High flowing couplets in Nirmala’s budget do little to ease economic woes
New Delhi: It was an unusually long 2 hours, 41 minutes Budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, where she...
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AIIEA to protest against LIC disinvestment
Chennai: Opposing the government's decision to list Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) through an initial public offering (IPO), the...
Govt sets Rs 2.1 lakh cr disinvestment target for FY21
New Delhi: The government has set a divestment target of Rs 2.1 lakh crore for FY21 on the back of...
Budget 2020: IDBI Bank to be privatized post Govt exit
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday the government would sell its entire stake in IDBI Bank to...
Income tax rates, slabs changed; those earning up to Rs 15 lakh benefit
New Delhi: In a major relief to middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to cut income tax rates...
Budget proposes Rs 8,000 crore boost for quantum tech
New Delhi: Giving a huge boost to adoption of emerging technologies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to provide...
Budget 2020 is woven around 3 prominent themes: FM
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 69000 crore apart from Rs 6400 crore for PM Jan Aushadhi...
Scheme to spur mobile phone, semiconductor manufacturing soon
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said a scheme on encourage manufacturing of mobile phones, semiconductor packaging and...
Govt committed to doubling farmers’ income by 2022: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Emphasising on doubling the farm income of farmers across the country by 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
Eliminate needless govt intervention to spur growth: Survey
New Delhi: Eliminate instances of needless government intervention to enable competitive markets and thereby spur investments and economic growth, the...
