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Increase Education Budget 2022, Government Should Focus On Bridging Digital Divide: Experts
Last year, though the education sector was widely impacted due to the pandemic, but the government slashed the education budget by 6 per cent from what was announced in 2020
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Enhanced Rs 1.18 Lakh Crore For Highways, Flagship Corridors: Finance Minister
Allocating an enhanced outlay of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the highways sector for 2021-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said execution of flagship highways corridors as well as projects are bound to speed up.
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Unmanned Gaganyaan Launch In December 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman
India's unmanned space flight will take place in December this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today during her annual budget speech. This mission will be the first of two to be undertaken before the Indian Space Research Organisation launches its human spaceflight under the "Gaganyaan" umbrella. It was initially planned for December...
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Finance Minister Will Present Dressed-Up Estimates For 2020 In 2021 Budget: Congress
Alleging that seven years of the Narendra Modi government have "wrecked" the economy and high growth prospects, the Congress today said it is afraid that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present "dressed-up" revised estimates for 2020-21 in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament and attempt to build an attractive narrative for the coming...
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"Didn't Hide," Says Nirmala Sitharaman On Data-Fudging Allegations In Rajya Sabha
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that while the current government has been transparent in declaring extra-budgetary expenses, the previous UPA regime chose to keep its books clean by pushing its liabilities from oil subsidies to the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs).
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"Not Familiar With Numbers...": P Chidambaram Slams Finance Minister
Hitting out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for declining to answer Congress leader Anand Sharma's question on Budget 2020 in the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed that the Union Minister was not familiar with the numbers that were presented by her only 10 days ago.
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First Budget Session Ends, Lok Sabha Adjourned Till March 2
Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday till March 2 as the first part of the budget session ended.
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Laid Foundation For $5 Trillion Economy In Budget, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that Budget 2020 has laid the foundation for increasing consumption and building assets to push India towards its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.
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PM Modi Seeks To Use "Useless Budget" To Sack "Clueless Nirmala Sitharaman": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to use the "useless" budget presented by a "clueless" Nirmala Sitharaman to dump the entire blame on her and sack her as Finance Minister.
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Why Sensex Tanked On Budget Day? Nirmala Sitharaman's Reply
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encountered what appeared to be an unexpected question during her press interaction at an event hosted by industry body FICCI on Monday.
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Over 11 Lakh Tweets On Nirmala Sitharaman's Record-Breaking Budget Speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's record-breaking budget speech on Saturday - the clock touched at two hours, 41 minutes when ill health forced her to stop - saw over 11 lakh tweets recorded between January 30 and February
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"Finance Minister, Don't Be Afraid...": Rahul Gandhi's Post-Budget Swipe
Days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget as "hollow" and failing to address unemployment levels in the country, he was back at it
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Quantum Tech Budget Proposal May Put India in Elite Global League
The Budget proposal to provide an outlay of Rs. 8,000 crores for quantum computing may help make India the world's third biggest nation in the sector after the US and China, according to experts.
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Pressure Builds On PM Modi After Budget Fails To Excite: Experts
The government's new budget is unlikely to drag the country out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as it has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists said on Sunday.
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Blog: As Budget 2020 Sinks In, The Most Taxing Question Of All
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made everyone miss lunch with a Budget speech that lasted more than two and half hours. In that time she gave us a fix for everything from agricultural to gene banks, so much so that she ran out of steam and couldn't finish last two pages.
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Increase Education Budget 2022, Government Should Focus On Bridging Digital Divide: Experts
Last year, though the education sector was widely impacted due to the pandemic, but the government slashed the education budget by 6 per cent from what was announced in 2020
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Enhanced Rs 1.18 Lakh Crore For Highways, Flagship Corridors: Finance Minister
Allocating an enhanced outlay of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the highways sector for 2021-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said execution of flagship highways corridors as well as projects are bound to speed up.
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Unmanned Gaganyaan Launch In December 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman
India's unmanned space flight will take place in December this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today during her annual budget speech. This mission will be the first of two to be undertaken before the Indian Space Research Organisation launches its human spaceflight under the "Gaganyaan" umbrella. It was initially planned for December...
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Finance Minister Will Present Dressed-Up Estimates For 2020 In 2021 Budget: Congress
Alleging that seven years of the Narendra Modi government have "wrecked" the economy and high growth prospects, the Congress today said it is afraid that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present "dressed-up" revised estimates for 2020-21 in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament and attempt to build an attractive narrative for the coming...
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"Didn't Hide," Says Nirmala Sitharaman On Data-Fudging Allegations In Rajya Sabha
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that while the current government has been transparent in declaring extra-budgetary expenses, the previous UPA regime chose to keep its books clean by pushing its liabilities from oil subsidies to the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs).
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"Not Familiar With Numbers...": P Chidambaram Slams Finance Minister
Hitting out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for declining to answer Congress leader Anand Sharma's question on Budget 2020 in the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed that the Union Minister was not familiar with the numbers that were presented by her only 10 days ago.
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First Budget Session Ends, Lok Sabha Adjourned Till March 2
Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday till March 2 as the first part of the budget session ended.
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Laid Foundation For $5 Trillion Economy In Budget, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that Budget 2020 has laid the foundation for increasing consumption and building assets to push India towards its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.
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PM Modi Seeks To Use "Useless Budget" To Sack "Clueless Nirmala Sitharaman": Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to use the "useless" budget presented by a "clueless" Nirmala Sitharaman to dump the entire blame on her and sack her as Finance Minister.
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Why Sensex Tanked On Budget Day? Nirmala Sitharaman's Reply
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encountered what appeared to be an unexpected question during her press interaction at an event hosted by industry body FICCI on Monday.
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Over 11 Lakh Tweets On Nirmala Sitharaman's Record-Breaking Budget Speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's record-breaking budget speech on Saturday - the clock touched at two hours, 41 minutes when ill health forced her to stop - saw over 11 lakh tweets recorded between January 30 and February
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"Finance Minister, Don't Be Afraid...": Rahul Gandhi's Post-Budget Swipe
Days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tore into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget as "hollow" and failing to address unemployment levels in the country, he was back at it
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Quantum Tech Budget Proposal May Put India in Elite Global League
The Budget proposal to provide an outlay of Rs. 8,000 crores for quantum computing may help make India the world's third biggest nation in the sector after the US and China, according to experts.
-
Pressure Builds On PM Modi After Budget Fails To Excite: Experts
The government's new budget is unlikely to drag the country out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as it has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists said on Sunday.
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Blog: As Budget 2020 Sinks In, The Most Taxing Question Of All
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made everyone miss lunch with a Budget speech that lasted more than two and half hours. In that time she gave us a fix for everything from agricultural to gene banks, so much so that she ran out of steam and couldn't finish last two pages.
