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A farmer at his paddy field on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. File (Representational image only) | Photo Credit: The Hindu Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said as many as 11.8 crore farmers were provided financial assistance under the PM KISAN Yojana. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is one of the world’s largest…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Direct Benefit Transfers (DBTs) through Jan Dhan accounts, totalling up to Rs 34 lakh crore, have translated into savings of Rs 2.7 lakh crore for the government,…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, on Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The government is working to make India a developed country by 2047, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. Presenting the interim Budget 2024-25, Ms. Sitharaman…
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She was speaking at Annual Day celebrations of Shri Ram College of Commerce (File) New Delhi: Highlighting the achievements from ‘Pradhan mantra Garib Kalyan Yojana’ and ‘e-Shram portal’, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t believe in the principle of ‘entitlement’, but instead in empowering the people. She was speaking…
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New Delhi: The proposed women’s reservation bill, which has been cleared by the cabinet, triggered a huge war of words between Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today. Speaking in the new parliament, Mr Kharge alleged that the reservation will only be manipulated by political parties to choose uneducated voiceless women who…
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It is wrong to use words that may incite violence, said Nirmala Sitharaman. (File) Chennai: On the Sanatana Dharma row, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin should speak realising his responsibility as a state minister. Despite witnessing insult to Lord Rama in Tamil Nadu in 1971, Sanatana Dharma did…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media during a press conference on G-20 Leaders’ Summit. File. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s external debt of $624.7 billion at March-end 2023 with a debt-service ratio of 5.3% is within the comfort zone and modest from a cross-country perspective, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. In her…
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Nirmala Sitharaman and Janet Yellen discussed key G20 priorities. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and discussed G20 priorities. The bilateral meeting took place a day ahead of the G20 Leadership Summit beginning on Saturday in Delhi. Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman and…
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Nirmala Sitharaman asked banks, financial institutions to ensure customers update nominees Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today asked banks and other financial institutions to ensure that their customers must update nominees to help resolve the problem of unclaimed money in future. “I want the banking system, the financial ecosystem including the mutual funds, stock markets…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union MoS for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra during the 51st Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting, in New Delhi, on August 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The GST Council on August 2 blinked a little on technicalities and kept the door open for…
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