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January 31, 2025 9:36 AM
The Budget session of Parliament kicks off today, beginning with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of both Houses at 11 am. After the address, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey at noon i...
January 14, 2025 12:46 PM
Banks have started offering higher returns on FDs amid fierce competition to raise more deposits. While leading banks such as SBI and HDFC were the first to raise interest rates on FDs, smaller banks such as IDBI have followed suit for fear of gettin...
January 7, 2025 10:47 AM
The month-long pre-budget consultation meetings for the upcoming Union Budget 2025-26, chaired by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, have concluded in New Delhi. The consultations, which began on December 6, brou...
January 2, 2025 7:21 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met key stakeholders from the financial sector and capital markets on Thursday as part of her pre-budget consultations for the Union Budget 2025-26. The meeting was attended by senior officials, including the Finan...
December 20, 2024 9:24 PM
Several states raised financial concerns and demands during the pre-budget meeting chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Jaisalmer on Friday. The meeting, part of the formal consultations ahead of the Union Budget 2025-26, witnessed parti...
November 10, 2024 1:46 PM
The government has set a target for all scheduled commercial banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to provide additional MSME credit of Rs 1.54 lakh crore in the current financial year (FY25). Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined...
October 21, 2024 9:07 AM
Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, arrived in the United States and received a warm welcome at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday (local time). India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra...
September 28, 2024 5:35 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, currently on a five-day visit to Uzbekistan, met with Botir Zaripov, the Governor of Bukhara city, on Saturday. During the meeting, she emphasized the importance of strengthening tourism and people-to-people ties ...
September 23, 2024 7:58 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin a five-day official visit to Uzbekistan on Tuesday, accompanied by a delegation from the Ministry of Finance. The visit will feature Sitharaman’s participation in the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Board...
July 30, 2024 9:02 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the parliament on Tuesday, responding to discussions on the recent budget. She emphasized significant increases in allocations for various social sector schemes compared to both the previous year and 2013...
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