Loans worth about Rs 40,600 crore covering 1.8 lakh entrepreneurs have been sanctioned so far under the Stand Up India Scheme, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister requested the Union Finance Minister to finance an amount of 1,774 crores for the Saung Dam drinking water project under the special assistance of the Government of India for capital expenditure.
Firing a fresh salvo against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who was recently disqualified as MP from Lok Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that there are no takers for his "entitlement politics" in India.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed discontent over the opposition's conduct in the Budget Session of the Parliament which is moving towards closure with a persistent logjam with the government, and said that the Centre wanted to discuss the Budget 2023-24, but the
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday lashed out at the Congress party after party leader Digvijay Singh thanked the German Foreign Affairs Ministry for taking note of Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Thursday and urged her to release the NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme) arrears of Rs 2,500 crores due to the State besides increasing its credit limit.
Sharing an instance of him writing to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking a GST exemption for certain life-saving drugs required by a cancer patient, Tharoor thanked the former for granting his request.
Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a three-line whip for its MPs to be present in Rajya Sabha on Monday for the passage of important Bills in the Upper House, sources said.