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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to stick to the path of fiscal consolidation path as she pushed for economic growth and inclusive development in the interim Budget 2024-25 presented in Parliament Thursday. The Finance Minister has reduced the fiscal deficit target to 5.1...

New Delhi: The government Thursday announced a Rs 1 lakh crore corpus for youth for long-term financing and refinancing that will help young entrepreneurs innovate and grow at scale in the sunrise industries. Presenting the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

New Delhi: Wooing the middle class ahead of the general elections, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday announced a scheme to help those living in rented accommodations or slums to acquire a house. Parallely, she also announced building 2 crore more houses for the rural poor...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said there are no changes in tax rates for direct and indirect taxes, including import duties. Presenting Interim Budget for Fianancial Year 2024-25, she also said the number of tax filers has swollen 2.4 times and the direct...

New Delhi: The fiscal deficit for 2024-25 is estimated at 5.1 per cent of GDP against 5.8 per cent in the current financial year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. Presenting the Interim Budget 2024-25, Sitharaman said tax receipts for 2024-25 projected is projected at...

New Delhi: As many as 1.4crore youth were trained and upskilled under the Skill India Mission, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Interim Budget Thursday. The mission focuses on skilling, re-skilling and upskilling through short-term and long-term training programmes. Under the mission, the...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said that the government believes in "empowering the poor" and in the last ten years, at least 25 crore people have been assisted to get freedom from multidimensional poverty. Sitharaman said that fulfilling the aspirations and needs of...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said as many as 11.8 crore farmers were provided financial assistance under the PM KISAN scheme. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is one of the world's largest Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes. Under the PM-KISAN scheme, the...

New Delhi: The Indian economy has witnessed a profound positive transformation in the last 10 years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which is technically a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, said people of India are...

New Delhi: The government has extended 43 crore loans aggregating to Rs 22.5 lakh crore under the PM Mudra Yojana, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which is technically a vote on account and is popularly termed an interim Budget,...