India’s largest helicopter facility to open in K’taka

Jammu

(PTI):

Union minister Anurag Singh

Thakur on Saturday said the government has nothing to hide on the Adani issue and accused opposition parties of creating a ruckus in Parliament to evade a debate on the “peoplefriendly” budget.

He alleged that they had insulted President Droupadi Murmu by stalling a discussion on the motion of thanks to the president’s address and demanded that they apologise to her.

“We want discussion on President’s address and 2023-24 budget which will guide India from ‘Amrit Kaal to Swarnim Kaal’ and will lay the foundation of New India but the Opposition is running away from discussion,” Thakur told media here.

Parliament was adjourned for the second consecutive day on Fri- day without transacting any business after the Opposition stepped up demand for independent investigation into the allegations of fraud against Gautam Adani’s companies that triggered an unprecedented stock crash.

Responding to query on Opposition’s demand, Thakur said, “The banks, LIC and RBI have already made their statements clear, while the govt has nothing to hide.” “The role of the Opposition is very unfortunate. Their response to the speech of the president is condemnable as they repeatedly humiliated her. They should immediately apologise to her,” he said.

Thakur said the Opposition was rendered speechless by the “people-friendly” budget and instead of having a discussion on it, they are creating a ruckus.

SOUTH CENTRAL RLY GETS `13,786 CR IN UNION BUDGET

Hyderabad (PTI): South Central Railway on Friday said it was sanctioned a sum of Rs. 13,786.19 crore for year 2023-24 compared to Rs. 8,349.75 crore for year 2022-23, nearly 65 per cent increase over last year's allocation in the Union Budget. A press release from the SCR said Rs 3,374.44 crore was allotted for doubling, third line and bypass line works compared to Rs 1,531 crore last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate facility on Monday

New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate a greenfield helicopter production facility of state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Karnataka’s Tumakuru that will initially produce light utility helicopters (LUHs).

MARTIN TO DISPLAY F-21 JET, OTHER PLATFORMS AT AERO-INDIA 2023

Kolkata (PTI): Union Minister Smriti

Irani on Saturday slammed the Congress for disrupting the proceedings in Parliament demanding an independent investigation into the allegations of fraud against billionaire Gautam Adani’s companies that triggered an unprecedented stock crash. She alleged it is a reflection of the animosity the party has towards President Droupadi Murmmu from the day she took office.

SHAH ON UNION BUDGET 2023-24

Adequate funds for over 2 lakh agri societies: HM

No panchayat will lack milk dairy, fisheries society in next 5 years: HM

Deoghar (ANI): Union Home Affairs Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that with the recently released Union Budget 2023-24, the Centre has made provisions and allocated adequete fund for the registration of over 2 lakh multi-dimensional Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).

He said that the PACS have been created to ensure that there remains no ‘panchayat’ which would lack a dairy or a fishery cooperative society. “To promote cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced several schemes in the recently released Union Budget 2023-24.. The previous tax of 26 per cent which was used to be levied on cooperation in the field of production, has now been lowered to 15 per cent. We have also constituted a Ministry of Cooperation to check which all panchayats lack milk and fisheries society,” Shah said.

To promote cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced several schemes in the recently released Union Budget 2023-24.

Amit Shah was addressing a function after laying the foundation stone of a nano urea plant of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) in

SMRITI SLAMS CONG FOR DISRUPTING PARL HOUSES BUDGET 2023 TO PROVIDE JOBS TO YOUTH: MoS

—Amit Shah, Union Home Affairs Minister and Cooperation Minister

Jharkhand’s Deoghar, and said, “After the formation of the Ministry of Cooperation, we set up a data bank for Cooperatives across the country to identify which Panchayats do not have PACs, dairy, or, a Fishery cooperative society. Hence, after five years, there will be no panchayat that does not have a PACS.”

Rai

New Delhi (ANI): Minister of State

(Home) Nityanand Rai on Saturday said that Union Budget 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will provide job opportunities to youths in the country with the resolution of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’. MoS Home Nityanand Rai addressed a press conference in Agra on Budget and said that this budget outlines the development of all sections of the society.

ED grills Rahul Gandhi’s aide in PMLA case

New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has questioned and recorded the statement of Alankar Sawai, a close aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in which TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was recently arrested by the agency in Gujarat, the Enforcement Directorate officials said. Sawai was questioned and also confronted with Gokhale in Ahmedabad over three days earlier this week, they said.

The defence ministry billed the 615-acre factory as India’s largest helicopter-manufacturing facility and it has been planned as a onestop solution for the country’s chopper requirements.

Officials said the HAL plans to produce more than 1,000 helicopters in the range of three to 15 tonnes, with a total business of more than Rs 4 lakh crore over a period of 20 years.

fighter jet, S-92 multi-role helicopter, MH-60R Romeo multi-mission chopper and antitank weapon Javelin, among others, at the upcoming Aero-India exhibition in Bengaluru. The 14th edition of Aero-India will be held at Bengaluru in Karnataka from February 13 to 17. Almost all leading aerospace companies around the world are expected to attend the event at Air Force Station, Yelahanka.

PM

Modi Praises Bill Gates For Trying His Hands To

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded Billionaire Bill Gates for trying his hands to make roti. The PM advised him to make millet dishes as well. Gates posted a video on Instagram where he was seen making a roti along with popular blogger Eitan Bernath. Sharing the video on his Instagram story, PM Modi said, “Superb!” He also said that the latest trend in India is millets, which are known to be healthy. “There are many millet dishes too which you can try making,” Modi said.