Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2020

Last year, though the education sector was widely impacted due to the pandemic, but the government slashed the education budget by 6 per cent from what was announced in 2020

Allocating an enhanced outlay of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the highways sector for 2021-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said execution of flagship highways corridors as well as projects are bound to speed up.

India's unmanned space flight will take place in December this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today during her annual budget speech. This mission will be the first of two to be undertaken before the Indian Space Research Organisation launches its human spaceflight under the "Gaganyaan" umbrella. It was initially planned for December...

Alleging that seven years of the Narendra Modi government have "wrecked" the economy and high growth prospects, the Congress today said it is afraid that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present "dressed-up" revised estimates for 2020-21 in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament and attempt to build an attractive narrative for the coming...

The Budget 2020-21 has introduced more tax slabs and offers higher limits provided the taxpayer is ready to forego all the existing exemptions and deductions including those against payment of interest on home loans and tax-savings investments.

"If more has to be done beyond the Budget 2020, we are willing to do that. I am open to take steps beyond it. We are open to hearing from all of you so that as and when tweakings have to happen or more has to be done beyond the Budget, we are willing to do that, the Finance Minister said in a panel discussion.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that while the current government has been transparent in declaring extra-budgetary expenses, the previous UPA regime chose to keep its books clean by pushing its liabilities from oil subsidies to the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs).

Hitting out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for declining to answer Congress leader Anand Sharma's question on Budget 2020 in the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed that the Union Minister was not familiar with the numbers that were presented by her only 10 days ago.

Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday till March 2 as the first part of the budget session ended.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that Budget 2020 has laid the foundation for increasing consumption and building assets to push India towards its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.

Ms Sitharaman said Budget 2020 provides discreet and considered stimulus and there was never a trust deficit in the banking system. "No trust deficit with banks, for banks, a hesitation subject to vigilance," she added.

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday tweaked the cash reserve ratio (CRR) norms in a bid to increase lending to micro, small and medium enterprises.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to use the "useless" budget presented by a "clueless" Nirmala Sitharaman to dump the entire blame on her and sack her as Finance Minister.

During their formative years, start-ups generally use ESOP to attract and retain highly talented employees. ESOP are a significant component of compensation for these employees.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encountered what appeared to be an unexpected question during her press interaction at an event hosted by industry body FICCI on Monday.

Last year, though the education sector was widely impacted due to the pandemic, but the government slashed the education budget by 6 per cent from what was announced in 2020

Allocating an enhanced outlay of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the highways sector for 2021-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said execution of flagship highways corridors as well as projects are bound to speed up.

India's unmanned space flight will take place in December this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today during her annual budget speech. This mission will be the first of two to be undertaken before the Indian Space Research Organisation launches its human spaceflight under the "Gaganyaan" umbrella. It was initially planned for December...

Alleging that seven years of the Narendra Modi government have "wrecked" the economy and high growth prospects, the Congress today said it is afraid that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present "dressed-up" revised estimates for 2020-21 in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament and attempt to build an attractive narrative for the coming...

The Budget 2020-21 has introduced more tax slabs and offers higher limits provided the taxpayer is ready to forego all the existing exemptions and deductions including those against payment of interest on home loans and tax-savings investments.

"If more has to be done beyond the Budget 2020, we are willing to do that. I am open to take steps beyond it. We are open to hearing from all of you so that as and when tweakings have to happen or more has to be done beyond the Budget, we are willing to do that, the Finance Minister said in a panel discussion.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that while the current government has been transparent in declaring extra-budgetary expenses, the previous UPA regime chose to keep its books clean by pushing its liabilities from oil subsidies to the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs).

Hitting out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for declining to answer Congress leader Anand Sharma's question on Budget 2020 in the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed that the Union Minister was not familiar with the numbers that were presented by her only 10 days ago.

Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday till March 2 as the first part of the budget session ended.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that Budget 2020 has laid the foundation for increasing consumption and building assets to push India towards its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.

Ms Sitharaman said Budget 2020 provides discreet and considered stimulus and there was never a trust deficit in the banking system. "No trust deficit with banks, for banks, a hesitation subject to vigilance," she added.

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday tweaked the cash reserve ratio (CRR) norms in a bid to increase lending to micro, small and medium enterprises.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to use the "useless" budget presented by a "clueless" Nirmala Sitharaman to dump the entire blame on her and sack her as Finance Minister.

During their formative years, start-ups generally use ESOP to attract and retain highly talented employees. ESOP are a significant component of compensation for these employees.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman encountered what appeared to be an unexpected question during her press interaction at an event hosted by industry body FICCI on Monday.