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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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'Tired' FM skips last few paras of Budget speech after speaking for record
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, whose Budget speech on Saturday was the longest ever, could not read the last few paragraphs of her speech as she felt unwell.
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FM spoke of everything but the Budget: Sitaram Yechury
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Reacting to the Union Budget 2020-21, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said that the Union Finance Minister spoke of "everything but the Budget" in her two-and-a-half-hour long speech. He alleged the Minister failed to address the "real issues facing t
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Customs duty on footwear, furniture increased
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to raise customs duty on items like footwear and furniture in her Budget speech.
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Long talk, without any plan of action, says Digambar Kamat on Budget 2020-
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Margao (Goa) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Digambar Kamat, leader of opposition in the Goa assembly, hit out at the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday while claiming that the Minister gave a long talk but no plan of action to back her speech.
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100 more airports to be developed by 2024 to support Udaan scheme, announc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced during her Budget speech that 100 more airports would be developed by 2024 to support the Udaan scheme.
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No protest, mass gathering allowed inside JMI campus, says registrar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Jamia Millia Islamia on Saturday issued a notice informing students that all types of gathering, protests or speeches were completely banned in the entire campus and anyone violating the same would face strict action.
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May be longest Budget speech in history but was 'hollow': Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Soon after the presentation of Union Budget 2020-2021 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called it "hollow" and "tactical stuff without any central idea".
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Finance Minister Sitharaman delivers longest budget speech, breaks own rec
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Saturday presented her second union budget and made the record of delivering the longest budget speech.
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'Like a lotus blooming in Dal Lake': Sitharaman recites Kashmiri verse in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Union Budget 2020 and followed the tradition of reciting poetry and couplets with a Kashmiri verse, outlining the inclusiveness of the country.
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Sitharaman pays homage to Arun Jaitley in her budget speech
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday paid homage to her predecessor, late Arun Jaitely, terming him as the architect of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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