The IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, in collaboration with the Centre for Study for Finance and Economics, recently organized a discussion on the impending General Election and Interim Union Budget 2024-25.
The July 2023 G20 conference hosting 40 leading thinkers from 14 countries, culminated in a G20 report titled “A Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy” in December 2023. It was launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Labour and Employment, and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav.
The government of India announced a major policy update for one of the prime industries of India, the textile industry. This scheme, referred to as the PM MITRA Scheme aims to foster technological innovation, reduce cost enhance skills in the sector, make India’s textile sector globally competitive, and increase its contribution to the global trade from the present 4% rate.
The IMPRI Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Gender, Social Inclusion and Interim Union Budget 2024-25” on 2 February 2024, under the IMPRI 4th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2024-25, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk.
The finance minister delivered a rousing speech trying to match the prime minister’s address at the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22.
The Interim Budget shows this government lays more emphasis on showering schemes on people.
The Interim Budget has served as a platform to highlight the outgoing government's achievements and present a glorious vision for its next term. Nirmala Sitharaman did not disappoint on either count.