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Indian economy is set to cross $5-trillion mark in FY29 as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government has adopted a broad-based growth strategy to achieve the milestone, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). As per the World Economic Outlook database (April 2026) published by…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives a dividend cheque of ₹12,207 crore for FY 2025-26 from Life Insurance Corporation of India CEO and MD R. Doraiswamy, in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 29, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) paid ₹12,207.25 crore dividend to…
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Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman graces the unveiling ceremony of the new book, titled ‘Daughters of Kanchi – The SSKV Story’, on the 120th anniversary of the SSKV Group at SSKV College of Arts & Science for Women in Kilambi, Kanchipuram, on Thursday (June 25, 2026). Photo Credit: X@nsitharamanoffc Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Northeast India’s largest organic spice processing plant in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district in the company of Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and his Sikkim counterpart Prem Singh Tamang on Friday, June 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (June 19, 2026) inaugurated the…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman greets a gathering during the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Samavesh’, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday inspected the ongoing construction and development works of the Bengaluru–Chennai Expressway at Devanahalli as part of the ‘Pragati Path Yatre Darshan’ programme. During the visit, Ms….
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the ‘Vikasitha Bharatha Sankalpa Samavesh’ program, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said fluctuations in the rupee against the U.S. dollar are influenced by a range of global and domestic factors. Speaking to reporters at Devanahalli near Bengaluru during…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said fluctuations in the rupee against the US dollar are driven by multiple global and domestic factors, including geopolitical uncertainties, foreign capital movements and India’s import dependence on crude oil, fertilisers and gold. She underlined that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervenes only to…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said fluctuations in the rupee against the US dollar are driven by multiple global and domestic factors, including geopolitical uncertainties, foreign capital movements and India’s import dependence on crude oil, fertilisers and gold. She underlined that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervenes only to…
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People watch the Union Budget 2026-27 being presented by Union Finance Minsiter Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2026. Veteran experts in public finances say Tamil Nadu has got virtually nothing extra. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Despite five southern States being assigned a collectively higher share under the vertical distribution scheme of the 16th Finance…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitahraman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) proposed a tax exemption on awards given by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in the Union Budget 2026-27. According to the Budget document, the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, inter alia, provide for compensation and an interest on the compensation to be awarded by…