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Capex not cut, states got Rs 1.46 trn special assistance in FY25: FM
02-Apr-2025

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Centre had released Rs 1.46 trillion to states in special assistance for capital expenditure, which is over 95 per cent of the budget allocation till March 26. While stressing that the government had not slowed down its capex push, Sitharaman, in reply to a question by Congress leader P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha, said, “Capital expenditure has not been cut at all.

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