India to near double per capita income in next 5 years: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India would achieve near doubling of per capita income in the next five years.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India would achieve near doubling of per capita income in the next five years.
The projects include the Pasighat-Ledum-Tene Road, flood protection work at Upper Deobil, a general hospital in Khonsa, Cluster MIPs at Gensi, and a district hospital in Changlang.
The development is in pursuance of the announcement in the Union Budget 2024-25.
A viral video, in which a popular hotelier of Tamil Nadu apologises to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for raising the issue of rationalising Goods and Services Tax (GST) before her at a business forum in Coimbatore
Addressing a press conference after the 54th GST Council meeting, the Finance Minister said revenues of casinos have "jumped by 30 per cent".
The interest rates on such schemes will continue to remain as they were during January-March, reversing Wednesday’s highest cut of 1.1 per cent.
"We want banks to meet the aspirations of the country,” she said.
Earlier in the day, the stock touched the mark of Rs 123.5, after it rose 19.03 per cent.
"We need capacities to be ramped up, we need expansion, we need more production of very many such products, which are so required for the economy," she said.
She said a challenging situation like the pandemic didn't deter the government from taking up reforms that are going to be necessary for sustaining long term growth for the country to boost the economy.
