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The battle between Centre vs State is not new for Delhi. Often the AAP govt of the state is in logjam with the Modi govt in the centre. This time both are at loggerheads over the state budget. It is the time of the year when states across the country present their budget for the next year. It is one of the crucial part of the parliament and assembly proceedings. The budget was supposed to be presented in the Delhi Assembly today but it wasn't. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is blaming the Centre for allegedly blocking the budget whereas the LG who represents the centre says that it is Kejriwal govt which hasn't resubmitted the Budget after making necessary corrections suggested. 

Parliament is likely to witness stormy scenes today, March 16, as Congress scion Rahul Gandhi is all set to make an appearance today after his UK tour. The second half of the Budget session has so far turned out to be washout, after proceedings were disrupted for the third straight day by members of the ruling BJP and opposition parties. The Opposition is intent on cornering the government over the Adani-Hindenburg row and is pressing for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the matter. On the other hand, the Centre continues to insist on an apology from Rahul Gandhi for remarks he made about the state of democracy in India while in the UK. After his return to India from the UK, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the ongoing Budget session of Parliament today. Sources said he is likely to talk to the media about the controversy over his speech made in London.

The United States recognises the McMahon Line as the international boundary between China and Arunachal Pradesh, according to a bipartisan Senate resolution that sees Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India

As many as 16 opposition parties on Monday attended the meeting convened by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge at his chamber in Parliament building to devise a strategy ahead of the second part of the budget session on Monday. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take. 

The allegations levelled by Hindenburg research on Adani group companies led to route in shares of the group companies in share market over the last week. Today, the crisis also reflected in the parliament debate. While Yesterday Congress MP Rahul Gandhi questioned the links between PM Modi and Gautam Adani, Today PM Modi while responding slammed the opposition. However, he dodged the questions on Adani. In this episode of the Dialogue, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair speaks to Journalist Anand Vardhan Singh, Economist Prof Arun Kumar and Market Expert Sunil Shah. 

"Filing ITR is like the most greatest task for any middle class, salaried person. And I speak of my own experience. Calculating tax, deductions, rebates and filing your income tax. Once you understand it, you may not find it that difficult, unless you have say multiple income sources and investments that it is tedious for you to kep tab of each and every thing. But since, filing income tax is such a big task for us, middle class salaried persons, whenever the budget is presented, all the eyes are on the part where the Finance Minister announces Income Tax rates. This year, the budget brought some good news. The non-taxable income limit was extended to 7 Lakh from 5 lakh. Which means if you have annual income of 7 lakh, you won’t have to pay any income tax. Well, but there’s a catch. And that has got everyone confused these days. Since the budget announcement. there’s one question that I have heard my colleagues, friends and family members ask. The question is whether I should go for Old Tax Regime or the New one? This is a big question in front of everyone. 

बुधवार को पीएम लोकसभा में बोले थे, यहां पीएम के भाषण को राहुल गांधी के सवालों के जवाब के रूप में देखा गया. वहीँ राज्यसभा में भी प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी विपक्ष को निशाने पर लेते दिखे। 

Rajasthan के मुख्यमंत्री Ashok Gehlot ने आज वित्तीय वर्ष 2023-24 के लिए राज्य का बजट पेश करते हुए की। यह राज्य का बहुप्रतीक्षित बजट था, विधानसभा चुनाव से ठीक पहले होने वाले इस बजट का काफी महत्त्व है. हालांकि, सीएम गहलोत ने जब बजट पढ़ना शुरू किया तो वे आठ मिनट तक पिछले साल का बजट पढ़ते रहे और उन्हें आभास तक न हुआ. उन्हें अपनी गलती का एहसास तब हुआ जब विपक्ष शोर मचाने लगा, और उनके ही मंत्री ने उन्हें याद दिलाया कि यह पुराना बजट है. 

"Attacking the congress in general and Gandhi family in particular, PM Modi said that the Congress party gets upset whenever Nehru is not mentioned by our govt. If he was so great why no one uses Nehru surname? PM’s dig was aimed at Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. Former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is the great Grandfather of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. He said, ""If we miss out on mentioning Nehru anywhere, they (Congress) get upset. Nehru was such a great person, then why does none of them use the Nehru surname. What is the shame in using the Nehru name."" 

As many as 10,655 micro, small and medium enterprises closed down in the financial year 2022-23 – the highest in the last four years. This data also misses one year of the month, since the year is still ongoing – so the actual number may be even higher. In 2021-22 that number was 6,222, which in 2020-21 it was far lower at 175 and in 2019-20 it was 400. In this episode of the Editorial our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter. 

"From Share Market to Now Parliament, our Sansad the temple of Democracy, the name, the news that dominates the discourse is of Gautam Adani. Since the route in Adani shares after Hindenburg Research report came out late last month, every news around us, every discussion has been centred on Adani. After almost 10 days, Adani group company shares which were taking a beating at the D Street, recovered today and traded in green. This after the news of Adani group’s decision to prepay loans amounting $1.1 Billion. Despite this, the controversy is not dying anytime soon. In fact on the contrary, the politics around this has just started to gather steam. While on one hand, the parliament is rocked with debate on Adani group share crash, opposition is trying to corner the govt over it, on the other, the matter has reached Supreme Court. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to stop the media from reporting the Adani case. The petition asks the court to pass a gag order on media regarding reportage of Adani issue. Who has filed the petition, what is the petition, let’s talk about this in today’s video. At the end we will also talk about the HW Viewpoint on the matter. 

The allegations levelled by Hindenburg research on Adani group companies led to route in shares of the group companies in share market over the last week. Today, the crisis also reflected in the parliament debate. While Yesterday Congress MP Rahul Gandhi questioned the links between PM Modi and Gautam Adani, Today PM Modi while responding slammed the opposition. However, he dodged the questions on Adani. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair compares the two speeches and shares his take on the matter.