Nirmala Sitharaman

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Sitharaman Announces Push for Mangrove Conservation, but Where Are the Funds?

Aathira Perinchery 10/02/2023

The government has slashed fund allocation for several schemes...

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Delhi Being Out of Asia’s Top 10 Worst Cities by Air Isn’t Improvement

Vasudevan Mukunth 25/10/2022

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claimed as much, inadvertently highlighting...

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Scientists Say New GST Rates Will Cut Into Their Funding, Impact Research

Joel P. Joseph 01/08/2022

While scientists agree with the move to normalise taxes...

The New Single-Window Green Clearance System Is Bad Political Reform

Dharmesh Shah 12/02/2022

A single-window clearance system will hasten processes designed to...

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Civil Society Groups Slam Budgetary Allocations for Health Sector

Banjot Kaur 03/02/2022

Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a network of small and big...

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at the finance ministry before she leaves to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi

Union Budget: In Post-COVID Reverie, Centre’s Focus Drifts Away From Health

Banjot Kaur 02/02/2022

Including inflation, the allocation to health this year has...

Staff member cleans medical equipment inside ward set up for Omicron coronavirus variant infected people at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad

Union Budget Snubs Health Sector, Announces No New Major Schemes

Banjot Kaur 01/02/2022

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said one new scheme,...