Rajiv Kumar

Feb 14, 2025 | financialexpress.com | Rajiv Kumar |Abhishek Jha

By Rajiv Kumar | Abhishek JhaA key highlight of the FY26 Budget is a major tax relief: salaried individuals earning up to Rs 12.75 lakh annually will be exempt from income tax. This bold move aims to boost domestic demand and consumption by increasing disposable income — potentially accelerating private investment in a timely manner, as the Economic Survey noted private investment is on the cusp of a rising cycle. However, this tax relief raises concerns about government revenue.

Jan 16, 2025 | moneycontrol.com | Rajiv Kumar

The forthcoming budget is confined to being a statement of government’s fiscal math. There was a time when budgets were awaited with great anticipation. They were then the principal instrumentality for announcing new reforms from the whole of the government. Now things are different. Over time, the budget has become an exercise in reporting the fiscal situation of the central government. This is indeed a pity.

Jan 15, 2025 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Kumar

Begusarai police on Tuesday evening arrested four people after a failed bike robbery bid in Garhpura area, SP Manish said on Wednesday. "Although, the criminals failed in their bid, police got information that they fled the spot waving firearms on their bike. A police team immediately got engaged in a vehicle-checking drive near Sujanpur chowk. A little later four people on two bikes reached the spot. Seeing the police approaching them, they started fleeing.

Jan 15, 2025 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Kumar

Begusarai: Chief minister Nitish Kumar is set to inaugurate as well as lay the foundation for several development projects in the district on Saturday. The CM is scheduled to visit Begusarai under the third phase of his ‘Pragati Yatra', which is slated to start from Khagaria on Thursday. In Begusarai, the CM will first arrive at Maniappa village under Matihani block where he would inaugurate the newly constructed panchayat sarkar bhavan.

Jan 13, 2025 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Rajiv Kumar

Begusarai: Unidentified criminals shot dead a 70-year-old farmer over an old land dispute at Sanha East village under Sahebpurkamal police station area in Begusarai district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Suresh Mahto. Suresh's younger brother, Sudhir Mahato, said that the criminals shot him from outside the closed grill of the verandah where his brother was sleeping. "On hearing the sound of firing, family members rushed to the verandah only to see him lying in a pool of blood.