Money can be put into people’s hands in several forms: Nirmala Sitharaman
Sunday, 17 May 2020 Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday the government consciously preferred a route aimed at empowering people rather than doling out cash because it felt that it was better suited to deal with the emergency that the Covid-19 pandemic had triggered. The FM said that the "package" is in line with approach, strengthened under PM Modi, to privilege empowerment over one-time cash handouts.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday while unveiling the last and final tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore COVID-19 economic package, announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, announced figures of people benefitted through different schemes under PM Garib Kalyan package. She...
Like every year, 'Halwa Ceremony' was held at Finance Ministry ahead of upcoming Union Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur, were present during the ceremony. The halwa ceremony is a customary tradition which marks the process of printing documents of the Budget. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no printing of the Budget. MPs will be able to access the budget documents through a mobile app.
Handicraft industries in Uttar Pradesh expecting supportive measures from Budget 2021. Brass artisans in Moradabad expect this year's budget will help boost their businesses. "We expect supportive measures from the union govt for brass artisans," said an artisan. "I urge govt to cut down electricity charges so that workers can make more profit," another artisan said. Earlier this week, FM Nirmala Sitharaman had held meeting with state finance ministers. The state ministers had suggested steps to revive growth and boost revenue collection in the backdrop of Covid-19 crisis. The Union Budget 2020-21 will be presented at 11 am on February 1.
Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 02:01Published
Addressing at an event in the national capital on December 25, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on farm laws. FM Sitharaman said, "Opposition parties in their manifestos for 2019 Lok Sabha elections called three Farm Laws important for providing relief to the farmers." "Since, the government that passed the laws is not theirs, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji's, they can't accept it and are opposing it," she added.
: The number of healthcare workers registering to take the vaccine showed a slow but inexorable rise on Saturday across Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and.. IndiaTimes
India’s daily Covid-19 case count stayed below 15,000 for the third day running but infections spiked to a 73-day high in Kerala, which accounted for 47% of.. IndiaTimes
Seven more states will be administering the indigenously-developed Covaxin from next week, the health ministry said on Saturday. In addition to the 12 states.. IndiaTimes
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday projected BJP as the sole protector of the ‘mul niwasi’ (indigenous inhabitants) of Assam as he doled out ‘pattas’ to.. IndiaTimes
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday cried “humiliation” as chants of “Jai Shri Ram” by a section of the crowd rent the air in the.. IndiaTimes
Banerjee had declined to speak at the event to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birth anniversary where "Jai Shri Ram" slogans were raised in the presence.. IndiaTimes
A laser light show at Victoria Memorial portrayed the life of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during the celebrations of his 125th birth anniversary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar witnessed the spectacle. PM Modi is in Kolkata to celebrate 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Sunday, 17 May 2020
![Watch: 'Halwa Ceremony' at Finance Ministry ahead of Budget [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210123/2101231403-Watch-Halwa-Ceremony-at-Finance-Ministry-ahead.jpg)
![Budget 2021: Moradabad brass, handicraft industries expect supportive measures [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210122/2101221257-Budget-2021-Moradabad-brass-handicraft-industries-expect-supportive.jpg)
![Opposition can't accept that govt which passed farm laws is not theirs: FM Sitharaman [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20201225/2012252110-Opposition-can-accept-that-govt-which-passed.jpg)
![Officials resist calls by doctors to cut the delay between Covid jabs [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210123/2101232228-Officials-resist-calls-by-doctors-to-cut-the.jpg)
![Watch: Laser show portrays Subhas Chandra Bose's life [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210123/2101231823-Watch-Laser-show-portrays-Subhas-Chandra-Bose.jpg)
