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Positive and praiseworthy: Nitish Kumar hails Union Budget
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2020-21, saying it is positive and praiseworthy and cater to the interests of common man and farmers.
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Rs 35,600 crore outlay for nutrition-related programmes in Union Budget
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Emphasising on nutrition as a critical component on health, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to provide Rs 35,600 crore for nutrition-related programmes for the year 2020-21.
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National Logistics Policy will be released soon
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): A National Logistics Policy will be released soon and it will clarify the roles of the Union Government, State Governments and key regulators said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday in her budget speech.
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Finance Minister has not acknowledged 'demand constrained economy' in Budg
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has not acknowledged the challenge of "demand constrained" and "investment starved" Indian economy.
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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 4 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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No mention of employment, inflation in FM Nirmala Sitharaman's budget spee
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her budget speech did not mention anything about unemployment and inflation.
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Sitharaman proposes setting up National Recruitment Agency, says ease of l
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed setting up a National Recruitment Agency (NRA) as an independent, professional, specialist organisation for the conduct of a computer-based online Common Eligibility Test for recruitment to non-gazett
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Simplified GST return to be implemented from April 1
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that a simplified GST return will be implemented from April 1, 2020.
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Economy shifted from ICU to ventilator after Budget, says West Bengal Fina
Updated : 6 years, 4 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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Industry leaders from insurance, hospitality, health care sectors hail uni
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Industry giant from Insurance, financial sector, hospitality, and healthcare have hailed the Union Budget 2020-21, presented by Union finance minister Nirmala Sithraman in Parliament on Saturday.
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NHAI to monetise 12 highway stretches of over 6,000 km before 2024: FM
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget on Saturday proposed that the National Highways Authority of India will monetise at least 12 highway stretches before 2024.
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Finance Minister announces NIRVIK scheme to provide high insurance cover t
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): In order to provide high insurance cover to exporters and achieve higher export credit disbursement, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the NIRVIK scheme in Parliament on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget 2020-21.
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