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  Budget 2025: IIT Patna to be expanded, additional infrastructure in other IITs, says Sitharaman

  Education | February 01, 2025 13:14 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the capacity of the Indian Institute of Technology in Patna will be increased as part of a broader capacity expansion among IITs, which includes adding infrastructure to accommodate an additional 6,500 students across five IITs.

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  IMF official identifies regulating crypto, digital currency as priority mid-term issues for India

  Business | April 20, 2022 7:54 IST

  Noting that financial markets and financial institutions are key to growth and economic development, Adrian said addressing the remaining regulatory concerns in the banking system and in the non-bank system is also very important.

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  RBI Governor says no reason doubt government meet fiscal deficit targets

  Business | February 18, 2020 17:29 IST

  Throwing his weight behind Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget numbers, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that there is no reason to doubt that the government will be able to cut fiscal deficit to 3.5 per cent of the GDP in the fiscal beginning April 1.

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  Presentation of Union Budget in LS halted briefly

  Politics | July 10, 2014 16:27 IST

  New Delhi: Perhaps for the first time, the presentation of Union Budget in the Lok Sabha was halted briefly today as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley felt uncomfortable while reading out his speech and wanted to