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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech announced that the government proposes to issue sovereign green bonds to mobilise resources for green infrastructure.The proceeds will be deployed in public sector projects which help in redu

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Feb 2022

Reference News:-  Since 31st March 2018, 415 new mandis have been integrated on National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform.As per the Union Budget Announcement 2020-21, additional 1000 mandis to be integrated with e-NAM platformAbout National Agriculture M

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 04, Feb 2022

Why in News?Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2022 speech (February 1), announced a 30 per cent tax on income from virtual digital assets.Rationale behind:There has been a phenomenal rise in such transactions and the magnitude and frequency of these t

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2022 speech (February 1), announced a 30 per cent tax on income from virtual digital assets.Rationale behind:There has been a phenomenal rise in such transactions and the magnitude and frequency of the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Feb 2022

Reference NewsUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a project to link five rivers in India in her budget speech.The rivers identified for linking are:Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Pennar and Pennar-Cauvery, Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Ta

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Feb 2022

Context:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the launch of the Digital Rupee — a central bank digital currency (CBDC) — 2022-23 onwards.The Reserve Bank of India will launch the CBDC from the upcoming financial year.What is

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Feb 2022

Context:To speed up dispute resolution, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the setting up of an international arbitration centre at GIFT City.The Centre could be on the lines of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, or the London Commercial Ar

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Feb 2022

Context:Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented a budget worth Rs 39.45 lakh crore with massive push to infrastructure spending.Note: Know about budget, what it means, related constitutional provisions and presentation stages here.Now, highlights o

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Feb 2022

Covid-19 has caused a tectonic shift in all spheres of our lives, economy, entertainment, education, travel, etc. Businesses and services have become ever more dependent on technology.In this context, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), a significant major contri

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Feb 2022

Disinvestment is the action of a government or an organisation selling or liquidating an asset or a subsidiary. It is also referred to as divestment or divestiture.In India, disinvestment is an economic policy under which a government sells its stakes in Public Se