New Delhi: The government Tuesday slashed customs duties on a range of products, including gold, silver, critical minerals, mobile phones and other electronic items, to cut input costs, increase value addition, promote export competitiveness and boost domestic manufacturing. The duties were also reduced on Shea...
New Delhi: The government Tuesday announced that it will undertake a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act to make it easy to read. Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said the government will come out with SoP (standard operating...
New Delhi: For promoting women-led development, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the Budget carries an allocation of more than Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefitting women and girls. Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said this signals the...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the government will come out with an economic policy framework to usher in next-generation reforms to boost economic growth. Presenting her seventh straight Budget for 2024-25, Sitharaman said the Centre will provide assistance to Odisha for development...
New Delhi: The government will provide Rs 11.11 lakh crore towards capital expenditure for 2024-25 and will introduce viability gap funding to spur private investment in infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday. Presenting the Union Budget for financial year 2024-25, she said the government...
New Delhi: The government will launch three employment-linked schemes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25 Tuesday. These schemes will be based on enrolment in Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha. "Our government will implement...
New Delhi: The government will set up working women hostels to promote the participation of women in the workforce, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha Tueday. As mentioned in the interim budget, there is a need to focus...
New Delhi: The government Tuesday announced the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan for improving the socio-economic conditions of tribal communities in the country. The programme aims at achieving saturation coverage for tribal families in tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
Mumbai: Stock markets turned highly volatile amid the Union Budget presentation Tuesday. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped as soon as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began presenting the Budget for 2024-25. But, within minutes it slipped in the red and later traded flat, down 38.17 points...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the loan limit under the MUDRA scheme will be doubled to Rs 20 lakh. Presenting the Budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha, she said the government will launch the scheme to provide internship opportunities to 1...
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