Sitharaman announces measures to spur agricultural growth to support ‘Annadata’
Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a slew of measures to spur agricultural growth and productivity, to benefit the 'Annadata'.
Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a slew of measures to spur agricultural growth and productivity, to benefit the 'Annadata'.
Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget 2025-2026 in Parliament today, said the Government will set up an Urban Challenge Fund of Rs one lakh crore to implement the proposals for ‘Cities as Growth Hubs’, ‘Creative Redevelopment of Cities’ and ‘Water and Sanitation’ announced in the July Budget.
Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the possibility of a 'Deep Tech Fund of Funds' will be explored to catalyse the next generation start ups.
The Finance Minister informed the Lok Sabha that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been successful in recovering assets from several high-profile economic offenders.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India has undertaken a host of process and governance reforms over the last 10 years for more investor-friendly engagement.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday emphasised on the need for global consensus for regulating crypto assets.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that 'Crypto Assets' is an issue that requires immediate attention from the G20 and "our response has to ensure that we do not lose any potential benefits while protecting our economies from harm".
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that with both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank having projected India as the fastest growing major economy in 2023, it will stay on course and is projected to grow at 7 per cent in 2022-23 as per the government's own economic survey 2022-23.
Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised preparedness along with due diligence through adherence to the regulatory framework by focusing on risk management, and diversification of deposits and assets base.
Amid the failure of banks in the US and the liquidity crisis being faced by Credit Suisse, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to meet chiefs of public sector banks on March 25.
