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In her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about conserving India’s manuscript heritage, on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Union Budget 2025-26 announced a special mission for the survey, documentation, and conservation of India’s manuscript heritage. Launched as the ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission’, it intends to cover more than one crore manuscripts….
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (February 1, 2025) made some significant proposals for promoting indigenous ship building as also acquisition of Indian-flagged ships. Among them, the Budget has proposed the setting up of a Maritime Development Fund (MDF) to support…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the upcoming year on Saturday, February 1, 2025. The first part of the Budget session will begin on January 31 and conclude on February 13, 2025. The second part will begin on March 10 and end…
Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 30 termed misleading claims by Opposition leaders that if any State is not named in the Budget speech,…
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The first Union budget of the Modi 3.0 government saw a concerted effort at women-led development, with the Finance Minister announcing more than ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy The first Union budget of the Modi 3.0 government saw a concerted effort at women-led development, with the…
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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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People watch the live budget speech telecast from Parliament House, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 on February 01, 2024. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented her sixth consecutive Budget with a speech lasting 56 minutes, her shortest-ever. Dressed in a turquoise-coloured embroidered…
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