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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance  Minister has raised some issues common to States and specific issues concerning the  State in the Pre - Budget Consultation Meeting of Union Finance Minister. Some of the important issues are:  Amendment…

Bhubaneswar: The Budget for the financial year 2020-21 presented by Niranjan Pujari, Finance Minister, Odisha, has a specific thrust on nutrition specific schemes and gives a separate section on Nutrition Budget. The Nutrition Budget…

Bhubaneswar: When Naveen Patnaik took oath as Chief Minister for first time in 2000, the Budget was Rs 11,800 crore. Today the Budget for 2020-21 is Rs 1,50,000 Crore. It has increased by almost 13 times and 1200% increase. This is the New…

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to boost inclusive growth, Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari today presented the annual budget of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the 2020-21 fiscal. It is the highest ever Budget that Odisha has ever presented. The…

New Delhi: Amid expectations that the Modi Government will bring major reforms, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget for 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha allocated a whopping ₹1.7 lakh crore for building transport infrastructure.…

New Delhi: In a major relief to the corporate sector, the government of India has slashed the Corporate Tax for Domestic Companies to 25.17 percent from the existing 30 percent. Finance Minister Sitharaman has announced that a domestic…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a new scheme -- Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP) -- to incentivise exporters at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore to the exchequer. The…

New Delhi: Even as the Union Government has made a series of announcements that include relaxing foreign investment norms,  concessions on vehicle purchases and encouraged banks to make loans cheaper to spur growth  and recovery of economy,…

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Friday that several public sector banks would be merged to energise and consolidate their values as the country aims to achieve US 5 trillion dollar economy.

Bhubaneswar: On the wake of economic slowdown the country is battling with, the Odisha Government is closely monitoring various economic parameters in the State, said state Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari here on Monday.