NEW DELHI,May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a meeting of the 8th Governing Council of the Niti Aayog here in which Chief Ministers of several states participated. The meeting is currently underway at the newly constructed Convention Centre in Pragati Maidan. It is being held under the theme of “Viksit Bharat @2047: […]Continue Reading
By Sukanta Kumar Mohanty BHUBANESWAR, FEB. 17: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday put a stop to the demand for Special Category State (SCS) raised by many states. She said the SCS status had lost its relevance following a recommendation by the Finance Commission. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar on Union Budget 2023-24, […]Continue Reading
By Swagatika Bhutia Bhubaneswar, Feb. 15: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Bhubaneswar on a two-day visit to the state. Ms Sitharaman will be visiting IIT-Bhubaneswar on Friday afternoon for an interaction session with the students. The theme for discussion has been titled “Youth & Innovation: Propellers of India’s Economic growth in the Amrit Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 8: Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal were among the 27 newly-elected members of Rajya Sabha who took oath as members of the Council of States on Friday. The members took the oath owing allegiance to the Constitution as required to commence their functioning as MPs, in the presence of Chairman M […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 29 : There will be no Zero Hour and Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament during the first two days of the Budget Session. The Budget Session of Parliament shall begin on January 31 with the address by President Ram Nath Kovind to both Houses in the Central Hall. On February […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,Nov.29: The government has no proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday. She also informed the House that the government does not collect data on Bitcoin transactions. Whether the government has any proposal to recognise Bitcoin as […]Continue Reading
RAIPUR, OCTO 6: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, slammed the Congress party for criticising the Centre’s asset monetisation pipeline scheme, saying “loot” existed in the DNA of the party. “The medium of loot never goes out of the mind of the Congress, just as it was rampant during their rule—whether […]Continue Reading
