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'Is it not dramebaazi?': Nirmala Sitharaman's takedown of Rahul's meeting
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday equated the interaction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with migrant workers on Saturday, with 'dramebaazi', and urged the prime opposition party in the country to behave more responsibly in its statements and
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Govt to form new policy for PSEs, open all sectors to private players: FM
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The government will soon come up with a new policy for public sector enterprises (PSEs) and all sectors of the economy will be open for private entities, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday.
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Coronavirus-related debts to be excluded from defaults under IBC
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Corporate debts related to COVID-19 pandemic will be excluded from default category under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for a period of up to one year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday.
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Borrowing limit of states increased from 3 to 5 percent, will give extra r
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): To deal with the economic fallout of COVID-19, the Centre increased borrowing limit for states from three to five per cent for 2020-21 only, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Sunday.
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Sitharaman announces decriminalisation of Companies Act defaults
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): In order to provide relief to the companies amid COVID-19 pandemic, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced the decriminalisation of Companies Act defaults.
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Centre to increase public expenditure on health: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that public expenditure on health will be increased and a dedicated hospital block for treatment of infectious diseases will be set up in each district across the nation.
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Govt to allocate additional Rs 40,000 crore under MGNREGS: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that the Centre has allocated an additional amount of Rs 40 thousand crores under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
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Sitharaman to announce last tranche of economic package today
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The last tranche of economic package announcement by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be held on Sunday.
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Mining sector reforms is huge opportunity for employment, add to GDP: Unio
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Hailing the reforms in the mining sector announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, Union Mines and Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said that reforms will bring a huge opportunity for employment as well as to add to the GDP.
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Will opening of defence, airspace to foreign companies make self-reliant I
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New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Saturday hit out at the BJP-led government over the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concerning the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package to make India self-reliant and asked if opening up of defence, airsp
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FM's fourth tranche has no fiscal measure: P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not announce any fiscal measure in her fourth tranche of the economic stimulus package, said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday.
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FM's latest announcements will establish new dimensions of development: U'
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 16 (ANI): Hailing the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that these measures would establish new dimensions of development.
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