treasury’ while squeezing states, says Punjab FM Harpal Cheema

Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the RBI surplus had been generated through economic activities, transactions and revenue generation taking place across all states. (HT File)

Published 68 days ago

RBI approves record ₹2.87 lakh crore dividend transfer to Centre for FY26

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.09 lakh crore risk buffer allocation amid global uncertainty

Updated 69 days ago

Andhra govt misled council on records of borrowings: LoP

Botsa Satyanarayana

Published 113 days ago

State’s revenue falls, only 67% of outlay used

State’s revenue falls, only 67% of outlay used

Published 119 days ago

CAG report on Telangana’s fiscal performance in FY25 flags debts, budget underutilisation

CAG report on Telangana’s fiscal performance in FY25 flags debts, budget underutilisation

Published 121 days ago

State’s fiscal deficit remains in acceptable limits: CM on budget

Siddaramaiah

Published 127 days ago

Subdued spending may offset Delhi tax revenue shortfall this fiscal: Eco survey

The Economic Survey was tabled by Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta.

Updated 129 days ago

Lok Sabha clears ₹57k-cr fund to tackle global shocks, supply chain disruptions

The government sought, and received <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>57,381.84 crore for the Economic Stablisation Fund as part of the supplementary grants for 2025-26.

Updated 139 days ago

Siddaramaiah presents budget with ₹4.48 lakh crore outlay, flags GST losses

Chief minister Siddaramaiah arrives to present the state Budget for the financial year 2026-27 at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday. (PTI)

Published 146 days ago

CAG flags Andhra’s alarming financial position in 2024-25

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Published 146 days ago

Hike in central tax share boosts Haryana budget

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini presenting the state Budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the assembly on Monday. (PTI)

Published 150 days ago

Supplementary demands hit record ₹1.44 lakh crore, over 20% of Maha budget

Mumbai, India - Feb. 24, 2026: CM Devendra Fadnavis during the budget assembly session at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Published 156 days ago

Chhattisgarh finance minister OP Choudhary presents ₹1,72,000 crore budget

Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the budget is designed to ensure that development reaches weaker sections. (Sourced)

Published 157 days ago

Populist schemes, revenue gap take a toll: No major schemes, projects likely in next state budget

The Ladki Bahin Yojana entitles poor women aged 21 and 65 years to a monthly dole. (HT Photo)

Published 157 days ago

Appropriation Bill passed in Bihar assembly to clear decks for ₹3.53L-cr withdrawal

Appropriation Bill passed in Bihar assembly to clear decks for <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3.53L-cr withdrawal

Published 157 days ago

TN tables interim budget, slams Centre for withholding funds

TN tables interim budget, slams Centre for withholding funds

Published 163 days ago

State finances: Capital spendings continue to be sluggish as revenue expenditure consume budget outlay

Exam answer sheet or application paper blurry view on table in examination room with blur education background of school university students taking exam test writing answer in seat row with stress (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 163 days ago

Andhra Pradesh Budget emphasises state’s fiscal welfare: Minister Keshav

Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, left, deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, center, hold a bag containing budget documents for Andhra Pradesh's 2026-27 financial year. (@APDeputyCMO)

Published 166 days ago

Rajya Sabha member for higher public spending on education, healthcare

Rajya Sabha member Rajinder Gupta

Published 168 days ago

This budget’s boring, and that’s a good thing

Roads, railways, logistics, power and digital infrastructure remain the core fiscal tools for growth. This is not newsy. (HT Archive)

Published 168 days ago

Budget 2026-27: Ledger of missed opportunities

The middle class is taxed by silence. Perhaps the most glaring miss of this budget is what it refuses to say to India’s middle class. There is no income-tax relief, no slab rationalisation, and no inflation indexing. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Published 174 days ago

‘Central grants in aid crucial for meeting Bihar budget targets’

‘Central grants in aid crucial for meeting Bihar budget targets’

Published 176 days ago

Bihar tables ₹3.47L-cr budget with focus on 7-Resolves fulfilment

Bihar finance minister Vijendra Prasad Yadav on way to present the State Budget 2026-27 at Bihar Assembly in Patna on Tuesday. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Published 177 days ago

Building blocks to Viksit Bharat

Despite significant geo-economic and geopolitical disruptions — the most significant being the tariffs levied on India by the US — India’s economic performance in 2025-26 didn’t really speak of an economy in crisis. (AFP)

Published 179 days ago

Work-in-progress budget to keep the wheels oiled

While the markets have reacted negatively, it will be prudent to wait a while for the sentiment to reverse. (PTI)

Published 179 days ago

What the Union Budget 2026-27 means for Fiscal

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a press conference after the presentation of the Union Budget 2026

Updated 179 days ago

State initiates 5-30% budget cut

State initiates 5-30% budget cut

Published 182 days ago

What the GDP numbers reveal

India’s economy continues to face a turbulent external environment, is using its domestic momentum to maintain resilience, and will have to pump-prime both the domestic and external to boost future growth on a sustainable basis. (PTI)

Updated 203 days ago

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