New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding Indian passports be given Aadhar cards upon their arrival in India without the mandatory 180-day waiting period.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that 18 new diplomatic missions will be opened in Africa.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): India will be made open-defecation free (ODF) on October 2, 2019, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Jal Shakti Ministry will work with all states to provide water to all rural households by 2024 under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission'.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The government plans to improve skills of youth in newer areas like artificial intelligence, big data and robotics which are valued highly within and outside the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government aims to develop 75,000 skilled entrepreneurs in agro-rural industries.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A new public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL), has been incorporated to tap benefits of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting her maiden Budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to expand the Swachh Bharat mission to undertake sustainable solid waste management in every village of the country by harnessing latest technology.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): The government is contemplating enhancing foreign direct investment (FDI) in media and aviation sectors, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Parliament on Friday echoed with a couplet and a quote from Kautilya's 'arthshastra' when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden Budget in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): India will become a $3 trillion economy by the end of the current year itself, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday in the Lok Sabha.