Budget 2024: Inclusive development, future growth themes of Sitharaman’s speech
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Inclusive development, future growth themes of Sitharaman’s speech

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Inclusive development and the National Democratic Alliance’s growth agenda for the future have emerged as the central theme of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim budget for FY25. Social justice and inclusive growth will be an effective and necessary governance model for the NDA government, Sitharaman said in her speech, calling it secularism in action. Mint reported on 1 February that Sitharaman’s budget speech will capture both the achievements and the goals of the NDA government, highlighting inclusive and all-round development as a guiding principle. “Orienting the regulatory environment to facilitate their growth will be an important element of this policy mix,” the minister said, adding that the government’s policies will sustain high and more resource-efficient economic growth.

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Inclusive Growth and Social Empowerment: India's Economic Policies Rooted in Inclusive Growth and Social Empowerment
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Inclusive Growth and Social Empowerment: India's Economic Policies Rooted in Inclusive Growth and Social Empowerment

ABP News  

India's economic policies are rooted in inclusive growth and social empowerment. The government has implemented various initiatives such as the PM Ujjwala Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, and the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile trinity to improve access to essential services, reduce financial exclusion, and minimize leakage through targeted DBTs.

Union Budget 2024: INDIA Alliance to Protest Against Budget Today | ABP News
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: INDIA Alliance to Protest Against Budget Today | ABP News

ABP News  

Nirmala Sitharaman: On Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget. Key highlights include increased standard deductions and expanded benefits for new tax regime taxpayers, though some disappointment exists over higher short-term and long-term capital gains taxes and the removal of indexation benefits. The budget also targets job creation, skill development, and support for small businesses, with incentives for …

Union Budget 2024: A vision for inclusive growth and empowerment
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024: A vision for inclusive growth and empowerment

The Hindu  

The Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister on July 23 embodies an inclusive and progressive vision, effectively addressing the diverse concerns of various sectors of the economy. The Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament on July 22, 2024 points out that the rising youth and women participation in the workforce presents an opportunity to tap the demographic and gender …

Union Budget 2024: A comprehensive pathway to inclusive growth and economic resilience
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024: A comprehensive pathway to inclusive growth and economic resilience

The Hindu  

The Union Budget 2024, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, represents a significant milestone in India’s ongoing journey towards inclusive growth and economic resilience. With a strategic emphasis on job creation, infrastructure development, support for MSMEs, and affordable housing, this Budget addresses the nation’s critical needs while prudently reducing the fiscal deficit to 4.9%. On the infrastructure front, the Budget …

The budget echoes the Developed India vision
5 months ago

The budget echoes the Developed India vision

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has meticulously assessed India’s economic vitality. New Delhi, India - July 23, 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during Post Budget Press Conference at National Media Centre, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Budget 2024 unveiled a comprehensive strategy built on nine foundational pillars — agriculture, employment, inclusive development, manufacturing and services, urban …

Union Budget 2024 provides blueprint for a self-reliant, developed India: U.P. CM Yogi
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024 provides blueprint for a self-reliant, developed India: U.P. CM Yogi

Hindustan Times  

Hailing the Union Budget 2024, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the budget presented under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi will prove to be all-encompassing, all inclusive, and development-oriented, meeting the hopes, aspirations and resolutions of 140 crore Indians. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team. In a media …

Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric, people-friendly: Annamalai
5 months ago

Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric, people-friendly: Annamalai

The Hindu  

The Union Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric and people-friendly. It strengthens the road map towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047, said BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. In a social media post on X, Mr. Annamalai said Budgetary announcements, including the Transit Oriented Development Plans in 14 large cities with a population above 30 lakh, …

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt
5 months ago

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi govt

Op India  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her seventh consecutive Union Budget for 2024-25, outlined key priorities aimed at fostering economic growth and creating ample opportunities. She listed productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment and skilling, inclusive human resource development and social justice, manufacturing and services, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, innovation, research and development and next-generation reforms as nine priority areas …

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Narendra Modi government will offer financial support for loans up to ₹10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions. Union Budget 2024: People watch Union Budget being presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on television screen at TV showroom, at Dadar, in Mumbai. Follow- Budget 2024 Live Updates "For …

Union Budget 2024 India: Sitharaman Announces 5 Schemes Focusing On 4.1 Crore Youth Over Next 5 Years
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024 India: Sitharaman Announces 5 Schemes Focusing On 4.1 Crore Youth Over Next 5 Years

ABP News  

Union Budget 2024 India: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her announcement during the Budget speech revealed that the Modi 3.0 government will launch five major schemes focusing on 4.1 crore youth over the next five years, with a substantial central outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore. The Finance Minister emphasized that 20 lakh youth will receive training and skill development …

Budget 2024: Key announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Key announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

India TV News  

Budget 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, presented the first budget of the Modi government 3.0, after it was re-elected to power for the third consecutive time, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "As mentioned in the interim Budget, we need to focus on 4 different castes, the poor, …

Union Budget 2024: What politicians expect - addressing unemployment and inflation issues, increasing fund assistance
5 months ago

Union Budget 2024: What politicians expect - addressing unemployment and inflation issues, increasing fund assistance

Live Mint  

Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2024-2025 in Parliament today, July 23, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Minutes before the unveiling of the Union Budget, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi told ANI, “I hope Nirmala Sitharaman ji will provide some relief from rising inflation and unemployment and the government will talk about 'Jan ki …

Budget 2024: Date, key timings and what to expect from budget speech
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Date, key timings and what to expect from budget speech

India Today  

The Monsoon session began on Monday, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to present the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. This will mark her seventh consecutive Budget presentation, surpassing the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who delivered five consecutive full Budgets and one interim Budget from 1959 to 1964. The Budget 2024 presentation can be …

Sitharaman to present Budget 2024: Understanding the Budget, its impact on India's economy
5 months ago

Sitharaman to present Budget 2024: Understanding the Budget, its impact on India's economy

India TV News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024–25 on Tuesday, marking the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third successive government. By adjusting tax policies and government spending, the budget can incentivize business investments, boost economic activity, and address public needs such as education and healthcare. The presentation of the Union Budget 2024–25 will be a critical …

Reforms to boost growth and stability will continue, asserts Nirmala Sitharaman after assuming charge as Finance Minister
6 months, 1 week ago

Reforms to boost growth and stability will continue, asserts Nirmala Sitharaman after assuming charge as Finance Minister

The Hindu  

The NDA government will continue to push the reforms drive initiated after 2014 with an eye on bolstering India’s macroeconomic stability and growth, Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on June 12 after taking over the reins of the Ministries of Finance and Corporate Affairs again. “She urged the departments to advance the NDA government’s development agenda with renewed vigour and ensure responsive …

FM Nirmala Sitharaman: True Vote on Account Budget, Shows Our Secularism in Action
10 months, 3 weeks ago

FM Nirmala Sitharaman: True Vote on Account Budget, Shows Our Secularism in Action

News 18  

A day after presenting the interim budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke exclusively to Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi about how it was a “true vote on account budget”. “We treated it like a true vote on account, an interim budget before an election, and also an interim budget which is being presented with the clear understanding that the several …

2024 Interim Budget | After PM Modi’s call, Centre’s measure for social justice progress focuses on poor, women, youth, and farmers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 Interim Budget | After PM Modi’s call, Centre’s measure for social justice progress focuses on poor, women, youth, and farmers

The Hindu  

In Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget speech months before the country goes to the Lok Sabha election, the Narendra Modi-led government’s social justice plank is clearly spelt out with the government looking to cover the development of all castes and their administrative focus on ensuring “resources are distributed fairly regardless of social standing”. This is manifested in the way …

Budget 2024: What ‘GDP’, ‘Disha Nirdeshak Baatein’ stand for in today’s budget?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: What ‘GDP’, ‘Disha Nirdeshak Baatein’ stand for in today’s budget?

Live Mint  

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted in a post-budget press conference that she wants to drawn attention to ‘GDP’, abbreviating it to ‘governance, development and performance’ as the backdrop of Interim Budget 2024. ‘’India has seen three consecutive years of seven percent growth, Sitharaman said, while highlighting the government's performance over the last 10 years. ‘’The fiscal deficit target …

Budget 2024: Women, farmers, youth, poor are top priority for NDA
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Women, farmers, youth, poor are top priority for NDA

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday identified women, farmers, youth and the poor as priority segments of society for the NDA government, which is expecting a comeback to power after the national polls this year. “When the poor become empowered partners in the development process, government’s power to assist them also increases manifold.” Farmers are the food providers, …

Budget 2024: Measures for economy, select segments to feature in Nirmala Sitharaman's sixth straight budget
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Measures for economy, select segments to feature in Nirmala Sitharaman's sixth straight budget

India TV News  

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the last budget of the Modi 2.0 government before the upcoming general elections. The budget, expected to be a mix of measures for the economy and targeted segments like farmers and women, is the sixth consecutive one for Sitharaman and may highlight the government's achievements over the past decade. Technically …

Budget 2024 Updates: On track to meet 4.5% fiscal deficit aim by Financial Year 2026, says Nirmala Sitharaman
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024 Updates: On track to meet 4.5% fiscal deficit aim by Financial Year 2026, says Nirmala Sitharaman

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted the five 'Disha Nirdesak Batein', which were present in the Union Budget. "The second one is the four major 'caste' groups as we call them, which includes the poor, the women, the youth and the annadata," she said. While capital expenditure has been the root one for revival from Covid-19 in the past years, now …

Union Budget 2024 to focus on 5 key social sections
11 months, 1 week ago

Union Budget 2024 to focus on 5 key social sections

Hindustan Times  

Budget 2024: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s pre-election budget is set to focus on welfare schemes for five key sections of society—women, poor, youth, farmers and tribals—as the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance aims a third term in office on the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of inclusive growth. Accordingly, allocations for existing schemes for these …

India poised to become a developed country by the year 2047, says Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year ago

India poised to become a developed country by the year 2047, says Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the NDA Government took significant steps for the transformation of India into a developed country by the year 2047 with due focus on inclusive growth and exuded confidence that it would reach the milestone. Launching Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra at Rayanapadu here, Ms. Sitharaman said Modi ki Guarantee vehicles were touring every …

Budget's main focus is growth; Mumbai should be liking proposals: FM
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget's main focus is growth; Mumbai should be liking proposals: FM

The Hindu  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 4 said growth is the main focus of the Budget for FY24 presented by her recently. The Budget proposals establish both fiscal consolidation and growth, especially inclusive growth, Ms. Sitharaman said during her maiden interaction with stakeholders outside the National Capital since presenting the Union Budget on February 1. We want to sustain …

In an uncertain world, a compassionate Budget
1 year, 10 months ago

In an uncertain world, a compassionate Budget

Hindustan Times  

Union Budget 2023-24 is bold in its ideas, yet conservative in its calculus, ambitious in its strategies, yet firmly anchored in reality. India@100 will rest on the pillars of inclusivity and prosperity, where “fruits of development reach all regions and citizens, especially our youth, women, farmers, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.” As reflected through the first two …

Budget 2023 News Updates: Zero Tax Upto Rs 7L; Govt Says New I-T Regime Has Better Incentives
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 News Updates: Zero Tax Upto Rs 7L; Govt Says New I-T Regime Has Better Incentives

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the four emphasis points of the Union Budget 2023-24 are empowering women, action plan for tourism, initiatives for Vishvakarmas and green growth. Sitharaman said, “Our vision is to create a tech-driven and knowledge-based economy.” she added that the Indian economy is on the right track and the growth has been at 7 per …

Budget envisions prosperous and inclusive India: Gadkari
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget envisions prosperous and inclusive India: Gadkari

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Road minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman envisions a prosperous and inclusive India. “Driving the country to ‘Aatmanirbharta’, this budget will equip India with new-age infrastructure, decline imports and strengthen the energy sector with a futuristic approach.” Gadkari added that inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, …

Budget 2023-24: Sitharaman announces scheme to improve socio-economic condition of vulnerable tribes
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023-24: Sitharaman announces scheme to improve socio-economic condition of vulnerable tribes

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday proposed to launch a scheme to improve the socio-economic condition of particularly vulnerable primitive tribal groups. An amount of Rs 15,000 crore will be made available to implement the Prime Minister Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups development mission in next three years under the development action plan for Scheduled Tribes, she said while …

Budget 2023-24: A lookback at the achievements of Modi govt since 2014
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023-24: A lookback at the achievements of Modi govt since 2014

Firstpost  

The Union Finance Minister has provided credit for the efficient implementation of many schemes with the universalisation of targeted benefits for the resultant inclusive development across the country since 2014. New Delhi: The government’s efforts since 2014 have ensured all citizens a better quality of living and a life of dignity, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “We have significantly …

Budget 2023 PDF Download: Read and Save Nirmala Sitharaman's Full Budget Speech in PDF Format
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 PDF Download: Read and Save Nirmala Sitharaman's Full Budget Speech in PDF Format

News 18  

Budget 2023: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Budget for financial year 2023-24. Download 2023 budget document pdf The pdf document of the Budget speech of the finance minister can be accessed here. The pdf document of the Budget speech of the finance minister can also be downloaded from. From announcing changes in the new tax regime, increase …

Budget 2023 | India has made significant progress in many SDGs: Finance Minister
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | India has made significant progress in many SDGs: Finance Minister

The Hindu  

India has made significant progress in many Sustainable Development Goals and the per capita income has increased to ₹1.97 lahks, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. According to the Center for Science and Environment’s 'State of India’s Environment Report 2022', the country's overall SDG score was 66 out of 100. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its …

Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2023 likely to avoid populist measures
1 year, 10 months ago

Why Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2023 likely to avoid populist measures

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2023, a key deciding factor prior to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, may avoid populist measures. During the tenure of the first National Democratic Alliance government, spending on defence decreased from 2000-03 average of 18 per cent to 15.2 per cent of the budget share in 2003-04. Due to the government’s commitment to fiscal …

Budget 2022: Focus on providing basic amenities to poor, middle class, youth, says PM Modi
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Focus on providing basic amenities to poor, middle class, youth, says PM Modi

India TV News  

Highlights Post-Covid, the possibility of a new world order is emerging, PM Modi said today A big change is coming in the way the world is viewing India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said It is very important to build a modern India on the foundation of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', PM said The focus of the Union Budget is on providing basic …

Budget 2022: Creation of 60 lakh jobs next target of govt, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Creation of 60 lakh jobs next target of govt, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

India Today  

Presenting the Union Budget 2022, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the next target of the government is to create 60 lakh jobs. "Production Linked Incentive Scheme for achieving Aatmanirbhar Bharat has received an excellent response, with potential to create 60 lakh new jobs and additional production of 30 lakh crore during next Keycap digit five years," she said. Read: Budget …

Repo Rate Unchanged at 4%, GDP Growth Projected at 10.5% for FY22
3 years, 10 months ago

Repo Rate Unchanged at 4%, GDP Growth Projected at 10.5% for FY22

The Quint  

The central bank governor also said the outlook on growth is turning positive, with the signs of recovery strengthening further. The movement of goods and people and domestic trading activities are growing at a robust pace," he was quoted as saying, going on to assert that the in next fiscal, one can expect the damage inflicted by the pandemic on …

Chandrajit Banerjee | Game-changer that will help enable growth with inclusion
3 years, 10 months ago

Chandrajit Banerjee | Game-changer that will help enable growth with inclusion

Deccan Chronicle  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Union Budget 2021-22 amidst extraordinarily difficult times created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Further, the disinvestment roadmap, asset monetisation, ensuring simplification, predictability and stability in tax policy, financial sector reform and inclusion, promoting the ease of doing business, steps to increase India’s involvement in global value chains and measures to facilitate innovation, among others, …

Nirmala Sitharaman Exclusive Interview: I Will Only be Postponing India’s Growth If I Don’t Spend Now
3 years, 10 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman Exclusive Interview: I Will Only be Postponing India’s Growth If I Don’t Spend Now

News 18  

The government focused on the quality of expenditure while designing the Union Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Network 18 Editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, in her first post-Budget interview to a private television network. “So that is why I have made provision for large borrowings with the tax buoyancy kept at a very conservative level and with disinvestment, asset monetisation, …

Budget 2021 LIVE: Budget is a shot in the arm for Indian economy, says S&P
3 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2021 LIVE: Budget is a shot in the arm for Indian economy, says S&P

Business Standard  

Addressing the nation after the Budget presentation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this year's Budget was prepared under unprecendented circumstances. It's an active and not a reactive budget," he added, congratulating Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her third Union Budget in Parliament, which rests on six pillars – health and well-being, physical, financial …

Budget 2021: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Must Provide a ‘Political’ Vision for India’s Economic Revival
3 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2021: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Must Provide a ‘Political’ Vision for India’s Economic Revival

News 18  

As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman writes her Budget speech, she may consider reversing James Carville’s quote and say “It’s the politics, stupid!” In doing so, she will acknowledge the people-centricity of her approach to the economy, moving beyond mere numbers and data. Consistent Definition of Atmanirbhar Bharat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat programme may be his defining contribution to …

Govt preparing a budget 'as never before': Sitharaman
4 years ago

Govt preparing a budget 'as never before': Sitharaman

India TV News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the government is seeking growth-inducing big ideas and inputs derived from introspection by industry, which would be used for creating a 'budget as never before'. Speaking at the CII Partnership Summit 2020, Sitharaman said that the next Union Budget will help India emerge as the engine for global growth and economic resurgence. …

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