Tag: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

MSMEs pin hopes on Union Budget 2024-25 for financial relief and growth incentives

The Finance Minister will present the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23, in her third straight term this year.

July 14, 2024

Union Finance Minister Sitharaman chairs pre-budget meeting with finance ministers of states, UTs; GST Council to meet later today

Meanwhile, Sitharaman will also chair the 53rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting scheduled in the second half of the day.

June 22, 2024

Union Cabinet approves Rs 7453 crore scheme for offshore wind energy projects

This initiative reflects the government's commitment to enhancing the country's renewable energy capabilities and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

June 20, 2024

Sitharaman to hold pre-budget talks with India Inc, farmers’ bodies, state FMs this week

While the meeting with India Inc. is expected to be held on Thursday, the consultations with farmers’ associations and economists are likely to take place on Friday.

June 17, 2024

Nirmala Sitharaman formally takes charge of finance ministry

She will soon present the full Budget for 2024-25, but the dates are yet to be announced.

June 12, 2024

Rajnath, Amit Shah, Sitharaman, Jaishankar retain portfolios in Modi 3.0 govt; Nadda gets Health and TDP’s Rammohan Naidu Civil Aviation

The cabinet formation and portfolio allocation also reflected the reality of numbers in the NDA government with BJP's allies having greater representation.

June 11, 2024

Modi govt committed to pursue ongoing reforms, with cutting-edge technology and transparency: Sitharaman

"...Our government has reshaped the budget from a mere record of expenditures into a strategic blueprint for equitable development," said in her post.

May 27, 2024

PM Modi will be back with ‘good majority’, work on full budget to start soon: FM Sitharaman

She also highlighted the fact that the IMF expects India to contribute as much as 18 per cent of the world’s GDP in the next five years to buttress her point.

May 17, 2024

‘Ulta Chor Kotwal Ko Daante’, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman refuting opposition’s claim on PSU’s

Nirmala Sitharaman also said that the Congress had made false claims also concerning people losing jobs after disinvestment.

May 8, 2024

Sitharaman’s “lost decade” jibe, after Chidambaram’s “arithmetic inevitability” comment on India becoming 3rd largest economy

As per reports, Chidambaram had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "turning an arithmetic inevitability into a guarantee".

April 29, 2024