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Budget 2024: FM Sithraman says India to prepare climate finance taxonomy

July 23, 2024 admin

The government will develop a taxonomy for climate finance, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech, in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. File (representational image) | Photo Credit: AP The government will develop a taxonomy for climate finance to help improve the availability of funds for adapting to climate change and…

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2024 Union Budget: Measures to boost MSMEs announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

July 23, 2024 admin

Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: V. Sreenivasa Murthy In her seventh budget speech and the first Union Budget presented by the new NDA government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a bevy of measures aimed at boosting the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. Click here for the Union Budget 2024 updates, highlights Saying…

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Union Budget 2024-25: Big push for agriculture to improve productivity, revolutionise agricultural research

July 23, 2024 admin

“In the next two years, 1 crore farmers will be initiated into natural farming supported by certification and branding,” Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech, in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Prioritising the welfare of farmers and the development of the agriculture sector, Finance…

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Budget 2024 LIVE: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present the full Union Budget 2024 today

July 23, 2024 admin

India saw 92 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2023, signifying a positive post-pandemic revival, the Chief Economic Advisor has said in the Economic Survey released on July 22. The survey, which was tabled in Parliament, said India’s tourism industry showed positive signs of revival post-pandemic with an year-on-year increase of 43.5%. The hospitality industry has…

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Budget 2024 date and time: When and where to watch the Union Budget on July 23, 2024?

July 22, 2024 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23 at 11 a.m. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman. The Budget Session of the Parliament started on Monday with the Economic Survey 2023-24 being tabled in…

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India saw 92 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2023: Economic Survey

July 22, 2024 admin

India saw 92 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2023, signifying a positive post-pandemic revival, the Economic Survey said. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM India saw 92 lakh foreign tourist arrivals in 2023, signifying a positive post-pandemic revival, the Chief Economic Advisor has said in the Economic Survey released on July 22. The survey, which was…

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Economic Survey 2024 data presents a cherry-picked view of economy: Congress

July 22, 2024 admin

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Alleging that the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on July 22 presented a “cherry-picked view” of the economy with “fudged” data, the Opposition parties criticised the government, saying the document once again shows that the BJP government is disconnected from reality. Congress general secretary in-charge…

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MGNREGS demand not a real indicator of rural distress: Economic Survey

July 22, 2024 admin

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Laying the groundwork for revisiting the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as a poverty alleviation tool, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on July 22 noted in the Economic Survey that demand under the scheme was not a “real indicator” of rural distress. …

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Proposed EU carbon tax protectionist, says Economic Survey

July 22, 2024 admin

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Echoing the Centre’s concerns on “protectionism”, the Economic Survey has noted that the forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Tax (CBAT) mooted by the European Union “went against the spirit of the Paris Agreement.” The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as it is called, are tariffs that…

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Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget for a record seventh time in a row

July 22, 2024 admin

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Pankaj Chaudhary and full budget team during giving final touches to the Union Budget, in New Delhi, on July 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget…

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