The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), one of the largest financial inclusion initiatives launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, completed a decade of successful implementation on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that a total of 53.13 crore Jan Dhan accounts for the poor have been opened in the last 10 years with deposits worth Rs 2.3 lakh crore.
The second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) was held in Singapore on Monday.
She was addressing an event organized by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) at Sukher Industrial Area in Udaipur.
In her recent budget statement, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauded the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), celebrating it as a new-age miracle. With over 1,000 companies resolved and a whopping Rs. 3.3 trillion recovered, it seems the IBC is finally hitting its stride – or at least that is the optimistic narrative.
Modi said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had explained the various aspects of the Budget in a comprehensive manner notwithstanding its voluminous content.
The USISPF says that it is committed to creating the most powerful partnership between the United States and India.
"We are in the thick of the Omicron wave, and our vaccine campaign's rapidity has tremendously aided us," Sitharaman in her address.
He said one of the important pillars of the Budget is welfare of the poor.
The allocation for the Maldives is Rs 360 crore and for Sri Lanka Rs 200 crore.
