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Budget 2024: Defence Ministry tops list with highest allocation, Agriculture gets lowest; Check list

Budget | Feb 01, 2024, 02:58 PM IST

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim Budget in Parliament. Scroll down to read allocations for different ministries.

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GST collection in January 2024 registers second highest monthly revenue: Finance Ministry data

Business | Feb 01, 2024, 08:30 AM IST

Notably, this is the second-highest monthly collection ever and marks the third month in this financial year with a collection of Rs 1.70 lakh crore or more. The government has settled Rs 43,552 crore to CGST and Rs 37,257 crore to SGST from the IGST collection.

The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to continue till

Parliament Budget Session: Lok Sabha adjourned for day after President Murmu's address | HIGHLIGHTED

India | Jan 31, 2024, 06:32 PM IST

Parliament Budget Session: While the Budget Session is not expected to witness significant legislative changes, a noteworthy proposal on the horizon is the potential doubling of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme specifically for women farmers.

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Budget Session of Parliament to commence from January 31: Sources

India | Jan 11, 2024, 02:11 PM IST

While the upcoming Budget Session is not expected to witness significant legislative changes, a noteworthy proposal on the horizon is the potential doubling of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme specifically for women farmers. The Union Finance Minister is set to present the interim Budget on Feb 1.

RBI, two other banks receive bomb threat, sender demands resignation of Sitharaman, Shaktikanta Das

India | Dec 29, 2023, 04:26 PM IST

The sender claimed to be from 'Khilafat India' and stated that bombs have been planted at a total of 11 locations in Mumbai. According to the email, the bombs were planted at RBI offices, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank and the blasts were to take place at 1:30 pm today (December 26).

Nirmala Sitharaman meets Chinese counterpart, discusses economic issues on sidelines of G20 meet

Business | Jul 18, 2023, 02:26 PM IST

G20 meet: The talks between the two also included strengthening Multilateral Development Banks and global debt vulnerabilities.

GST helped increase revenue buoyancy of states as all-round benefit stands out 'exemplary': FM

Business | Jul 01, 2023, 08:36 PM IST

The multiplicity of taxes in the pre-GST regime resulted in a "tax-on-tax" effect, causing the same product to be taxed multiple times and hence becoming costlier for the consumers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the GST Day 2023.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman embarks on a two-day

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Japan to take part in G7 meeting | DETAILS

World | May 11, 2023, 10:10 AM IST

Sitharaman in Japan: According to the finance ministry, the senior leader is on an official two-day visit to Niigata, Japan, for a 'Dialogue with partner countries' at the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting tomorrow (May 12).

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56th ADB Annual Meeting: Nirmala Sitharaman asks investors to participate in India's growth story

Business | May 04, 2023, 06:27 PM IST

ADB Annual Meeting: Participating in the 56th ADB Annual Meeting in South Korea, Nirmala Sitharam elaborated on the vision and reforms-oriented approach towards good governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shape 'New India'.

Nirmala Sitharaman asks CBIC to introduce automated GST scrutiny system by next week

Business | Apr 29, 2023, 10:02 PM IST

The total Indirect Tax collections for the 2022-23 fiscal stood at Rs 13.82 lakh crore, up from Rs 12.89 Lakh crore in 2021-22.

Union Budget 2023: Govt to announce PLI scheme for more

Union Budget 2023: Govt may announce PLI scheme for more sectors to cover high-employment fields

Budget | Jan 20, 2023, 01:16 PM IST

Budget 2023: The government has already launched the PLI scheme with an investment of around Rs 2 lakh crore for as many as 14 sectors.

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Nirmala pulls up Collector in Telangana for not replying on Centre, state share in PDS rice

India | Sep 02, 2022, 09:01 PM IST

From March-April 2020, the Centre has been providing rice, priced at Rs 30-Rs 35, free of cost without the state government and the beneficiaries having to contribute anything.

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Nirmala Sitharaman: Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in 8 years

India | Sep 02, 2022, 11:52 AM IST

Telangana has been given Rs 20,000 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the past eight years.

Rahul Gandhi raises issue of bad loans in Lok Sabha, uproar in House

National | Mar 16, 2020, 02:15 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday raised in Lok Sabha the issue of bad loans and sought a list of 50 top wilful defaulters.

Budget 2020: FM Sitharaman reserves her comment till Monday on bloodbath at D-street

News | Feb 01, 2020, 08:35 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave her longest speech on Budget 2020 in the Parliament explaining and clarifying every nook and cranny of the Union Budget.

Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs,

NDDB urges Nirmala Sitharaman to rationalize taxes on dairy items

India | Jun 13, 2019, 01:47 PM IST

Making his submissions at a meeting convened by the Union Finance Minister for pre-budget consultations with stakeholder groups from agriculture and rural development at New Delhi on Tuesday, NDDB Chairman Dilip Rath also pitched for reduction of GST on breeding outputs, besides a cut in import duty on import of bovine germplasm.

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