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At a post-Budget press conference held in the national capital Wednesday morning, the Finance Minister’s “made light” of Rahul Gandhi’s accusation that the government had delivered a “zero-sum budget” for the middle class, farmers and the poor. When Ms Sitharaman was asked to comment on Mr Gandhi’s attack, she said: “I think he has not […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget for FY2022-23 has evoked myriad reactions with the ruling party expectedly praising it and the opposition spotting loopholes, but the allocation for the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has invited strong criticism from a non-political body, Gujarat-based Minority Coordination Committee (MCC). Mujahid Nafees, the convenor of the MCC, has pointed […]
Describing the Union Budget 2022-‘23 as disappointing, former President of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Arjun Modhwadia likened it to cumin in the mouth of a camel. It was expected that important announcements would be made to push the stalled wheels of the economy, eliminate inflation and create employment opportunities but all these hopes have been […]
The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the union Budget 20220 today, however, the gory details of the budget are yet to come but the announcement includes positive news for the EV ecosystem. In her announcement, Sitharaman mentioned that a special policy for battery swapping for EVs will be announced. The FM also stated that […]
For encouraging “Atmanirbhar Bharat” further this year as well, 68% of the capital procurement budget in defence will be earmarked for the domestic industry in 2022-23 (up from the 58% last fiscal).To encourage research and development by private corporations, start-ups and academia into defence research and equipment development, states Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while announcing […]
Due to the pandemic, the whole world has been slowed down and one of the most affected sectors has been education. It has been brought to a standstill. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman today during Budget announced for pushing of PM eVIDYA program to help deliver quality education. ‘One class, one TV channel’ program of PM […]
