India concerned about global economic outlook, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it remains concerned about the global economic outlook and geopolitical environment.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it remains concerned about the global economic outlook and geopolitical environment.
"We need to collectively work to strengthen multilateral development banks for many global challenges, like climate change," PM Modi said during the meeting.
Launching the 6th round of coal mine auction of the Ministry of Coal, she observed that India was at present the best investment destination in the world.
Her interventions focused on infrastructure investments and International Taxation during the meeting on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group (WBG).
Answering a question on India's economic prospects in the face of global uncertainty, Sitharaman said India is now setting global standards and countries around the world recognise this scale of achievement.
These officers and staff will come in contact with their near and dear ones only after the Budget is presented by the Union Finance Minister in Parliament.
Notwithstanding the availability of sufficient collateral, bankers have dragged their feet over such loan requests.
During this session, the Finance Minister shared some of the policy measures taken by the Government of India to fight the pandemic, including direct benefit transfers, special support to agriculture and MSME sectors, rural employment guarantee measures etc.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and other top BJP leaders visited the hospital to inquire about his condition.
“No good news for north Bengal from this budget,” Mr Bihani said.
