At Budget 2024, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong had announced an SGD 1.9 billion enhancement to the Assurance Package (AP) to help relieve cost-of-living pressures for Singaporean households.
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Majulah Singapura! PM Lawrence Wong speaks of “agility, foresight and gumption” in his first National Day speech
Ever pragmatic, the prime minister avoided excessive optimism in his speech. At the same time, he outlined the roadmap to strengthen Singapore.
Modi 3.0 budget in July to lay out India’s economic roadmap and strategy to hit USD 5 trillion mark
The Modi 3.0 economic agenda would include steps to fast-track reforms to make India a USD 5 trillion economy in near future, and turn the country into ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.
DOTS Academy @ Central aims to make confident, curious, and future-ready individuals out of Singapore youth
DOTS Academy @ Central has been made possible by the donation of SGD 250,000 by SingLand. Central Singapore CDC contributed SGD 250,000 through a dollar-to-dollar matching grant.
This is India’s decade as global destination for investments and travel, says VFS Global CEO Zubin Karkaria
Karkaria said that there was a lot of excitement about and interest in India among CEOs of international companies, as the country was undergoing a rapid economic and social transformation.
100 million “affluent” Indians to earn more than USD10K by 2027, says Goldman Sachs report
A report claims India’s affluent class may soon nearly double to touch 100 million people by 2027.
Gujarat Chief Minister lauds Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as a nation-builder, and invites Singapore businesses to Vibrant Gujarat 2024
In a strategic move to drive participation in the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat 2024, Chief Minister of the state, Bhupendra Patel, accompanied by a high-level delegation, has embarked on a visit to Japan and Singapore between November 26 and December 2.
Singapore named the world’s most expensive city for 9th time in 11 years in global cost of living survey
In the 2023 results, Singapore and Zürich have overtaken New York City, which is in third place now. Hong Kong is the second Asian city to be in the Top 5 this year.
Destination weddings: Modi urges Indians to be ‘vocal for local’ with the INR 5 trillion big fat Indian wedding industry
On Mann Ki Baat, the prime minister particularly urged “big families” to hold wedding celebrations on Indian soil, so that the country’s money would not leave its shores.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong connects with Silicon Valley during US visit for APEC meet
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who visited the United States for the APEC meet, inaugurated the SF Overseas Centre of Enterprise Singapore, the government entity tasked with increasing the island nation’s business competitiveness.
