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Nirmala Sitharaman, Union finance minister visited flood-hit Karnataka's Belagavi on Saturday (August 10). She promised the flood victims all kinds of help from the Central government.  Around 1,024 villages in 80 taluks of 17 districts have been affected due to the floods caused by incessant rains in the region.

After the special status to Jammu and Kashmir was revoked, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will support investment activities in the newly formed union territories. CII assured the government and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman of its support.

 

Women leaders from Smriti Irani to Nirmala Sitharaman asked Mohammad Azam Khan to apologise to Deputy Speaker Rama Devi for his sexist remarks

Budget discussion: Replying in a four-hour debate on the two bills, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman justified raising tax on petrol and diesel.  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said as part of the Centre's 'EK Bharat Shreshta Bharat' scheme, efforts have been made to popularise Tamil in the northern states
 

Transport minister Nitin Gadkari has been dropped from the panel that will work out modalities for sale of Air India and will include Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri
 

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the big picture presented in the Budget is backed with a plan to increase investment without compromising on the fiscal consolidation roadmap

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the data which is given in the Budget is 100% above board and there need not be any speculation on the figures which have been given out

TMC Rajya Sabha party leader Derek O' Brien said the government is still selling dreams and not delivering.
 

The Union Budget ignites a spirit of hope that India can become a $5 trillion economy in the coming years, Amit Shah said

Ruling party termed the Union Budget as ‘futuristic’ and ‘empowering’. But what about the public?

The Minister picked lines from the first, middle and end of the compilation and was greeted by members, one of whom said "very good." 

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first Union Budget of the Modi 2.0 government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman “citizen friendly”. For the top stories of the day, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

Union finance minister said that by financial year 2020, India would be a $3 trillion economy. This would only aid in realising PM Modi’s dream of a $5 trillion economy by 2024. But what needs to be done to realise the dream?

 

First woman finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first Union Budget for 2019-20. From various schemes to the vision forward, here are the key takeaways.