Nirmala Sitharaman delivers shortest budget speech since 2019 amid opposition taunts, applause from treasury benches

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Lok Sabha members heard Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 90-minute budget speech in rapt attention, barring the occasional remarks by opposition members and regular applause from the treasury benches. Keeping in line with changing times, Sitharaman read out the speech from a ‘Made in India’ tablet personal computer which she carried in a red cover with…Continue Reading

FM Sitharaman Presents Budget Amid Opposition Taunts, Applause From Treasury Benches

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Lok Sabha members heard Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 90-minute budget speech in rapt attention, barring the occasional remarks by opposition members and regular applause from the treasury benches.Keeping in line with changing times, Sitharaman read out the speech from a ‘Made in India’ tablet personal computer which she carried in a red cover with the…Continue Reading

Budget FY23: Sitharaman To Begin Her Day At 9 A.M. On Feb 1

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin her day on February 1 — the day she is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2022-23, at 9 a.m.The Minister along with her team is scheduled to leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan from the Finance Ministry at 9 a.m.After meeting President Ram Nath Kovind, the Finance Minister will brief…Continue Reading

Shiv Sena MP urges Sitharaman to fix special interest rates for senior citizens

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Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to provide a special interest rate on bank fixed deposits for senior citizens and remove the cap on investments in postal savings scheme and public provident fund. In a letter to Sitharaman, Chaturvedi said lower interest rates on savings schemes have left senior citizens…Continue Reading

Sitharaman, Yellen discuss fighting money laundering, combating terror funding

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her American counterpart Janet Yellen on Thursday discussed among other issues fighting illicit finance, money laundering and combating terrorism financing. The two dignitaries had a wide-ranging discussion during the eighth India-USA Economic and Financial Partnership meeting. The importance of fighting illicit finance and the need for continued cooperation in…Continue Reading