FM Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: To boost digital payments, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed a Rs 1,500 crore scheme during her budget presentation. "To give a further boost to digital transactions, I earmark Rs 1,500 crore for a…
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to increase the capital expenditure by 34 per cent in comparison to Budget Estimate (BE) of the previous fiscal. Accordingly, the Finance Minister proposed to increase the…
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that there is a need for more structural treatment of debt in the long term. Addressing the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, through video…
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government and put the blame for Bengal's exclusion from the Centre's packages to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers…
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Every assumption made in the 2020-21 Union Budget, presented in February, would have to be reviewed in view of the coronavirus pandemic, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, here on Saturday. "Every…
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New Delhi: The Centre has decided to allocate an additional Rs 40,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In the Union Budget 2020-21, the government had allocated Rs 61,500 crore for…
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New Delhi: The statutory provident fund or PF contribution of both employer and employee will be reduced to 10% each from existing 12% each for all establishments covered by EPFO for the next 3 months, announced Union Finance Minister…
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