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Nirmala Sitharaman drops traditional budget briefcase photo op, goes swade
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 5 (ANI): On the day of the Union Budget presentation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to go with the swadeshi 'bahi khata' instead of the traditional budget briefcase.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present Union Budget today
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Newly appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Friday present the first budget of the second term of the Narendra Modi government.
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Economic Survey 2018-19 a blueprint to achieve PM's vision for $ 5 tn eco
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today in Parliament provides a blueprint to achieve the Prime Minister's vision for 5 trillion-dollar economy by 2024-25, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industr
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India has made leap into the era of high economic policy certainty: Jaitle
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that the country has made a leap into the era of high economic policy certainty from the highest level of economic uncertainty during the Union Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2011-2012.<
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Economic Survey 2018-19 calls for irrigation water productivity to benefi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Devising policies to benefit farmers by improving water usage, should become a national priority, stated the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Recruitment exam for regional rural banks to be held in 13 regional langua
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 4 (ANI): Recruitment examination for filling some posts in regional rural banks (RRB) will be held in 13 regional languages apart from English and Hindi to provide a level-playing field to the candidates, the government said on Thursday.
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India set to witness sharp slowdown in population growth in next 2 decades
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the next two decades, states the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Thursday.
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Application of behavioural economics can enhance efficacy of public polici
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The application of 'behavioural economics' can enhance the efficacy of public policies and programmes in India, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled in Parliament by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.
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Effective minimum wage policy can spur sustainable, inclusive growth: Econ
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A well-designed and effective implementation of minimum wages will strengthen the trend towards decreasing wage inequality, especially at lower levels, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, which Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman table
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Economy to grow at 7 pc in 2019-20, but faces several fiscal challenges ne
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The pre-Budget Economic Survey 2018-19 on Thursday estimated the economy to grow at 7 per cent in 2019-20 and has called for shifting gears to realise an 8 per cent growth in the coming which it cautioned will pose several challenges on the fiscal front.
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Over 9.5 cr toilets built across India under Swachh Bharat Mission: Econom
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Over 9.5 crore toilets have been built all over the country and 564,658 villages have been declared open-defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), says the Economic Survey 2018-19 which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sithara
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Services sector witnesses 7.5 pc growth in 2018-19
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The services sector, which accounts for 54 per cent of India's gross value added (GVA), witnessed a growth rate moderated to 7.5 per cent in 2018-19 as compared to 8.1 per cent in 2017-18, says the Economic Survey 2018-19 report which Finance and Corporate Af
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