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1 day ago · Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 2.9% in June from a year earlier, lower than economists' forecasts and the lowest reading since March 2022, official data showed on Tuesday. The core inflation rate, which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs, was a notch lower than the 3.0% forecast in a Reuters poll of economists and compared with 3.1% seen in April and May. The ...
23 hours ago · Singapore – Tuas Port: $14.8 billion (£11.6bn) ... The weapons system is a decade behind schedule and 80% over budget, bringing its cost to an almost unimaginable $1.7 trillion (£1.3tn).
The Government has also put in place four lines of defence to keep healthcare costs affordable for all Singaporeans, especially the lower-income and our seniors. With 12 more polyclinics and 3 more hospitals to be built by 2030, quality healthcare services will also be more accessible for all Singaporeans.
23 hours ago · t. e. The prime minister of Singapore [a] is the head of government of Singapore. The president appoints the prime minister on the advice and consent of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent prime minister is Lawrence Wong, who took office on 15 May 2024. [1] Singapore is modelled after the Westminster system.
1 day ago · India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit, the 2024-25 budget unveiled on Tuesday showed. The budget comes on the heels of last month's election setback in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power only with the help of allies. The ...
23 hours ago · As a small country surrounded by larger neighbours, Singapore allocated a large portion of its budget, around 19%, to defence and this still continues today, having the fourth largest per capita military expenditure in the world, after Israel, the United States and Kuwait.
2 days ago · Revenue windfall, following the strong run-rate in direct and indirect tax collections, and a record high surplus transfer from the RBI to the tune of INR 2.1trn (~0.6% of GDP) for FY24, compared to the budgeted INR 850bn, last year’s INR 874bn. This provides a fiscal cushion of 0.35-0.4% of GDP this year. Gross tax collections also surprised ...
