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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech in Parliament on Saturday proposed 16 action points to revive the struggling agriculture sector by doubling farmers' income.
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Economy shifted from ICU to ventilator after Budget, says West Bengal Fina
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 1 (ANI): The Finance Minister of West Bengal Amit Mitra on Wednesday said that after the Budget announcement the Indian economy has been put on a ventilator.
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Real estate stakeholders disappointed by Budget 2020
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Union Budget 2020 falls short of real estate industry expectations with no major announcement for accelerating growth in the beleaguered sector, stakeholders said on Saturday
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Budget lacks roadmap to revive sinking economy: Kamal Nath
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday called the Union Budget 2020-21 "disappointing", and one which lacked the roadmap to control inflation and stem the declining economy.
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Nothing tangible, only 'pompous announcements' in Union Budget, says Capt
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Slamming the Union Budget as high on 'pomposity' and low on tangibles, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said the economy was clearly not a priority for the BJP-led Central Government, which was too busy pursuing its negative
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FM spoke of everything but the Budget: Sitaram Yechury
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Reacting to the Union Budget 2020-21, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said that the Union Finance Minister spoke of "everything but the Budget" in her two-and-a-half-hour long speech. He alleged the Minister failed to address the "real issues facing t
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Budget to provide relief to poor, farmers: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the focus of the Modi government is to give poor people and farmers relief and thus the budget has allocated Rs 2,83,000 crore for agriculture.
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Public-private partnership encouraged in budget, says NITI Aayog CEO Amita
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog said that the Union Budget 2020-21 focuses on increasing the contribution of the private sector in the growth of the economy by giving importance to public-private partnership (PPP) Model.
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Budget seeks to strengthen grassroots of economy: Walmart India
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): President and CEO at Walmart India Krish Iyer said on Saturday the Union Budget 2020-21 seeks to strengthen grassroots of the economy with its positive push towards the creation of strong agriculture infrastructure.
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Budget 2020-21 aims at energising Indian economy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Union Budget 2020-21, which Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, aims at energising the economy of India through a combination of short-term, medium-term, and long term measures.
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Budget will accelerate pace of investments in India, says Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2020-21 will accelerate the pace of investments in India and added there is positivity among business groups to invest in the country.
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The Budget will prepare India to become a $5 trillion economy, says Piyush
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Union Budget for the year 2020-21 is a balanced one that prepares India to become a 5 trillion dollar economy.
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