New Delhi:23/7/24: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Centre is committed to developing Odisha into an ultimate tourism destination in the country. “The people have given a unique opportunity to our Government to take the country on the path of strong development and all-round prosperity”, said the FM. Speaking on Tourism in the Budget speech, the ...

Newdelhi:23/7/24:The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today. The highlights of the budget are as follows: Part-A Budget Estimates 2024-25: Total receipts other than borrowings: `32.07 lakh crore. Total expenditure: `48.21 lakh crore. Net tax receipt: `25.83 lakh crore. Fiscal deficit: 4.9 per cent of GDP. Government aims to ...

Newdelhi:23/7/24:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha today at 11 AM. It is the first Budget of the Narendra Modi government in its third term. The Union Budget 2024-25 has listed nine priorities for generating opportunities for all. These priorities are productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment, and skilling, inclusive Human Resource Development and ...

Newdelhi:23/7/24:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi lauded the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by the Union Minister for Finance, Smt Nirmala Sitharamanin in the Lok Sabha today. Remarking on the Union Budget 2024-25, the Prime Minister congratulated all citizens for this year’s Budget which is bound to take the nation to new heights of development. He said that Union Finance Minister, ...

Newdelhi:22/7/24: Economic Survey 2023-24 has projected a real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.5 to 7 percent in Financial Year 2024-25. On the first day of the Budget Session, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman tabled the Economic Survey in the Lok Sabha. According to the survey, domestic growth drivers have supported economic growth in the financial year 2023-24 despite ...

Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, today in New Delhi, presided over the signing of the ‘Letter of Intent’ between Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators. Speaking at the event Shri Pradhan said that an Innovation-based knowledge economy will lead India to Viksit Bharat ...

Newdelhi:22/7/24:This session – the 265th Session of Rajya Sabha marks a significant moment with the consideration of the maiden Budget by the newly elected government, now serving its third consecutive term, after over six decades, under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Hon’ble Members, I am confident that this august House will expectedly lead the nation by example to calibrate the ...

Newdelhi:22/7/24; Six Indian languages namely Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Odia have been accorded the status of Classical Language. The year in which these languages conferred the status of classical language is as given below : Classical Language Date of Notification Tamil 12.10.2004 Sanskrit 25.11.2005 Kannada 31.10.2008 Telugu 31.10.2008 Malayalam 08.08.2013 Odia 11.03.2014 The policy of the Government is ...

Newdelhi:22/7/24:The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi stated to the media before the start of the Budget Session. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister reiterated the pride in the fact that after a gap of 60 years, a government has come for the third consecutive year. Placing of the Budget by a third term government is being seen by the ...

Newdelhi :22/7/24: Nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 to be announced on Republic Day, 2025 have begun from 01st May 2024. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September 2024. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in). The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, are amongst the ...