Before departing from the Finance Ministry for Parliament, she posed with her team holding the “traditional bahi khata”. It is a tablet wrapped in a red-coloured cloth with a golden-coloured ...

This red-coloured pouch, also known as the Bai-Khata, replaced the traditional briefcase in 2019, symbolising a shift from colonial-era practices to Indian traditions. Sitharaman carries her iPad in ...

In the 2024 Budget, the government announced three initiatives for ‘employment-linked incentives’ under the PM's package. The finance minister said these initiatives would be based on enrolment in the ...

In 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman—India's first full-time female finance minister—made a statement by carrying a 'bahi khata' instead of the traditional briefcase on Budget presentation day ...

In a significant move to streamline property documentation in Karnataka, the state government has initiated a one-time measure to issue B-khata certificates to properties lacking e-documents.

BENGALURU: The state government will undertake a one-time khata settlement of properties that do not have e-khata. Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda announced it will be done like a campaign ...

Taking a cue from the Income Tax Department, Bengaluru’s civic body is developing a new system to make the e-khata issuance process faceless by reducing the control of Assistant Revenue Officers ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to table the Union Budget 2025-26 in her traditional ‘Bahi-Khata’ on February 1 and the agriculture sector expects the government to introduce reforms which ...

Bengaluru: In the capital Bengaluru, e-Khata has been made mandatory for property sales, purchases and other works. Meanwhile, even though the BBMP offices in each ward have provided facilities to ...

Following his wife's death on Nov 15, 2023, he sought to change the khata to his name providing evidence of tax payments. The municipal commissioner rejected his request on August 16, 2024 ...