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Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Fourth tranche of economic package focuses on 8 sectors including coal, aviation and defence

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2020

FM Sitharaman while announcing the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore package said that by building a self-reliant India, the country needs to prepare for global competition.

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces third tranche of economic revival package focussing on agriculture, major reforms announced

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

Finance minister announced 11 measures for agriculture, 8 on strengthening infrastructure, the rest 3 on governance and administrative reforms.

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Finance Minister announces second tranche of “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” focusing on migrants, vendors, farmers, housing etc: Detail report

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the second tranche will be relating to migrant workers, street vendors, housing, employment generation for tribals and small farmers.

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Watch: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefs media on the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic package

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package will focus on land, labour, capital and enterprise.

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Atmanirbhar Bharat: Yogi govt to hold online loan fair for MSME sector, to disburse loan of around Rs 2,000 crore to 36,000 entrepreneurs

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

Yogi Adityanath further said that Uttar Pradesh is a hub for MSME sector and about 3 crore people in the state are directly or indirectly involved in the sector.

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Boost for MSMEs, EPF support and special help for financial institutions: Read the details of FM Sitharaman’s first address on Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

In a major initiative, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 3 lakh crores Collateral-free Automatic Loans for Businesses, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

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Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: FM Sitharaman announces economic relief packages, MSMEs to get collateral-free loans up to Rs 3 lakh crore

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

The definition of MSMEs have also been revised and the existing threshold of investment and turnover of Micro, Small and Medium MSMEs have been extended significantly

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Watch: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefs media on economic package

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

PM Modi on Tuesday announced Rs 20 lakh crore economic package to boost economy.

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Atmanirbhar Bharat: CAPF canteens to sell only made in India products from 1st June

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today took to Twitter to inform that all the CAPF (Central Armed Police Force) canteens across India will sell only made in India products going forward as a move to make India self-sufficient.

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