Tag: Sitharaman
Digital Rupee: India's Own Digital Currency To Come Soon, FM Sitharaman Makes Big Announcement In Budget Speech
Digital rupee will be issued using blockchain and other technologies by RBI starting 2022-23. This will give a big boost to the economy, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Budget 2022. ....
Agriculture Budget 2022: FM Sitharaman Announces Rs 2.37 Crore Provision For Direct Payment Of MSP
On the backdrop of the almost year-long agitation against the three contentious farm laws that were repealed, and the continued demand for increasing MSP for all farmers, the Centre on Tuesday announced a provision of Rs 2.37 crore for direct payment for MSP value in the Union Budget 2022-23. ....
Sitharaman, Jaishankar Defend India Buying Russian Oil
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday defended the purchase of cheap Russian oil even as sanctions have been imposed on Moscow following its military attack on Ukraine. ....
FM Sitharaman Raises Fears Cryptocurrency Could Be Used To Fund Terror
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday raised doubts about the size of the cryptocurrency market worldwide and stressed the need for a regulatory mechanism acceptable to all countries to prevent its use to launder money and fund terrorism, which, she said, were big concerns for India.....
Nirmala Sitharaman On India-US Ties: 'Can Choose A Friend, Not Neighbour'
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been in the United States this week, on Friday spoke of the Washington-New Delhi ties in context of India's geography, stressing that " a friend can't be weak".....
India Maintained Post-pandemic Growth Momentum, Says Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India has maintained accelerated growth momentum, after the contraction in 2020, by balancing the immediate needs of the economy with long-term structural reforms. ....
‘Union Budget 2022 People Friendly And Progressive’, Says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Union Budget for 2022-23 has come with a new confidence of development amid the once-in-a-century pandemic and will create new opportunities for common people along with providing strength to the economy.....
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal 'disappointed' As Budget Fails To Address Inflation
Terming the Union Budget 2022-23 "disappointing", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that it has nothing to ease the burden of common masses hit by the rising inflation amid Covid-19. ....
CLMV Countries Invited To Partner In Make In India: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday invited both governments and business communities of CLMV countrie --Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam -- to actively partner in India's 'Make in India' programme.....
Only Illegal Slaughter Houses Shut In UP: Minister
Only illegal slaughter houses are being shut in Uttar Pradesh and there cannot be a difference of opinion that they should be shut, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.....
