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Govt announces setting up of one girls’ hostel in every district

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday announced setting up of one girls' hostel in every district of the country. There are over 700 districts in the country. She also proposed a loan-linked capital subsidy support scheme for veterinary colleges, hospitals, and diagnostics laboratories. The...

FM proposes Rs 10,000 cr SME fund in Budget

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed to set up a Rs 10,000 crore fund to create champion small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to boost the economy. Presenting Union Budget 2026-27, she also proposed a scheme for container manufacturing to create a globally competitive...

Budget proposes Rs 10,000 cr investment in biopharma over next 5 years

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed Rs 10,000 crore investment over the next five years to develop India as a biopharma manufacturing hub, set up 1,000 clinical trial sites and strengthen the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. Biopharmaceuticals, or biologics, are complex medicines...

Govt chose reforms over rhetoric: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday that the government has chosen the path of reforms over rhetoric. Presenting the Budget for 2026-27 in Lok Sabha, she said India will continue to take steps towards becoming a Viksit Bharat. The finance minister also laid the...

Union Budget

Union Budget 2026-27: Key numbers to watch out for

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record 9th straight Budget, and all eyes will be on the much-awaited customs reforms. Sitharaman had, in her first Budget in 2019, replaced the leather briefcase -- which had been in use for decades for carrying...

Union Cabinet

Cabinet approves Union Budget 2026-27

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday approved the Union Budget 2026-27. Following the approval, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of global uncertainties and slowdown in...

 

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