Page 56 - Latest Updates on Nirmala Sitharaman
Budget 2024: Continuity in more ways than one in FM's seventh Budget
Will there be tax breaks in the Union Budget 2024? Will there be welfare? Will there be fiscal consolidation? Budget Watch keeps a tab
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Budget 2024-25 likely to retain FY25 fiscal deficit target of 5.1%
Record RBI dividend may guide likely focus on capex, special package
Budget 2024: Will the govt provide income tax relief to salaried class?
A report by a leading national-daily claim the upcoming Budget for FY25 may emphasise tax reductions for low-income earners rather than increasing welfare expenditures
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Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman to hold pre-budget meeting on June 20
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a pre-budget consultation with industry stakeholders on June 20. Here's what to expect
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FM Sitharaman to hold pre-budget meeting with industry chambers on Jun 20
The budget for 2024-25 fiscal is likely to be presented in Parliament in the second half of July
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to set new record with 7th consecutive Union Budget
With the interim budget presented on February 1 of this year, Sitharaman equalled Morarji Desai's record of six consecutive budgets
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'Ease of living': Back in office, Nirmala Sitharaman lists priorities
Says reforms undertaken since 2014 will continue
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Improving conditions
Govt must present a revised fiscal glide path
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Analysts welcome PM Modi's faith in Sitharaman as finance minister
Some analysts see spending on infrastructure, which soared under Sitharaman, to remain a big focus of the government
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Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman set to present seventh Budget in a row
A JNU alumnus, Sitharaman led the country in the G20 discussions, bringing to the table for the very first time issues related to cryptocurrency and other much-needed reforms as well
 "Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman set to present seventh Budget in a row")
Meet Nirmala Sitharaman, feisty defender of Modi govt to filling big shoes
When her mentor Arun Jaitley took ill, Sitharaman was given the charge of the finance portfolio in the newly re-elected Modi government after the 2019 general elections
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Rahul seeks JPC probe into June 4 crash, calls it biggest stock market scam
Rahul Gandhi questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made remarks concerning the stock market
 "Rahul seeks JPC probe into June 4 crash, calls it biggest stock market scam")
Retail investors' participation in F&O trading surges, say experts
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran have recently flagged the growing risk of F&O trading for retail investors
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Will take decisive steps to stabilise banking system: FM Sitharaman
Sitharaman also said that the 'Samudra Manthan' of sorts in the banking sector under PM Narendra Modi's leadership yielded positive results along with expected challenges during the 'churn'
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Growth momentum will continue in third term of Modi govt: FM Sitharaman
Today's GDP data showcases robust economic growth with a growth rate of 8.2 per cent for FY 2023-24 and 7.8 per cent for the fourth or March quarter of FY 2023-24
 "Growth momentum will continue in third term of Modi govt: FM Sitharaman")
Modi govt revived banking sector, Rs 10 lakh cr bad loans recovered: FM
She said there has been no leniency in recovering bad loans, especially from large defaulters, under the Modi government and the process is ongoing
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Economy expected to have grown at slower pace in Jan-Mar qtr: Survey
The median forecast from a survey of 54 economists put GDP growth at 6.7% year-on-year for the three months, the fourth quarter of India's 2023-24 fiscal
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Incorrect to say Centre not giving funds to Punjab, says FM Sitharaman
Her remarks came in response to the Punjab AAP government's claim that the Centre withheld Rs 9,000 crore from the state's share
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Centre saved over Rs 25,500 cr via fund transfer norms: FM Sitharaman
The NDA government has disclosed off-Budget funded schemes in the Budget documents from FY22
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Modi govt reshaped, transformed Budget in last decade: FM Sitharaman
The minister asserted that the government would continue to maximise the value of taxpayers' money by putting it to the best possible use
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