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  Union Budget 2023: Five times finance ministers referred to poets and authors in budget speech

  Budget | February 01, 2023 8:45 IST

  Budgetary Speech has seen finance ministers enrich them by incorporating poetry and quotes from notable writers.

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  Parliament Budget Session 2023: How much relief is going to be given in the budget?

  News | February 01, 2023 10:00 IST

  The central government will present the general budget today. The eyes of intellectuals, economists, farmers, youth, women and businessmen are fixed on the budget.

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  Budget 2023: Sitharaman's 'amrit kaal' budget gets the middle class smiling | HIGHLIGHTS

  Budget | February 01, 2023 21:21 IST

  Union Budget 2023: The government said the budget is fiscal prudence, stimulating growth and employment generation centric, while the Opposition called it disappointing with no promise to address inflation and other issues.

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  Before the budget, the Finance Minister presented the Economic Survey in Parliament.

  News | January 31, 2023 16:47 IST

  The budget session of Parliament began today.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey in the House. It is being told that in the Economic Survey, the growth rate in 2023–24 has been estimated to be 6.7–6.7%.

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  Parliament Budget Session: Economic Survey calls for close monitoring of CAD | Highlights

  Budget | January 31, 2023 23:49 IST

  Parliament Budget Session 2023: The government has planned to bring around 36 bills - including four related to the budgetary exercise - during the session.

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  Union Budget 2023: What does education sector expect from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?

  Budget | January 23, 2023 16:24 IST

  With the Union Budget 2023 set to be announced, the education sector is eagerly awaiting announcements on investment in skill development, digitization, and internationalisation of higher education.

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  Budget 2023: A look at India's longest-serving finance ministers

  Budget | January 20, 2023 12:37 IST

  Former Finance Minister Morarji Desai has presented the most number of budgets in India's history. The other notable finance ministers such as P. Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, and the current finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, have also presented multiple budgets in India's history.

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  Union Budget 2023: What hope did women have with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?

  News | January 24, 2023 14:42 IST

  Union Budget 2023: Women have a lot of expectations from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Inflation has hit the kitchen the most.

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  UK finance minister removed as prime minister Liz Truss plans U-turn: Report

  World | October 14, 2022 17:38 IST

  Kwasi Kwarteng sacked: The BBC and Sky News reported Kwarteng’s departure on Friday. It comes after a month in the job — and three weeks after he announced a tax-cutting “mini budget” that sent the pound plunging to record lows against the dollar.

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  'Chor, Chor', Pakistan Finance minister heckled at US airport | WATCH

  World | October 14, 2022 16:37 IST

  Finance minister Ishaq Dar and his aides, visibly angry at the slew of profanity targeted at the minister were seen retorting, as seen in a video widely shared on social media.

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  Ready to talk with startups to prevent them from moving out of India: Nirmala Sitharaman

  Business | October 12, 2022 9:40 IST

  Startups in India: PM Narendra Modi, she told a think-tank here, has himself engaged with startups and the government’s policies have created an enabling environment as a result of which there are over 100 unicorns in India.

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  India in talks with different countries to make Rupay acceptable in their nation: Sitharaman

  Business | October 12, 2022 7:27 IST

  Sitharaman made the remarks at the prestigious Brookings Institute think-tank during a fireside chat with eminent economist Eshwar Prasad.

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  Educational institutions must produce students who can meet India's development goals: FM

  Education | September 10, 2022 19:17 IST

  Sitharaman on student growth: Sitharaman at an event here said India's higher education was no less when compared to global universities and people who have studied in Indian universities were the second largest contingent when it comes to managing the best of companies around the world.

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  UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, another cabinet colleague of British PM Boris Johnson resign

  World | July 06, 2022 6:50 IST

  The 42-year-old British Indian minister posted his resignation letter on Twitter soon after another senior Cabinet colleague, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, resigned.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis: FM Sitharaman assures counterpart of all possible assistance from India

  India | April 19, 2022 15:41 IST

  Sitharaman, who is in Washington DC for the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, discussed the current economic situation and India’s approach towards addressing the prevailing challenges in Sri Lanka on Monday, the Ministry of Finance said.

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  Modi govt spent ₹90 lakh crore in 8 years for development against Cong' ₹49.2 lakh crore in 10 yrs

  India | April 13, 2022 7:40 IST

  Nirmala Sitharaman had rebutted a tweet by former finance minister P Chidambaram that the government burdened the people with huge fuel tax.

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  GST collection rises to all-time high of Rs 1.42 lakh cr in March

  Business | April 01, 2022 18:15 IST

  The previous high for collection of revenues from goods sold and services rendered was in January 2022 at over Rs 1.40 lakh crore.

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  Lok Sabha passes Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022

  India | March 24, 2022 23:22 IST

  The bill, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was passed after cut motions, moved by various opposition members, were rejected.

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  Cryptocurrencies not legal right now in India, says Union minister Bhagwat Karad

  India | February 12, 2022 19:17 IST

  The Reserve Bank of India and the Union government have not given any sort of recognition to cryptocurrencies and, therefore, they are not legal in the country right now, the Union minister of state for finance, who had come here to attend a function, told reporters.

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  'Who is that poor?': FM Sitharaman's dig at Rahul Gandhi's 2013 'state of mind' remark

  India | February 11, 2022 17:20 IST

  Without naming Rahul Gandhi, the Finance Minister referred to the Congress leader's remarks on poverty to counter the criticism from Opposition leaders, including former finance minister P Chidambaram of the Budget leaving out the poor.