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States seek improvements in 50-year interest-free loan scheme

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States seek improvements in 50-year interest-free loan scheme

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: PTI States have urged the Centre to make some improvements in the 50-year interest free loan scheme for pursuing capital investment projects, under which the Union government has proposed to give them ₹1.3 lakh crore this year, the same amount as 2023-24. Ministers from States made suggestions…

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs pre-budget meeting with State Finance Ministers

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs pre-budget meeting with State Finance Ministers

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the pre-Budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all States and Union Territories in New Delhi on June 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a pre-budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all States and Union Territories on June 22 to take suggestions for the…

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GST Council to meet on June 22: What will be the agenda?

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GST Council to meet on June 22: What will be the agenda?

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nirmala Sitharaman arrives to assume charge as the Union Finance Minister, at the Ministry of Finance in New Delhi on June 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Centre has decided to convene a meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on June 22, eight-and-a-half months after its last…

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SBI Share price: State Bank of India’s stocks surge to all-time high, market cap crosses ₹8 lakh crore

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SBI Share price: State Bank of India’s stocks surge to all-time high, market cap crosses ₹8 lakh crore

State Bank of India (SBI)‘s market capitalisation crossed the ₹8 lakh crore mark on June 3. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The market capitalisation of the State Bank of India (SBI) crossed the ₹8 lakh crore mark on June 3 after the bank’s shares surged to a record high of ₹907. SBI is now the…

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Growth Momentum Will Continue In PM Modi’s 3rd Term: Nirmala Sitharaman

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Growth Momentum Will Continue In PM Modi’s 3rd Term: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman said the manufacturing sector witnessed growth of 9.9 % in 2023-24 (File) New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed 8.2 per cent GDP growth in 2023-24 as ‘remarkable’ and said the growth momentum will continue in the “third term of the Modi Government”. Today’s GDP data showcases robust economic growth with…

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Modi government turned around banking sector by enforcing reforms and improving governance, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman 

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Modi government turned around banking sector by enforcing reforms and improving governance, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman 

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 31 said the Modi Government has turned around the banking sector through various reforms and improved governance which has led to banks recovering more than ₹10 lakh crore from bad loans between 2014 and 2023. She said the…

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Nirmala Sitharaman Scoffs At Opposition Alliance

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Nirmala Sitharaman Scoffs At Opposition Alliance

Nirmala Sitharaman said it is not the ruling party’s job to “make an effective Opposition campaign”. New Delhi: The Congress party lacks the vision to present an alternative solution to unemployment and price rise, and are at the moment, defensive about many things, including their wealth redistribution scheme and their impending defeat in the election,…

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Modi Government reshaped Budget in last decade: Nirmala Sitharaman

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Modi Government reshaped Budget in last decade: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 27 said the Modi Government has reshaped the Union budget in the last 10 years from a mere record of expenditures to a strategic blueprint for equitable distribution. The Minister asserted that the government would continue to maximise the…

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Indian manufacturing needs more sophistication: Finance Minister

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Indian manufacturing needs more sophistication: Finance Minister

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Annual Business Summit 2024, in New Delhi on May 17, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Indian manufacturing needs to develop greater sophistication in its products and the government will assess how to provide policy support in this endeavour, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said…

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Lively Interaction, Nirmala Sitharaman’s Chat With Students At Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Bhawan Canteen

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Lively Interaction, Nirmala Sitharaman’s Chat With Students At Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Bhawan Canteen

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with students at Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana Bhawan New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today visited Andhra Pradesh Bhawan and Telangana Bhawan in Delhi, where she held discussions with college students and those who aspire to join the central civil services through the highly competitive Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Ms…

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