Nirmala Sitharaman
Budget 2020: Sivasagar among 5 archaeological sites to be developed with on-site museums
Five archaeological sites in the country will be developed as iconic sites with on-site museums. The heritage city of Assam’s Sivasagar will also be developed as iconic site with on-site museum, under the new budget. The decision was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the […]
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Budget 2020 provides additional Rs 69,000 cr for health sector: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2020 provides an additional Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector. “Budget 2020 provides an additional Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector,” she said during her budget speech. The Finance Minister proposed to attach a medical college to a district hospital in […]
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Budget 2020: Rs 9,000 crore allocated for senior citizens’ welfare
While presenting her second Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Centre this year has allocated Rs 9,000 crore for the welfare of senior citizens. Also, the government has allocated Rs 53,700 crore for the uplift of Scheduled Tribes, and Rs 85,000 crore for the welfare […]
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Kisan Rail, Krishi UDAN for farmers, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation in North East and tribal districts, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. “Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation […]
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Budget 2020: Govt announces Rs 99,300 cr for education sector
A sum of Rs 99,300 crores for education for the year 2020-21 will be provided, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the second union budget of Modi’s re-elected government. “We propose Rs 99300 crores for the education sector in 2020-21 and Rs 3000 crores for skill development,” Sitharaman said in the Parliament. […]
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Finance Minister Sitharaman delivers longest budget speech, breaks own record
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Saturday presented her second union budget and made the record of delivering the longest budget speech. Her budget speech, keenly heard across the aisle of parliament, lasted for over 2 hours 40 minutes, breaking the 2019 record of 2 hours and 17 minutes. The Finance Minister had begun her […]
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables Economic Survey in Parliament
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday tabled the Economic Survey 2020 in Parliament. The Economic Survey projected India’s economic growth at 6 per cent to 6.5 per cent in the next financial year starting April 1, saying growth has bottomed out. Survey also said intervention by the government, though well-intended, often ends up undermining […]
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NBF members meet Finance Minister; seeks parity in GST with newspaper industry
Members of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) led by president Arnab Goswami today met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to hand over a recommendation requesting for parity on GST with the newspaper industry. As of now, GST on the print media stands at 5% whereas the news broadcasters are charged 18% GST. During the meeting, […]
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Budget 2019: Petrol, Diesel to be costlier now; raises tax on super-rich, gold imports
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles. Presenting the maiden […]
5 years ago#Northeast Live Digital Desk
Budget 2019: Key takeaways from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday; becomes the only second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents #Budget2019 in the Parliament. Sitharaman said that the nation will grow to become a $3 trillion dollar economy in the current […]
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