Tue, May 14, 2024
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government is confident of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return to power in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Her remarks come a day after several parts of the country voted under a fourth phase of polling in the world's largest electoral exercise.
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Wed, May 08, 2024
The Finance Minister said that contrary to Rahul Gandh's claims of HAL not performing well, its market valuation, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure, has skyrocketed by 1,370 per cent in merely four years, rising from Rs 17,398 crore in 2020 to Rs 2.5 lakh crore as of May 7.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman took to X (formerly Twitter) to say that PSUs are benefitting “significantly from the culture of professionalism infused in them along with increased operational freedom”, in a categorical rebuttal to certain claims made by the Oppostition about the sector.
Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Budget 2020: Addressing the demand from experts and industry, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday abolished the Dividend Distribution Tax or DDT.
Income Tax Slab 2020: FM Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed the status quo on personal income up to Rs 5 lakh per annum while she has proposed a new income tax slab.
Budget 2020: The government on Saturday increased the limit of insurance cover in case of bank failure on deposits to Rs 5 lakh. The announcement was made by the finance minister in her Budget 2020 speech.
India should be a preferred destination for education - Study in India, the Finance Minister said while presenting the Budget 2020. National Police University, National Forensic Science University to be established. Caption: Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presentation the Union Budget on Saturday
To augment India's infrastructure and create jobs, the government has launched Rs 103 lakh crore infra projects and will release a logistic policy soon, besides accelerating highways construction, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Presenting the Union Budget in Parliament, Sit
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed a scheme for manufacturing cell phones, semi conductors and other electronic devices.
Budget 2020 with Anil Singhvi LIVE: With FIIs, DIIs, farmers, investors, industry to common man, everyone was looking at FM Nirmala Sitharaman today as she presented the Union Budget in Parliament.
She also said 1,150 trains will run under the public private partnership (PPP) mode, also four stations will be redeveloped with the help of the private sector. Besides, the minister promised more Tejas type trains to connect tourist destinations.
Union Budget 2020: Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Aam Budget 2020 in Parliament. Here are important things to know from FM Nirmala Sitharaman's speech - (ANI photo)
In what comes as a big boost for smartphone industry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a new scheme for manufacturing cell phones, semi conductors and other electronic devices.
Government allocates Rs 69000 cr on health sector
Presenting the Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha on Saturday, she said: "There are one million people out of poverty and we should be proud of it. We have moved on from over 4 per cent growth in 1950s to 7.4 per cent to 2014-19 period. Motto of `Sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas` has implemented new programmes for the poor and disadvantaged under Prime Minister Modi."
Budget 2020 news: As many as 100 new airports will be constructed over the next four years, announced Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
Income Tax Changes in Budget 2020: The common has got good news with change in income tax rates and more benefits from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union budget. Here is all you need to know about chnage in slabs, section 80c and more.
She also said refrigerated parcel vans on select mail express and freight trains for carrying perishable cargo was also on the anvil. Perishable goods like fruits, vegetables, dairy products, fish, meat need to be carried in such temperature controlled vans in order to travel long distances.
Notably, Singapore continued to be the largest source of FDI in India during the first half of the financial year with USD 8 billion investments. Further the count was followed by Mauritius, the US, the Netherlands, and Japan.
Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a gift to farmers by announcing a 16-point plan that aims to double their income by 2022. In her budget speech, Sitharaman said that comprehensive measures for 100 water-stressed districts have been been proposed while the agricultural credit target has been set at Rs 15 lakh crore.
Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget in the Parliament on Saturday afternoon said that her Budget 2020 (#BudgetOnZee) is woven around three themes.
Budget 2020 Highlights: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech today in Parliament announced a number of sops for all concerned - the common people, investors, markets, taxpayers to India Inc. Read them all here:
In her Budget speech on Saturday afternoon, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman used few verses in Kashmiri to describe India as Shalimar Garden.
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