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Union Budget 2024-25: Union Ministers laud 'inclusive Budget', Oppn terms
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Even as Union Ministers hailed the Union Budget tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday as an 'inclusive budget', it drew sharp criticism from Opposition leaders who dubbed it as an 'election budget'.
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Budget Session: Floor leaders to meet at Mallikarjun Kharge's office in Pa
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Floor leaders of the Opposition bloc -- Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) -- will hold a meeting on Friday at the office of the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to draw up a floor strategy for the ongoing Budget session.
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"Positive and welcome": Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hails Union Budget 2024
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Nitish Kumar, the Chief of the Janata Dal (United) that broke its ties with the Opposition bloc INDIA recently also lauded the Centre for increasing the amount of loans for higher education.
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Record over Rs 6.21 lakh crore allocation to Ministry of Defence in Interi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In the current geopolitical scenario and with the twin objective of promoting self-reliance and exports, the defence budget has touched Rs 6,21,540.85 crore in the financial year 2024-25.
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"Judicious and visionary..." Former CEA KV Subramaniam on interim budget
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"...Overall, that is how I would assess it - judicious on the fiscal front, non-populace because it is more of the same and visionary because many other steps on innovation and CapEx etc." said KV Subramanian - Executive Director of the IMF and former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government
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The interim budget's emphasis on innovation and growth is promising: Geeta
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 at the Parliament today, a day after the commencement of the Budget Session. The interim budget provided estimates of the government's expenditure, revenue, fiscal deficit, fin
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Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"The government of India established 3000 new ITIs. A large number of new institutions of higher learning, namely 7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS and 390 universities, have been set up." added the Finance Minister.
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Women empowerment has gained momentum in ten years of Modi government, 30
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Empowerment of women through entrepreneurship, ease of living, and dignity for them has gained momentum in ten years of the Modi government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday and noted that 83 lakh SHGs with nine crore women are transforming the rural socio-economic lan
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Rajya Sabha Chairman reconstitutes 8-member panel of vice-chairpersons wit
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons comprising eight members with presence of 50 per cent women parliamentarians.
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"Nothing but to woo people in Lok Sabha election": Congress' Adhir Ranjan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
After the announcement of Interim Budget 2024-25 today, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that it is nothing but to woo people in this year's Lok Sabha elections.
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"40,000 normal rail bogies to be converted to Vande Bharat standards": FM
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Finance Minister further said that three major economic railway corridor programmes-- energy, mineral and cement corridors, port connectivity corridors, and high traffic density corridors--will be implemented.
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CII president R Dinesh welcomes government's push for infrastructure, CapE
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"The immediate reaction would be the consolidation of the fiscal deficit. Our recommendation initially was a 5.4% fiscal deficit, but it's now 5.1%, which is a very significant step forward, but at the same time, does not sacrifice the focus on growth. So the capex spend has increased by
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