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FM launches new savings scheme for women with 7.5% fixed interest rate for 2 yrs
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday announced a ‘Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ with a fixed interest rate of 7.5 percent for two years. The deposit can be made in the…
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Indira, Rajiv Gandhi killings ‘not martyrdom but accidents’: Uttarakhand min stokes row
Dehradun: The killings of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not “martyrdom but accidents”, Uttarakhand Minister Ganesh Joshi said on Tuesday, stoking a political controversy. The Minister said that…
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Department of Space to get Rs 12,543.91 crore for FY24
New Delhi: The government has proposed an allocation of Rs 12,543.91 crore to the Department of Space for year 2023-24. The allocation is for the Department of Space and other organizations under…
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GOBARdhan scheme to promote circular economy with investment of Rs 10,000 cr: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said 500 new waste-to-wealth plants under GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme will be established to promote a circular economy. These will include…
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Govt targeting 5 MT of green hydrogen production by 2030: FM
New Delhi: The government is targeting 5 million tonnes (MT) of green hydrogen production by 2030, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday in her Budget speech. She also said that the…
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FM announces scheme to improve socio-economic condition of vulnerable tribes
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to launch a scheme to improve the socio-economic condition of particularly vulnerable primitive tribal groups. An amount of Rs 15,000 crore will be…
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Highest-ever capital outlay of Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways in budget
New Delhi: The capital outlay for the railways has been increased to the highest-ever Rs 2.40 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Presenting…
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Govt to continue 50-year interest-free loans to states for another year: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced that the Centre will continue 50-year interest-free loans to state governments for one more year. She also said the enhanced capex of Rs…
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National cooperative database is being created to map cooperative societies: FM
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that a national cooperative database is being created to map cooperative societies. The move would help in better implementation of the proposed national…
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India’s G-20 presidency unique opportunity to strengthen its role in world economic order: FM
New Delhi: India’s ongoing presidency of the G-20 grouping is a unique opportunity to strengthen the country’s role in the world economic order when countries across the globe are facing various challenges,…
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38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools: FM
New Delhi: As many as 38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Presenting the last full Budget of the second term of the…
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Govt to launch Rs 2,200-crore Aatmanirbhar clean plant programme: Sitharaman
New Delhi: The government will launch a Rs 2,200-crore Aatmanirbhar clean plant program, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Presenting the Budget for 2023-24, she said an agriculture accelerator fund will…
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Mathura cloth showroom gutted in fire, property worth lakhs lost
Mathura: A massive fire broke out in a cloth showroom in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh on the intervening night of January 31 and February 1. The incident occurred in the…
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UP govt cancels lease of Jauhar research institute in Rampur
Rampur: In a big jolt to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the Uttar Pradesh government has canceled the lease of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Training and Research Institute here, according to an…
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More competitive Congress must for revival of healthy democracy in India: Ramachandra Guha
New Delhi: Historian Ramachandra Guha on Tuesday said that to “revive” healthy democracy in India in which one party does not steamroll the Opposition, a lot depends on the Congress becoming more…
