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Govt proposes Rs 2.24 lakh cr outlay for healthcare in 2021-22: FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID-19 vaccines for the next fiscal
01 Feb 2021 1:27 PM
Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Kovind ahead of Budget speech
Budget copies will be disseminated electronically, with documents being uploaded on the government website and on a special app
01 Feb 2021 11:00 AM
Aakar Patel | Modi’s eighth Budget looms, there’s still no ‘grand vision’
Unemployment has naturally followed the opposite trajectory, going from about 4% before Modi became PM to 6% and then to 9%
31 Jan 2021 12:37 AM
Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021
Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of financial services
04 Nov 2020 3:47 PM
AA Edit | Polls before policy? BJP vaccine carrot unethical
If Bihar is to get the Covid vaccine free, will other states also get it free? Has the cost of this been calculated?
24 Oct 2020 9:53 AM
Banks sanctioned Rs 1.43 lakh crore loans under credit guarantee scheme: FM Nirmala
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme was launched to provide much-needed relief to the MSME sector to meet their operational requirements
14 Aug 2020 2:08 PM
Government Rs 50 lakh Covid cover for healthworkers extended till September
The scheme implemented by New India Assurance was to end on June 30 as part of Rs 1.70 lakh Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package in March
21 Jun 2020 9:56 AM
FM gives relief to small taxpayers, halves interest on delayed filing of GST returns
No late fee will be levied for delayed filing of GST returns by registered entities with nil liability, said Sitharaman
12 Jun 2020 5:05 PM
Stimulus package fails to involve banks as frontline warriors, says RBI board member
He said the three-month moratorium offered for loan repayments announced by Reserve Bank of India is "not enough"
20 May 2020 12:41 PM
EPFO alert! Government implements cut in EPF contribution to 10% for May, Jun, July
Reduction in EPF contributions shall be applicable "in respect of wages payable by it for the months of May, June and July, 2020"
19 May 2020 3:19 PM
Indian government will soon take decision on OCI visa issue: Minister
Muraleedharan urged the diaspora to invest in India given the opportunity being offered by the major economic reforms
18 May 2020 12:17 PM
135 million Indians may lose job due to coronavirus impact
The worst impact will be felt by India's most vulnerable in terms of job loss, poverty increase and reduced per-capita income
17 May 2020 4:25 PM
Congress accuses government of misleading people in the name of economic package
Government's economic package is only of Rs 3.22 lakh crore and 1.6 percent of India's GDP and is not worth Rs 20 lakh crore: Congress
17 May 2020 4:03 PM
Borrowing limit of states increased to tackle economic fallout of covid19
The decision comes after requests posed by various state governments
17 May 2020 1:43 PM
FM Nirmala announces additional 40k crore under MGNREGS to boost employment
Top-100 universities will be permitted to automatically start online courses by May 30, 2020
17 May 2020 12:26 PM
Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at 11 am today
Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in coal sector
17 May 2020 9:45 AM
FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied activities
Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points
15 May 2020 5:42 PM
Telcos seek Rs 35k cr GST refund, pending payment of Rs 20k cr from state-run firms
The telecom industry has unutilized GST input tax credit over Rs 35,000 crore for which the sector has repeatedly demanded a refund
15 May 2020 2:27 PM
Sensex dips 200 points, slips below 31k; Nifty tests 9,100 level
M&M was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, cracking over 3 per cent
15 May 2020 10:43 AM
Stimulus or sleight of hand? Rs 6L crore is the packaging, Rs 24k crore is the cake
The other measures on equity infusion into MSMEs would need to be watched for uptake, given the poor execution of such schemes in the past
15 May 2020 10:16 AM
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