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Why sustainable funding matters for India’s ‘science power’ ambition | Explained

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Why sustainable funding matters for India’s ‘science power’ ambition | Explained

The 2024 theme for National Science Day, which India celebrates every year on February 28, is “Science for Sustainable Development”. Science and technological developments are key drivers of India’s journey towards becoming a developed country by 2047. India is committed to making this progress through sustainable means, as evidenced by its commitments under the Paris…

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Land reforms included on top of the agenda in Modi government’s third term: Nirmala Sitharaman

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Land reforms included on top of the agenda in Modi government’s third term: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses FICCI’s National Conclave on ‘Viksit Bharat@2047’, in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Narendra Modi government’s third term in office will place reforms in all factors of production, including land, labour and capital on “top of the agenda” along with the “21st century factor” of digital…

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Finance Minister to review economy at FSDC meeting on Feb 21

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Finance Minister to review economy at FSDC meeting on Feb 21

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to review the state of the economy amid global challenges at a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on February 21. The 28th meeting of the high-level panel to be held here will be attended by…

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Manmohan Singh missed the reforms bus as PM: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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Manmohan Singh missed the reforms bus as PM: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Febuary 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) squandered the opportunity to implement the unfinished reforms agenda from 1991 during its decade in office, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the…

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Fugitive economic offenders will be extradited: FM in reply to White Paper debate in Lok Sabha

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Fugitive economic offenders will be extradited: FM in reply to White Paper debate in Lok Sabha

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Fugitive economic offenders like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Sanjay Bhandari will be extradited to India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 9, even as she charged…

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White paper on the economy | We rescued the economy from crisis, says government

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White paper on the economy | We rescued the economy from crisis, says government

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables white paper in the Lok Sabha on February 8, 2024. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI As promised in her Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid a White Paper on the economy in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, outlining that the UPA’s 10 years in office created “an inheritance of…

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Parliament Budget Session Live Updates Day 7: PM Modi hails Manmohan Singh’s contribution towards country, Rajya Sabha in farewell to retiring members

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Parliament Budget Session Live Updates Day 7: PM Modi hails Manmohan Singh’s contribution towards country, Rajya Sabha in farewell to retiring members

Elamaram Kareem, CPI (M) MP from Kerala, says that there is no mention of the 60-crore workforce of India in the Bill. Only with Ayodhya, they cannot overcome the next election, he says.  AITC MP Jawhar Sircar asks the government what is the GDP growth now. We get the impression that it is at its…

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Parliament Budget Session updates | Lok Sabha passes The Finance Bill, 2024

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Parliament Budget Session updates | Lok Sabha passes The Finance Bill, 2024

You speak of new middle class, but how do you treat current middle class: INC MP Imran Pratapgarhi INC MP Imran Pratapgarhi says that instead of providing houses over people’s heads, the centre is bulldozing homes as well as democracy.  How is it ‘s abka saath. sabka vikas,’ when you have taken away the Maulana…

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Inflation within tolerance band; government taking steps to check price rise: Nirmala Sitharaman

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Inflation within tolerance band; government taking steps to check price rise: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha on February 6, 2024. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 6 said inflation has come down within the tolerance band as a result of the steps taken by the government to check price rise, especially in perishable commodities. Replying to a…

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