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Nirmala Sitharaman’s first Interim Budget | Puffed-up and poll-ready

February 1, 2024 admin

Illustration: Soumyadip Sinha Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting her sixth Union Budget and her first Interim Budget, resisted the temptation to hand out dramatic pre-poll sops like the ones unveiled ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, opting instead to bank on the government’s track record and the promise of “unprecedented development” in the next…

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Analysis | Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget reveals BJP’s confidence in comeback

February 1, 2024 admin

The announcement in the Interim Budget 2024 of providing rooftop solar power generation to one crore households has come as a response to multiple guarantees of free power by different political parties in different States, including in Delhi and Punjab by the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress in others. | Photo Credit: AP Finance Minister…

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A new scheme will be launched to develop deep tech for defence purposes, says Finance Minister

February 1, 2024 admin

India’s Finance Minister announced a new scheme to develop deep tech for defence purposes while presenting the Interim Budget for 2024-25. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR For tech-savvy youth, a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore will be established with 50-year interest free loans for providing long term financing or refinancing with long tenures and low…

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Budget 2024 Updates | It is a Budget of creating India’s future: PM Modi

February 1, 2024 admin

Terming the Interim Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as “progressive”, veteran BJP leader B. S. Yediyurappa complimented her for presenting a realistic Budget that will improve the standard of living of people. The former Karnataka Chief Minister said the Budget reaffirms the commitment of the BJP government towards building a strong, empowered,…

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Budget 2024 industry experts and markets reactions Live updates | Budget will help India deliver aspirational yet people-centric, inclusive development: Industry

February 1, 2024 admin

Budget presents promising roadmap to strengthen agriculture and dairy sectors, say industry leaders Agriculture and allied sector players termed the Interim Budget 2024-25 as a promising roadmap for strengthening agriculture, agrochemical, dairy sectors by encouraging investment in research and development, technology and warehousing that will empower farmers and their livelihood. “The Interim Budget 2024-25 reiterates…

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Interim Budget 2024 | ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers gets health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

February 1, 2024 admin

Watch | Interim Budget 2024 | What’s in it for health sector? | Video Credit: Richard Kujur Health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be extended to all Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and anganwadi workers and helpers said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, while announcing the interim Union…

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PM KISAN Yojana : FM Nirmala Sitharaman says 11.8 crore farmers receive financial assistance

February 1, 2024 admin

A farmer at his paddy field on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. File (Representational image only) | Photo Credit: The Hindu Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said as many as 11.8 crore farmers were provided financial assistance under the PM KISAN Yojana. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is one of the world’s largest…

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India’s external debt-service ratio at 5.3% within comfort zone, says Finance Minister

September 10, 2023 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media during a press conference on G-20 Leaders’ Summit. File. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s external debt of $624.7 billion at March-end 2023 with a debt-service ratio of 5.3% is within the comfort zone and modest from a cross-country perspective, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. In her…

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Government’s Top Priority Is To Tame Inflation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

August 25, 2023 admin

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government’s top priority is to tame inflation (File) New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the government’s top priority is to tame inflation to ensure sustained economic growth. Addressing the B20 Summit India, being hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the minister said the GDP numbers…

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Expect States to tap ₹1.3 lakh crore capex loan window quicker: Nirmala Sitharaman

February 2, 2023 admin

February 02, 2023 10:54 pm | Updated February 03, 2023 11:12 am IST – NEW DELHI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the post-budget FICCI national executive committee meeting in New Delhi on February 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday exuded confidence that States will sign up as early…

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