Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday sought the Parliament nod for additional spending of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, which include cash outgo of Rs 1.66 lakh crore, primarily to meet......
Reaching out to different sections of society, including farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the well-being of ‘annadaata’ is a priority for the government and their......
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Bharatiya Janata Party......
About 30 crore landless people will get employment in the industrial corridors following amendments to the land acquisition bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. "I want to make a......
The government will a create a refinance agency, Mudra Bank with an initial corpus of Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) to provide credit facilities to SC/ST businesses, Finance Minister......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch on April 8 the Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) MUDRA Bank, an agency to refinance micro-finance institutions which will also act as regulator for the......
He assured the startups that both the banking system and the government will make the resources available to them Government, in the Budget next month will announce a friendly tax regime that will......
With five months of financial year 2015-16 left, the time is right to assess the progress of announcements made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget for 2015-16. The......