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Manish Tewari slams corporate India, says it never criticises any
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New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the so-called 'Captains of Corporate India' have never ever uttered a single criticism of any budgets -good, bad or ugly.
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Union Budget is for entire nation and not for polls, says Maharash
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): Soon after the announcement of the Union Budget 2021 on Monday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray slammed the central government and alleged that instead of the entire country, the budget was more focused on poll-bound states inclu
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No response of UK, Singapore received on letters issued: ED inform
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New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday informed the special Court that no response has yet been received from the concerned authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) and Singapore to the Letter Rogatory (LR) issued in Aircel Maxis matter involving former Unio
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Union Budget: Nirmala Sitharaman announces launch of Deep Ocean Mi
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New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on Monday said a "Deep Ocean Mission" will be launched.
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Chief Ministers give mixed reactions to Union Budget
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New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): There were mixed reactions to the Union Budget 2021-22 from Chief Ministers of different states with the CMs of BJP-ruled states praising it and CMs of non-BJP ruled states slamming it.
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Harsh Vardhan says health crucial pillar of Atmanirbhar Bharat, ha
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday hailed the budget proposals concerning the health sector and "health and well-being" was on the top of the six prominent pillars of Atmnanirbhar Bharat outlined in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's s
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Capital outlays to four states in budget made with an eye on assem
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that capital outlays for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam in union budget have been done with an eye on assembly polls in these states.
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Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech welcome Rs 35,000 crore budget all
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Two Indian vaccine manufacturers--Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech--welcomed the allocation of Rs 35,000 crore on Covid-19 vaccination in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday.
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Agriculture Minister hails Union Budget, Oppn dubs it anti-farmer
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for bringing out "such a good budget' in his press conference even as several opposition parties dubbed it as "anti-farmer."
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Union budget a let down like never before, farm sector has been sh
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Alleging that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has "deceived the people, especially the poor" in the union budget presented on Monday, Congress leader P Chidambaram said farm sector has been shortchanged, the fiscal situation "is in a mess" and the
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Union budget allocates over Rs 18,000 cr for external affairs mini
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): In the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, an allocation of Rs 18154.73 crore has been made for the Ministry of External Affairs for the financial year 2021-22, which includes aid of Rs 7148.95 crore for 20 countries.
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Budget 2021: CII hails 34.5 pc rise budgeted in capital expenditur
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Director-General, Chandrajit Banerjee on Monday welcomed the Union Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said it favoured a major expansion in government spending with a focus on capit
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