Nirmala Sitharaman
- India
People will reject this ‘capitalist Budget’, says P Chidambaram
New Delhi: The “capitalist” Union Budget 2022-23 is “obdurate” and “callous” as there is no cash assistance to the very poor who have been pushed into extreme poverty and suffered immensely during…
- Technology
Wait for Indian masses to use 5G smartphones gets longer
New Delhi: India, which is the third-largest 5G smartphone market globally, is yet to use the 5G technology and the wait only got longer with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing on Tuesday…
- Telangana
Telangana CM KCR terms Union Budget ‘aimless, useless, meaningless’
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday expressed his extreme disappointment in the Union Budget placed in the Parliament by the BJP led Centre and termed it as an ‘aimless,…
- India
Budget 2022: Minority Affairs Ministry allocated over Rs 5,020 cr
New Delhi: The Minority Affairs Ministry was allocated Rs 5020.50 crore in the 2022-23 Union Budget on Tuesday which is Rs 674.05 crore more than the revised figures of the previous fiscal.…
- India
Govt to bring battery swapping policy to promote electric vehicles
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the government will bring a battery swapping policy to boost the use of electric vehicles in the country in view of space…
- India
No change in personal income tax rates in Budget
New Delhi: Belying expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates in the Budget for 2022-23. The minister also did not raise standard deduction, which was…
- India
India to earmark 68 per cent of capital procurement budget of Defence for domestic industry
New Delhi: With an objective to reduce dependence on imports of defence equipment, India will earmark 68 per cent of its capital procurement budget of the defence sector for the domestic industry,…
- India
Spectrum auctions to be conducted in 2022 to facilitate roll-out of 5G services: FM
New Delhi: The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
- Photos
Budget 2022-23: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at North Block
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a folder-case containing the Union Budget 2022-23 as she poses for a group photograph with MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and officials of the Finance…
- India
Sitharaman reaches Parliament ahead of Union Budget 2022-23 presentation
New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reached the Parliament where she is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2022-23 in Lok Sabha at 11 am. Earlier today, Sitharaman met President…
