Union Budget 2025: Another missed opportunity for meaningful economic reform

Union Budget 2025: Another missed opportunity for meaningful economic reform

The budget was expected to provide a roadmap for economic recovery, job creation, and social welfare. Instead, it has exposed the government’s inability to address real challenges: unemployment, stagnating wages, declining public expenditure, and a weakening industrial sector. This budget, with its preoccupation with fiscal optics, is another missed opportunity for meaningful economic reform.The government’s … Read more

Johor MB renews appeal for state to receive 20% tax revenue return

Johor MB renews appeal for state to receive 20% tax revenue return

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has appealed to the Federal government to return 20% of the tax revenue collected to the state. In his winding-up speech during the state assembly sitting in Kota Iskandar, Onn Hafiz stated that this request is vital to ensure comprehensive development in the state. He then … Read more

Siddaramaiah protest: Siddaramaiah to lead Karnataka’s protest in Delhi on Wed; BJP to pay back with its own protest in Bengaluru

Siddaramaiah protest: Siddaramaiah to lead Karnataka’s protest in Delhi on Wed; BJP to pay back with its own protest in Bengaluru

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lead a dharna of Karnataka’s ministers and lawmakers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday on alleged lack of funding support from the Centre as the Congress seeks to make it a major campaign issue and put the BJP on the defensive in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.The … Read more