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With schemes that provide funds for infrastructure creation, technology upgradation and climate change adaptation, the MSME sector will be able to contribute even more for the economy | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS Recently, Union Minister for MSMEs Jitan Ram Manjhi said six pillars were identified as focus areas for the growth of the MSME sector…
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India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India’s logo as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament, before the nation’s general election, in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi should focus on adherence…
Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth Pre-Budget consultation with representatives of the Employment and Skilling division. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has concluded consultations with various stakeholders, including representatives of industry and social sectors, as part of the budget preparation exercise. Ms. Sitharaman will present…
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Budget 2024: Ms Sitharaman had presented an interim Budget in February. (File) The full Budget for the year 2024-25 will be presented on July 23, with the Parliament session beginning a day earlier, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday. The Parliamentary Affairs minister said the Budget session will begin on July 22 and is…
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu meets Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting, in New Delhi on July 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the Union Budget presentation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on July 5 met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, pressing for enhanced financial support to…
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 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…
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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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…
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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