Bihar elections 2020: Sitharaman had released the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) manifesto for the Bihar polls on Thursday. A highlight of the promises made in the document was free COVID vaccines for the state's people if the saffron party comes back to power

FM Sitharaman, while announcing relief measures under Atmanirbhar Bharat package, said that government agencies would partially release bank guarantees, to the extent contracts are partially completed, to ease cash flows

Bihar assembly polls: The highlights of the BJP manifesto include the promise of free of cost vaccination for the coronavirus, recruitment of three lakh teachers, five lakh jobs in IT sector and employment in the health sector

Over 30 lakh non-gazetted employees will be benefited by the bonus announcement and total financial implication the decision will be Rs 3,737 crore, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar

A survey by rural media platform Gaon Connection on the recently passed three agriculture laws in the country, showed that more than fifty per cent of farmers did not favour them; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that her ministry is in the process of assessing the country's economic situation and will make an official forecast of the GDP contraction for 2020-21 soon; Israel to begin trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'Brilife' by Oct-end. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus vaccine: Moderna eyes emergency approval in December

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Sitharaman clarified that it is not certain whether it will be done in public or in the Parliament. She also ruled out giving any tentative deadline for giving an official GDP estimate for the current year

Discoms in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, J&K and Telangana account for 81 per cent of the total overdue to gencos

7th Pay Commission: The Dearness Allowance of central government employees is linked with CPI-IW. Any change in base impacts the dearness allowance

The company is seeking to further boost demand with its offer after the recent leave travel concession (LTC) cash voucher scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms, facing demand slump due to the lockdown to contain COVID-19

The finance minister's letter to states comes four days after the GST Council meeting failed to reach a consensus on the stalemate over the Centre's proposal of states borrowing against future GST collections to make up for the shortfall

The government on Tuesday gave permission to 20 states to raise an additional Rs 68,825 crore through open market borrowings

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As many as 21 states -- which are BJP-ruled or have supported it on various issues -- have opted to borrow Rs 1.10 lakh crore to meet the compensation shortfall

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FM Sitharaman on her part has put forth the suggestions but the discretion lies with states and private organisations. At least some of them are expected to offer similar benefits

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the goods and services tax (GST) Council could not reach a consensus in the meeting on the issue of compensation