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  Budget unveils scheme for setting up mega textile parks in India

  February 01, 2021 12:23 IST

  The government on Monday unveiled a scheme for setting up mega textile parks in the country, as part of the Centre's efforts to position India as a fully integrated, globally competitive manufacturing and exporting hub for the sector.

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  Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced on FDI cap in insurance sector

  February 01, 2021 12:18 IST

  Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, which was approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today. 

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  Sensex surges nearly 1,400 points after Sitharaman tables Union Budget 2021

  February 01, 2021 13:02 IST

  As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2021 in the parliament, the BSE benchmark Sensex surged around 1,400 points.

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  Budget 2021: Govt extends free cooking gas LPG scheme Ujjwala for 1 cr more beneficiaries

  February 01, 2021 12:12 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Monday in her Budget 2021 speech said free cooking gas LPG scheme Ujjwala will be extended to 1 crore more beneficiaries.

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  Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for public transport in urban areas

  February 01, 2021 12:07 IST

  Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, which was approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today. 

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  Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for capital expenditure

  February 01, 2021 12:08 IST

  Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, which was approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today.

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  Budget 2021: Sitharaman announces Rs 8,500 cr for national highway projects

  February 01, 2021 12:03 IST

  In her Union Budget 2021-22 speech on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Rs 8,500 crore will be awarded by March 2022, for the completion of an additional 11,000 kms of National Highway Corridor.

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  Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for Jal Jeevan mission

  February 01, 2021 12:08 IST

  Sitharaman on Monday announced the voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, to phase out old vehicles. In addition, the finance minister also announced fitness tests for personal vehicles after 20 years.

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  Budget 2021: Sitharaman announces Rs 35,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccination

  February 01, 2021 22:57 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday in her Union Budget 2021 speech announced that the government will provide Rs 35,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccination in 2021-22 fiscal.

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  ICICI Bank shares zoom nearly 6 pc after Q3 earnings

  February 01, 2021 11:42 IST

  Shares of ICICI Bank zoomed nearly 6 per cent on Monday after the company reported a 17.73 per cent jump in its December quarter consolidated net profit. 

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  Budget 2021: Sitharaman announces Voluntary Vehicle Scrapping Policy - What is it?

  February 01, 2021 12:28 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, which was approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today.

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  Budget 2021: What Sitharaman announced for Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Yojana

  February 01, 2021 13:04 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, which was approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today.

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  Cabinet approves Union Budget for 2021-22

  February 01, 2021 11:14 IST

  The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday approved the Budget 2021-22, sources said.

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  Union Budget 2021-22: Key numbers to be watched

  February 01, 2021 11:14 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her third Budget in a short while from now.

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  India's first Budget amid Covid pandemic

  February 01, 2021 10:32 IST

  India's first Budget post the onset of Covid-19 pandemic will be presented to Parliament on Monday.

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  Attention PNB customers! ATM cash withdrawal rules changing from today. Check details

  February 01, 2021 10:32 IST

  PNB has already informed its customers that it will ban both financial and non-financial transactions from non-EMV ATM machines from February 1.

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  Union Budget 2021 Income Tax announcement: I-T slabs, exemptions under 80C, 80D unchanged

  February 01, 2021 22:58 IST

  The salaried class was expecting from Nirmala Sitharaman to revise the Income Tax slabs that have been left unchanged for years. Besides higher basic exemption limits, people also expected a hike in the exemption limits under Section 80C and 80D.

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  Budget 2021: Sitharaman ditches Swadeshi 'bahi khata' for Made in India tab

  February 01, 2021 10:02 IST

  In 2019, Sitharaman had ditched the long-standing tradition of carrying budget documents in a leather briefcase and had gone swadeshi with a 'bahi-khata'.

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  Sensex surges 443 points in opening trade ahead of Budget presentation

  February 01, 2021 10:11 IST

  On Friday, the domestic equity market had continued its downward journey for the sixth session in row.

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  Union Budget App: Access Budget 2021 documents on your smartphone. Details here

  February 01, 2021 8:46 IST

  However, this time there is no need to wait for hours for the Budget transcript to be released. One can read or download the Budget 2021 documents on the 'Union Budget App' minutes after Finance Minister finishes her speech.

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  FM focuses on Infra, Health, Agri & poll-bound states; I-T slabs unchanged | Budget 2021 summarised

  February 01, 2021 22:59 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament. This year's Budget is unique as finance minister used a Made in India tablet to deliver a paperless Budget address, instead of a bahi khata, that she used last year.

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  Union Budget 2021 likely to revive pandemic-hit economy today

  February 01, 2021 6:31 IST

  Sitharaman, who had in her first budget in 2019 replaced leather briefcase that had been for decades used for carrying budget documents with a traditional red cloth 'bahi-khata', had earlier this month stated that the budget for the fiscal year beginning April will be "like never before".

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  GST revenue at record high of Rs 1.20 lakh crore in January ahead of Union Budget

  February 01, 2021 7:15 IST

  The ministry said in line with the trend of recovery in the GST revenues over past five months, the revenues for the month of January 2021 are 8 per cent higher than that in the same month last year.

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  Healthcare likely to get top priority in Budget: Survey

  January 31, 2021 20:17 IST

  India's healthcare sector is likely to get the maximum attention of the government in the upcoming Budget to be unveiled on Monday, as it comes in the face of the country braving a once-in-a-century global pandemic, says a survey.

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  India to unveil budget 'like never before': What's in focus | Your Cheatsheet

  January 31, 2021 20:19 IST

  India is ready to unveil Budget "like never before" on Monday, February 1. The countrymen are awaiting the moment when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will rise up in Parliament to present the ninth budget under the Modi government.

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  McDonald's to come up with 25-30 new restaurants in 2021-22

  January 31, 2021 16:32 IST

  Westlife Development Ltd, which owns Hardcastle Restaurants, the master franchisee of McDonald's restaurants for western and southern India, expects its business to return to pre-COVID-19 level from the next quarter and continue its expansion journey by adding more stores to its network, said a company official.

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  RBI to do annual assessment of banks' grievances redressal system

  January 31, 2021 16:11 IST

  The RBI recently decided to put in place a comprehensive framework for grievances redressal.

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  RBI likely to maintain status quo on interest rate, say experts

  January 31, 2021 16:00 IST

  Experts are of the view that the RBI will refrain from tinkering with the interest rates and keep the monetary stance accommodative at the policy review though it will take guidance from the budget to be unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on February 1.