Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:17:45
A large number of commonly used items, including refrigerators, air conditioners, LED lights and mobile phones, will become more expensive due to hike in customs duty on imported parts, as proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2021-22.
However, gold and silver will become cheaper as a result of rationalisation in customs duty on imports of these precious metals
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:16:07
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Monday a record sum of Rs 1.1 lakh crore for the Railways, out of which Rs 1.07 lakh crore is for capital expenditure, and said the national transporter would monetise the dedicated freight corridors after its commissioning.
Presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, Sitharaman also applauded the services provided by the Railways to transport essential
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:13:17
Manish Tewari, MP and Congress national spokesperson, said on Monday that Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget is oblivious of the fact that the Gross Domestic Product is in its 37th month of decline and the country now faces its worst crisis since 1991.
The Congress spokesperson said the Budget lacks a central focus except for a National Monetisation Plan, but even that implies a
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:10:50
Appreciating the 'first digital budget' of India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team and said the efforts made in the budget will play an important role in creating jobs in the country.
"This is the first digital budget. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, this budget is making the rules and regulatio
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:08:30
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced higher capital expenditure for the FY 2021-22 and focused on providing a major boost to healthcare and infrastructure building.
In her Budget speech, Sitharaman mentioned that this year's budget focused on six pillars- Health and Wellbeing, Physical and Financial Capital, and Infrastructure, Inclusive Development for Aspirational India, Re
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:06:20
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that 15,000 schools across the country will include all components of the National Education Policy (NEP).
"More than 15,000 schools to include all components of the National Education Policy will be qualitatively strengthened; to enable them to emerge as exemplar schools in their regions, handhold and mentor other schools to achieve the i
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:03:45
Criticizing the Union Budget 2021-22, Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said that the budget is disappointing as it lacks a roadmap for accelerating growth and revival of consumer demand.
He further stated that the Finance Minister could have been brave to help the poor but she chose to be timid and continued with the government's rhetoric.
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:00:15
After the announcement of the much-awaited voluntary policy to scrap old vehicles, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways, and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the move will reduce pollution and benefit the automobile sector.
The policy is expected to boost the demand for heavy and medium commercial vehicles, said Gadkari.
The minister added that the material recycled will be usefu
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:36:02
Stressed that the government is committed to farmers' welfare, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the MSP regime has undergone a "sea change" to assure price at least 1.5 times of production cost with sharp increase in procurement of foodgrains and payment to farmers.
In her budget speech for the next fiscal, she said the procurement of crops like paddy, wheat, pulses and cotto
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