Empowerment of women through entrepreneurship, ease of living, and dignity for them has gained momentum in ten years of the Modi government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday and noted that 83 lakh SHGs with nine crore women are transforming the rural socio-economic landscape with empowerment and self-reliance. Presenting […]
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RBI to issue digital rupee using blockchain in FY 22-23: Sitharaman
To boost the Indian economy, the Reserved Bank of India (RBI) will be issuing a digital rupee using blockchain and other technologies in the Financial Year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament on Tuesday. “Digital rupee to be issued using blockchain and other technologies; to be issued by RBI starting 2022-23. This will give a big boost to the economy,” […]
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Union Budget: Sitharaman expresses empathy for people affected by Covid-19 pandemic
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday began the presentation of the Union Budget 2022-23 by expressing empathy to those who died due to COVID-19. “I want to take a moment to express my empathy for those who had to bear adverse health and economic effects of the pandemic,” the […]
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Priyanka Chaturvedi urges FM Sitharaman to recall SBI’s revised guidelines ‘unfit’ pregnant women guidelines
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday wrote a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to recall the State Bank of India’s revised guidelines for recruitment and promotion which stated that candidates who are pregnant three months and above will be considered “temporarily unfit” and will be allowed to […]