Modi administration

India's government unveiled a new budget aimed at reviving its pandemic-battered economy, with a focus on vaccinations and doubling on health care spending.

India's economy shrank by the astonishing 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of last year and is projected to record its worst-ever annual recession - a contraction of 7.7 per cent - in the current financial year ending March 31.

A Bill was passed to this effect in November

On Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies passed a bill repealing special state pensions, 247 to nil and 21 abstentions. The bill provides for the repeal of special state pensions, with the exception of the pensions for the military and police.