Nirmala Sitharaman

Congress on Wednesday said that the Union Budget has “betrayed” the hopes of a vast majority of Indians and shown how far removed the government is from the people and their concerns about life — livelihood, and the growing inequality between the rich and the poor. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, […]

Elaborating on why finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman referred to millets as Shri (a title of respect used before the name), MoS Agriculture Kailash Choudhary said that the gesture will completely change our perception of coarse grains. He said, “Today’s budget was a magnificent and inclusive one. Farmers have been given priority in this budget. It […]

RJD leader slammed ‘Saptarishi’ provisions in Union Budget 2023 as farcical

Congress general secretary says the budget fails to address concerns related to unemployment, price hike

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, announced ‘Mahila Samman Bachat Patra’ for women with a fixed interest rate of 7.5 per cent, for two years

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday expressed her disappointment at the budget saying that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman didn’t have much to offer in terms of creating economic opportunities for women and youth. The expectations from the Budget were high because of the economic survey indicated recovery from covid impact, she said. […]

East Delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday praised the Central government increasing the tax rebate threshold to ₹7 lakhs per annum, stating that the Budget aims to improve the life of the common man. Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier today announced an increase in the […]

The government is going to go out and borrow. That essentially means the private sector is going to be squeezed out, said Manish Tewari

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor gave his nod to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of of setting up a National Digital Library for children and adolescents on Wednesday in her budget speech. “As a writer, I definitely appreciate this,” he said in his post budget media interaction with The New Indian.  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today […]

As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began giving her Budget speech on Wednesday, some members of the Opposition raised chants of Bharat Jodo. Sitharaman continued her speech without getting perturbed. “This is the first budget of Amritkal,” Sitharaman Said. India will grow at 7 percent despite global economic slowdown, said the Finance Minister. The Finance Minister […]