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Sitharaman lauds Team India's historic win in Australia during budget spee
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday recalled the joy that the entire country felt while watching Team India's historic win over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy under trying circumstances earlier this year.
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FM announces Rs 3,05,984 cr scheme to reform power distribution sector
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): While announcing the Union Budget for 2021-21 on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre will launch a Rs 3,05,984 crore scheme to reform the power distribution sector in the country.
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FY21 fiscal deficit at 9.5 pc of GDP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday the fiscal deficit for FY21 has been pegged at 9.5 per cent of the GDP and will come down to 6.8 per cent in FY22.
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MSP regime has assured 1.5 times more price to farmers: Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime has undergone a change to assure price to farmers that is at least 1.5 times the cost of production across all commodities.
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Finance Minister proposes to increase FDI limit to 74 pc in insurance comp
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to amend the Insurance Act 1938 to increase the permissible Foreign direct investment (FDI) limit from 49 per cent to 74 per cent in insurance companies and allow foreign ownership and control with
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Union Budget: FM proposes to set up central university in Leh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): For accessible higher education in Ladakh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to set up a central university in Leh, while presenting Union Budget 2021-22.
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Rs 15,700 cr provided for MSME sector in Union Budget
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made a provision of Rs 15,700 crore for the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in the Union Budget 2021-22.
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Union Budget 2021: Govt to set up Development Finance Institution, to lend
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the Central Government will set-up "professionally managed" Development Finance Institution (DFI) capitalised with Rs 20,000 crore aiming to have a lending portfolio of at least Rs 5 lakh crore
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Finance Minister allocates Rs 1,10,055 cr for Railways
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the central government is allocating Rs 1,10,055 crores for Railways.
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Union Budget: Mega Investments Textile Parks scheme to be launched to crea
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): A scheme of Mega Investments Textile Park will be launched in addition to the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme which will create world-class infrastructure with plug and play facilities to enable global champions in exports, said Union Finance
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137 pc increase in budget outlay for health, Rs 35,000 cr allocated for CO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday informed that the budget outlay for health increased to Rs 2,23,846 crores in 2021-22, an increase of 137 per cent in comparison to the previous year's budget.
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Union Budget: Voluntary vehicle scrapping policy announced to phase out ol
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and unfit vehicles under which the personal vehicles will undergo a fitness test in automated centres after 20 years while the commercia
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