Chennai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the Union government was not making any attempts to impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu and was trying to promote Tamil…

New Delhi: In a bid to deal with stress in NBFC sector, guidelines will be issued soon for state-owned banks to take over pooled assets of non-banking financial…

New Delhi: Answering critics of her maiden Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said every estimate in the Budget 2019-20 was “realistic” and that the focus on agriculture…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government is committed to follow the path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on public expenditure. Replying to the…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to address the post-budget meeting of the RBI’s central board on Monday and highlight the key points of the Budget, including…

Bengaluru: Jobs don’t get created just by references to Basaveshwara’s “work is worship” verses, the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka said on Friday, as Union Finance Minister Nirmala…

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hailed the Union Budget as one for a “new India” which laid the foundation for an inclusive and progressive nation, while the Congress…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described the Union Budget as citizen-friendly, development friendly and future-oriented, and one which will empower the poor and provide better…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will build 1.95 crore houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) – Gramin over the next two…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the time is right to consider increasing minimum public shareholding from 25 per cent to 35 per cent. She also…

New Delhi: The government will focus on imparting new-age skills in areas like artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, big data, 3-D printing, virtual reality and robotics to equip…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to issue Aadhaar cards to non-resident Indians holding Indian passport on their arrival in the country. Under the present…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday announced that the government will pump in 70,000 crore into public sector banks (PSBs) to strengthen them and enhance their lending capacity. Unveiling…

Nirmala Sitharaman will make history today as India’s first full-time woman finance minister to present the Budget under Modi 2.0 government

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the government will invest widely in agriculture infrastructure and support private entrepreneurship for value addition in farm sector. Presenting the…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said corporate India is a job creator as well as wealth creator and called for public private partnership to develop rail…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the NDA government had set the ball rolling for a ‘New India’ in its first term and programmes will be…

New Delhi: In a departure from the past, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried the Union Budget documents in a red bag, reminiscence of the…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said India needs to make structural reforms to achieve USD 5 trillion economy in the next few years. Presenting the first…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday became only the second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Sitharaman, 59, presented the Modi…