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A budget is a calculation plan, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions, other impacts, assets, liabilities and cash flows. Companies, governments, families, and other organizations use budgets to express strategic plans of activities in measurable terms.
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'Could hardly speak, poor thing': Sonia Gandhi on President Murmu's address ahead of Budget sessionSonia Gandhi expressed concern over President Droupadi Murmu's apparent fatigue during her Budget session address. President Murmu highlighted India's economic progress, paid tribute to former PM..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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BJP, opposition battle in Parliament over Rahul Gandhi's 'democracy under attack' remarkParliament on the first day of the post-recess Budget session on Monday was adjourned without transacting any business as BJP and opposition MPs in both Houses were embroiled over Congress MP Rahul..IndiaTimes - Published | Sunak seeks to maintain dialogue with China but will have to be clear about the threat There's a run on a bank, meltdown at the BBC about its proximity to government and Rishi Sunak needs to prove on Wednesday's Budget that he has not abandoned growth.Sky News - Published |
Gehlot’s gaffe: Rajasthan CM reads out old Budget excerpts, sparks bedlamRajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot unwittingly read out excerpts from last year's state Budget in the assembly for a few minutes on Friday before the unprecedented bungle was brought to his notice, turning what..IndiaTimes - Published | Watch: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot reads old budget in Assembly for 8 minutes, BJP questions state's safetyRajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot read aloud the Budget address from the previous year for a number of minutes.DNA - Published |
BJP counters opposition onslaught on Budget with praises for PM, FMIndiaTimes - Published | Growth main focus of Budget, says FM Nirmala SitharamanIndiaTimes - Published |
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