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Build consensus on definition of global development challenges, augment Wo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday participated in the roundtable on 'Multilateral Development Bank Evolution: Building Shareholder Consensus' hosted by the US Department of Treasury Secretary at World Bank headquarters.
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Union finance minister Sitharaman participates in roundtable with US Dept
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The discussion was focused on the impact of global development challenges like climate change, pandemics, fragility and conflict on development progress, and reforms at the World Bank, according to the Finance ministry.
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"Muslims in India doing much better": Sitharaman on negative Western 'perc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday claimed that Muslims in India are doing much better than those in Pakistan, in a strong rebuttal of negative 'Western perception' of India.
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Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Washington to attend 2023 Spring Meetings of Wo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Finance Minister will be attending meetings with Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from across the world. The meeting is scheduled to take place today at IMF Headquarters in Washington.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman to attend Spring Annual Meetings of IMF-World Bank
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is to embark today on an official visit to the United States where she will attend Spring Annual Meetings of the IMF-World Bank. She will begin her official visit to the US from April 10.
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About 41 cr loans worth Rs 23 lakh cr sanctioned under MUDRA scheme since
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On the occasion of 8th anniversary of PMMY, the minister said about 68 per cent of accounts under the scheme belong to women entrepreneurs and 51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) and Other Backward Caste (OBC) categories.
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Nirmala Sitharaman slams Rahul Gandhi on his Adani allegations; calls him
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Senior BJP leader and Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lambasted Rahul Gandhi for his allegation of favouritism to Adani by the Modi government.
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Finance Minister Sitharaman defends imposing fine for not linking PAN with
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The link should be done now," Union finance minister said, adding that, "If this deadline is over, the amount of fine will increase." Aadhaar-PAN linking was free till March 31, 2022. A fee of Rs 500 was being imposed since April 1 last year and was later raised to Rs 1,000 from July 1.
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Stand Up India Scheme completes seven years, Rs 40,600 cr loans sanctioned
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami meets Nirmala Sitharaman; seeks financial assistance
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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No takers for Rahul Gandhi's entitlement politics: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Sad that opposition did not discuss Budget: Sitharaman
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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
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