Nirmala Sitharaman Budget Speech
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FM focuses on Infra, Health, Agri & poll-bound states; I-T slabs unchanged | Budget 2021 summarised
Business | Feb 01, 2021, 10:59 PM ISTFinance 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: Great expectations of common man
Business | Jan 28, 2021, 01:29 PM ISTAfter the economic downturn due to COVID-19, Finance Minister- Nirmala Sitharaman has raised many hopes for everyone before presenting the 2021 Budget, on February 1.
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Sitharaman announces 16 action points to focus on blue economy and animal husbandry
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 04:24 PM ISTDuring her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed 16 action points focusing on horticulture sector, food storage, animal husbandry and blue economy.
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Sitharaman cuts short Budget speech after feeling unwell
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 03:54 PM ISTFinance Minister Sitharaman cuts her Union Budget 2020 after feeling unwell towards fag end, reports PTI. Sitharaman was presenting her second Budget for FY 2020-2021 in Parliament. Her blood pressure reportedly fell and she was advised to sit.
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Union Budget 2020: Tax payment by employees will be deferred on ESOPs from startups
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 02:30 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that tax payment by employees will be deferred on ESOPs from startups by five years.
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Budget 2020: BIG relief for bank depositors! Insurance cover hiked from ₹ 1 lakh to ₹ 5 lakh
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 01:14 PM ISTBank deposit insurance cover hiked: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2020, announced a hike in insurance cover for bank depositors and said depositors' money is absolutely safe. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation has been permitted to increase deposit insurance coverage to Rs 5 lakh per depositor from Rs 1 lakh.
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'Like lotus in Dal Lake': Sitharaman recites Kashmiri poem to make a point in Budget 2020 speech
India | Feb 01, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTPresenting the Budget 2020 in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dropped lines from a Kashmiri poem. The verse, which talked about the nation "blooming like a lotus in Dal lake", was meant to convey that everything in the budget is for this "pyara watan (beloved nation)".
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Railway Budget 2020: BIG push for Indian Railways! More Tejas trains, private trains announced
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 02:19 PM ISTRailway Budget 2020: Indian Railways, the lifeline of the country and the common man, is expecting big announcements from the Railway Budget 2020. Will trains fare hike? Is one of the biggest questions raised ahead of Budget. Railway Budget 2020 is expected to lay out the roadmap for an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 in the Indian Railways network.
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Budget 2020: 5 Tips that will help you stay ahead in understanding budget
Business | Jan 31, 2020, 05:10 PM ISTUnion Budget 2020 is being billed as one of the toughest in decades for a finance minister. Nirmala Sitharaman has a mountain to climb with different wheels of economy signalling stress. Common man is looking forward to the budget speech with hopes like more job creation, adjustments in personal income tax slabs and bringing the different sectors back on growth path.
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Do you use Master or Visa card? Then this news is for you
Fyi | Jul 10, 2019, 03:33 PM ISTIf you MasterCard or Visa card users then your problems are going to increase in coming days. The government has exempted bank charges on E-payments for the business with an annual turnover of Rs 50 crore. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget 2019 speech on July 5 made this announcement in Parliament.
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7th Pay Commission: Budget 2019 brings no increase in minimum wages for central govt employees
Budget | Jul 14, 2019, 08:02 AM ISTThe central govt employees were expecting an announcement regarding their long-pending demand of hike in minimum pay and fitment factor beyond 7th Pay Commission recommendations in this budget. However, according to reports, there is no increase in the minimum wages of central govt employees in the Budget 2019.
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Budget 2019: Bad news for middle class as gold gets costlier; details here
Budget | Jul 05, 2019, 08:53 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday in her maiden budget speech has an announcement that might not be music for the middle-class consumers who buy gold for various reasons. The government has increased customs duty on gold and other precious metals to 12.5 per cent from the existing 10 per cent, said Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha.
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Budget 2019: Twitterati explode with memes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech
Trending | Jul 05, 2019, 02:49 PM ISTThe Union Budget 2019 was carried by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman enclosed in a 'bahi khata' which happens to be a red cloth folder that had the national emblem emblazoned on it in gold.
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Budget 2019-20: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Rashtrapati Bhawan with Budget bag
News | Jul 05, 2019, 12:17 PM ISTFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Rashtrapati Bhawan with Budget bag. She will present Budget 2019 at 11 am in the Lok Sabha.