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Sanjaya Baru | Sitharaman’s Third Act: What’ll be her Big Idea?
The FM can spend money and secure early results and Ms Sitharaman has promised to spend a trillion rupees on infrastructure investment
11 Jan 2021 7:18 AM
FM Sitharaman announces new stimulus measures for India's COVID-stricken economy
Among the many announcements made by the finance minister include a new job creation scheme
12 Nov 2020 4:16 PM
BJP's manifesto promises free coronavirus vaccine for Bihar
The announcement has triggered a political row in the state ahead of polls
23 Oct 2020 12:40 AM
As corona continues to haunt India, Rajya Sabha passes amendments to insolvency law
the government decided to suspend the provisions starting from March 25 for six months by promulgating an ordinance in June
19 Sep 2020 10:44 PM
Sitharaman assures Lok Sabha: Centre not reneging from responsibility on GST payment
Sitharaman also accused the Opposition of trying to twist her 'Act of God' remark.
19 Sep 2020 10:23 AM
FM Nirmala announces additional 40k crore under MGNREGS to boost employment
Top-100 universities will be permitted to automatically start online courses by May 30, 2020
17 May 2020 12:26 PM
Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at 11 am today
Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in coal sector
17 May 2020 9:45 AM
Nirmala Sitharaman announces reforms in mining, defence production in latest tranche
States are being ranked on investment attractiveness to compete for new investments, she said.
16 May 2020 5:20 PM
FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied activities
Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points
15 May 2020 5:42 PM
AA Edit: Has PM Modi grown highly cautious about the economy?
The biggest announcement was the government’s decision to extend sovereign guarantee to Rs 3 lakh crores worth working capital loans
14 May 2020 6:29 PM
Finance ministry rubbishes reports of 20% cut in pensions to central government employees
The ministry clarified its position after reports that the government is planning to cut pensions
19 Apr 2020 2:27 PM
G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Apr 15
The virtual meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors comes within a fortnight of their last meeting on March 31
10 Apr 2020 3:05 PM
RBI defers EMIs on all loans for 3 months
Key rate cut by an unprecedented 75 pts
27 Mar 2020 2:57 PM
Key tax, other deadlines extended; ATM charges waived
Govt to announce economic package soon to cushion impact of coronavirus, says Sitharaman
24 Mar 2020 8:09 PM
Government is working on an economic package: FM Nirmala
Finance Minister made a series of announcements on tax regulations and compliance on Tuesday amid the novel coronavirus pandemic
24 Mar 2020 4:34 PM
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