Tag: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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.

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

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

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

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.

Natural farming will be promoted along the Ganga corridor, the Finance Minister said.

The PLI scheme has the potential for additional production of Rs 30 lakh crore worth products during the next five years, she added.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget on Tuesday said that India is set to clock growth rate of 9.2 per cent, which could be the highest in the world in the current fiscal.

Among 103 towns in Odisha, only a dozen passed the test of the geo-spatial and cartographic way of determining the growth in economic activity and development   

The Economic Survey 2021-22, details the state of different sectors of the economy as well as reforms that should be undertaken to accelerate growth.

As per Deloitte, the Union Budget 202-23 may introduce additional deduction towards “work from home

Recently, the Union Finance Minister has said that the upcoming Budget will be of a kind never seen before. This drops the big clue.

In thier joint statement, Sitharaman and Yellen stressed "the importance of fighting financial crimes and on the effective implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards to protect our financial systems from abuse".

Finance Minister Nirmala is scheduled to meet heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on August 25 to review financial performance of the lenders and progress made by them to support the economy battered by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Centre announced eight economic relief measures for India Inc, state governments as well as microfinance credit users along with Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for Covid-affected sectors.