New Delhi: The government will come out with a credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs to facilitate term loans without collateral or third party guarantee, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday. Presenting her seventh straight Union Budget, she also said that public sector banks to build...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting her seventh-consecutive Budget and her first in Modi 3.0, spotlighted nine priority areas for generating ample opportunities for all. She also said that these nine priorities of Union Budget 2024 will form the foundation for future Budgets of...
New Delhi: The Union Budget for 2024-25 will provide Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment and skilling in the country. Presenting the Budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it will focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs and the middle class. She...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday approved the full budget for 2024-25, sources said. Following this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh budget in the Lok Sabha. Sitharaman, the first full-time woman finance minister of the country,...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will Tuesday present her 7th straight Budget that would lay a roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, while giving a glimpse of the Modi government's performance in the past 10 years. All eyes will be on whether...
New Delhi: The pre-budget Economic Survey Monday called for urgent reforms in India's agricultural sector, warning that the structural issues could impede the country's overall economic growth trajectory. The survey, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, highlighted the untapped potential of the Indian...
New Delhi: Boost in domestic manufacturing due to PLI (production linked incentive) schemes and increase in exports on account of free trade agreements are expected to bridge the country's trade deficit further, Economic Survey said on Monday. However, it said that fluctuations in commodity prices,...
New Delhi: The march of AI casts a "huge pall of uncertainty" over impact on workers across skill levels, the Economic Survey said Monday as it cautioned that alongside other factors this will create barriers to sustained high growth rates for India in coming years...
New Delhi: The government's pre-Budget Economic Survey Monday set a conservative growth forecast of 6.5 to 7 per cent for the current fiscal as it flagged the need for creating more jobs in the economy and backed more Chinese direct investments to boost exports. The...
New Delhi: The Economic Survey has projected a prudent growth rate of 6.5-7 per cent for the current financial year, and much will depend upon the progress of the monsoon, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said Monday. Addressing reporters here after the tabling of...
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