Nirmala Sitharaman Bihar

The per capita income of the people of Bihar would have more than doubled had there been no misgovernance during the Lalu Yadav-led RJD government, Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

"Unlike UP, governments of Punjab, Rajasthan not denying girl was raped": Rahul Gandhi on BJP's "Gandhis don't care" jibe

Amid the opposition's criticism of the BJP's Bihar poll promise of free COVID vaccines, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on Saturday that the announcement was perfectly in order and a party can announce what it wants to do when it comes to power.

Kisan Rail Service: The Railways began the Kisan Rail service, to transport vegetables and fruits, today. The first train is between Devlali in Maharashtra and Danapur in Bihar, the Railways said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced Kisan Railin her Budget earlier this year.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the centre will invest Rs 10,000 crore to promote healthy food, organic and other products linked to well-being by forming clusters of producers in states where certain items are unique to them or they have a natural advantage in growing them. For example, kesar in Jammu and Kashmir, makhana in Bihar, ...

In view of declining state revenue amid the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting her to release Rs 7,434 crore grants, recommended by the 15th Finance Commission, within this quarter of the current fiscal.

The number of coronavirus cases in the country is about to touch 700, with a big jump of 88, shows data from the health ministry. The total is now 695 - including 47 foreigners, 42 people who have been cured or discharged and 17 people who died. Two days into the 21-day lockdown, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a Rs1.7 lakh ...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman honoured a soldier killed in the line of duty by touching his mother's feet at an army event held in Dehradun today. Hema Kumari had come to the Uttarakhand capital to attend the function held to mark the contributions of her son - Ajit Pradhan - and other soldiers who had in encounters with terrorists.

The rout of BJP in Bihar elections will not derail the reform agenda at the Centre and the bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) will get through Parliament soon, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.

He never misses a chance to rail at the BJP and Narendra Modi, but senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh made a rare exception, on an NDTV show, for a BJP leader known to be one of Modi's strongest defenders.

Ignoring a cease-and-desist warning publicly issued by the BJP over the weekend, Mr Kumar, who is the chief minister of Bihar, took another swipe at BJP leader Narendra Modi this morning, suggesting that the buck stops with the government of Gujarat for the communal riots of 2002.

The per capita income of the people of Bihar would have more than doubled had there been no misgovernance during the Lalu Yadav-led RJD government, Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

"Unlike UP, governments of Punjab, Rajasthan not denying girl was raped": Rahul Gandhi on BJP's "Gandhis don't care" jibe

Amid the opposition's criticism of the BJP's Bihar poll promise of free COVID vaccines, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on Saturday that the announcement was perfectly in order and a party can announce what it wants to do when it comes to power.

Kisan Rail Service: The Railways began the Kisan Rail service, to transport vegetables and fruits, today. The first train is between Devlali in Maharashtra and Danapur in Bihar, the Railways said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced Kisan Railin her Budget earlier this year.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the centre will invest Rs 10,000 crore to promote healthy food, organic and other products linked to well-being by forming clusters of producers in states where certain items are unique to them or they have a natural advantage in growing them. For example, kesar in Jammu and Kashmir, makhana in Bihar, ...

In view of declining state revenue amid the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting her to release Rs 7,434 crore grants, recommended by the 15th Finance Commission, within this quarter of the current fiscal.

The number of coronavirus cases in the country is about to touch 700, with a big jump of 88, shows data from the health ministry. The total is now 695 - including 47 foreigners, 42 people who have been cured or discharged and 17 people who died. Two days into the 21-day lockdown, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a Rs1.7 lakh ...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman honoured a soldier killed in the line of duty by touching his mother's feet at an army event held in Dehradun today. Hema Kumari had come to the Uttarakhand capital to attend the function held to mark the contributions of her son - Ajit Pradhan - and other soldiers who had in encounters with terrorists.

The rout of BJP in Bihar elections will not derail the reform agenda at the Centre and the bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) will get through Parliament soon, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.

He never misses a chance to rail at the BJP and Narendra Modi, but senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh made a rare exception, on an NDTV show, for a BJP leader known to be one of Modi's strongest defenders.

Ignoring a cease-and-desist warning publicly issued by the BJP over the weekend, Mr Kumar, who is the chief minister of Bihar, took another swipe at BJP leader Narendra Modi this morning, suggesting that the buck stops with the government of Gujarat for the communal riots of 2002.