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Celebrity lawmakers step out in style for budget day
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Upping the fashion quotient of the ongoing Budget Session, celebrity lawmakers Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, and Ravi Kishan were dressed in style while arriving at the Parliament on Saturday.
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Rs 3.6 lakh crore approved for Jal Jeevan Mission: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 3.6 lakh crore have been approved for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which seeks to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024.
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Rs 15 lakh crore credit target for farmers during 2020-21 fiscal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Central government has set to disburse Rs 15 lakh crore among farmers as credit during the year 2020-21, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha.
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'Like a lotus blooming in Dal Lake': Sitharaman recites Kashmiri verse in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Union Budget 2020 and followed the tradition of reciting poetry and couplets with a Kashmiri verse, outlining the inclusiveness of the country.
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Budget 2020-21: Govt announces Rs 99,300 crores for education sector
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): A sum of Rs 99,300 crores for education for the year 2020-21 will be provided, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the second union budget of Modi's re-elected government.
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There will be cosmetic surgery in Budget for appeasement: Adhir Ranjan Cho
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that "cosmetic surgery" is certainly going to be there in the Budget as the BJP-led Central government does not have anything to resolve the root problems ailing the economy.
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Will achieve seamless delivery of services through digital governance: Sit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday stressed upon the importance of digital governance for boosting the economy and said the government will achieve seamless delivery of services.
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Kisan Rail, Krishi UDAN for farmers, says Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation in North East and tribal districts, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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Fish production to be increased to 200 lakh tonnes by 2022-23: Nirmala Sit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government aims to increase fish production to 200 lakh tonnes by 2022-23, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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GST has resulted in efficiency gains in transport, logistics sector: Sitha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday hailed the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying that the new tax regime has resulted in efficiency gains in transport and logistics sector.
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Indian Railways to set up Kisan Rail: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Indian Railways will set up a Kisan Rail through public-private partnership model, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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NDA govt committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022: FM Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday reiterated that the NDA government is committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022.
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