Tag: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

New Age Business
Budget Gives Renewed Thrust To New-Age Businesses For $5 Tn Economy

There will also be a 1 per cent tax deducted at source (TDS) on the payments made for the transfer of digital assets.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Dons Odisha’s Bomkai Saree During Budget Presentation

Sitharam kept her look simple and elegant with the Bomkai Patta saree which was weaved in two colours- brown and red. She paired her saree with a white shawl and white face mask.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
PM Awas Yojana
80 Lakh Houses To Be Completed In FY23 Under PM Awas Yojana; Rs 48K Cr Allocation In Budget

For better land records management, Sitharaman said the states will be encouraged to adopt Unique Land Parcel Identification Number to facilitate IT-based management of records.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Defence Budget
Budget 2022: 68% Capital Expenditure Boost For Domestic Procurement In Defence

The minister said that defence research and development will be opened up for the industry, startups and academia with 25 per cent of the defence research and development budget earmarked.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
National Tele-Mental Health Programme
National Tele-Mental Health Programme To Be Launched

The programme will consist of 23 tele-mental health centres as a part of the network with NIHMANS being the central agency.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Budget 2022
Economics Of Budget 2022: Blueprint For India At 75 To India At 100

Coming to the Budget Estimates, the total expenditure in 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 39.45 lakh crore, while the total receipts other than borrowings are estimated at Rs 22.84 lakh crore.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Govt Enhances PLI For Domestic Solar Cells, Modules Manufacturing To Rs 24,000 Cr
Govt Enhances PLI For Domestic Solar Cells, Modules Manufacturing To Rs 24,000 Cr

In her Budget speech on Tuesday, Sitharaman stated that the risks of climate change are the strongest negative externalities that affect India and other countries.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Cryptocurrency
Budget 2022: 30 Pc Tax On Income From Cryptocurrency, Virtual Assets; 1 Pc TDS On Buy/Sale

The tax proposals will come into effect from April 1 after the passage of the Union Budget in Parliament.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Post Office Accounts
35 Crore Post Office Accounts With Deposits Of Rs 10 Lakh Cr Connected To Banking System

At present, the Post Office deposits limited transfer of funds within their ecosystem as the same was not connected to the banking ecosystem..

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Natural Farming
Chemical-Free, Natural Farming With Focus On Ganga Basin To Be Promoted: FM Sitharaman

The Finance Minister further said that Kisan drones will be used for crop assessments, land records, and spraying of insecticides to drive a wave of technology in the agriculture and farming sector.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman Delivers Budget 2022-23 In Shortest Speech

In 2019, she had made the longest speech at two hours and 15 minutes (135 minutes), only to top that the next year, in 2020, to speak for over 160 minutes.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Union Budget 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announces To Set Up Digital University

The Finance Minister said education in this university will be made available in different Indian languages and ICT formats.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
RBI Likely To Hike Interest Rates By Up To 100 Basis Points In 2022
India To Get Its Own Digital Currency By RBI Next Year: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already been deliberating upon various aspects relating to the central bank digital currency and private crypto currencies.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Indian Railways
2000 Km Of Rail Network To Be Brought Under KAWACH Tech: FM Sitharaman

'Kawach' is indigenously developed anti-collision device to prevent accidents to achieve railways its goal of zero accidents.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
FM Sitharaman
100 PM Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals To Be Developed In 3 Years: FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman said that projects, supported by energy transmission, IT communication, bulk water and sewerage, in national infrastructure pipeline which pertains to seven engines will be aligned with PM Gati Shakti Framework.

  • Tuesday, 01 February 2022
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