Union Budget 2021: FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposes Rs 2.87 lakh crore for Jal Jeewan Mission
Jal Jeevan Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. It is a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, which is aimed at ensuring access to piped water for every rural household in India by 2024. February 01, 2021 / 11:45 AM IST
The government has approved a budgetary allocation of Rs 2.87 lakh crore for Jal Jeevan Mission Urban for the year 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget speech on February 1.
The announcement is the reiteration of the government s mission to ensure piped water connection to every household by 2024. It must be noted that Rs 11,500 crore was allocated in the previous Budget.
Budget 2021: Govt to notify Sebi as gold exchanges regulator
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The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Monday said finance ministry will notify Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the capital markets watchdog as regulator for gold exchanges. This was earlier recommended by a committee appointed by the finance ministry under NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand.
The FM proposed to launch a unified securities market code.
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