January 14, 2026 12:03 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
10-minute delivery dead! Govt crackdown forces Blinkit, Swiggy and Zomato to backtrack after gig workers revolt | US tariff threats put India-Iran trade at risk – Chabahar Port becomes the high-stakes battleground! | Sensex slides 250 points as defence stocks bleed, Zomato parent Eternal soars | Markets rally big after US envoy calls India White House’s ‘most important ally’ | Kite diplomacy in Ahmedabad: Modi, German Chancellor share rare moment | ‘No ally more important than India’: US envoy sparks stock market rally | ED moves Supreme Court seeking CBI FIR against Mamata Banerjee over I-PAC raid chaos | Youngest ever! Owen Cooper wins Golden Globe as Adolescence dominates awards night | Timothée Chalamet beats DiCaprio, Clooney to win Golden Globe for Marty Supreme | Golden Globes 2026: DiCaprio’s film, Netflix series steal the show

9 crore 56 lakhs people have been provide self-employment under various Central schemes, says MoS, Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla

| | Nov 29, 2017, at 10:57 pm

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said that around 9 crore 56 lakhs people have been provided self-employment under the various welfare schemes like Make In India, Start Up India, Stand Up India, Mudra and several other schemes launched by the Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He was speaking at the 116th Annual Session of Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) here in the city on Wednesday.

Terming GST as a good and simple tax the Minister said that it has ended harassment of traders and small skill entrepreneurs while integrating India into one market with one tax rate. It has made a very positive impact on our economy in such a short span of time, Shukla added

These schemes will increase the degree of formalisation of the economy, broaden the tax base and promote expenditure efficiency through rationalisation of government schemes and better-targeted delivery will support the expected improvement in India’s fiscal matrix over the next few years.

Hemant Bangur, President, MCCI and Ramesh Agarwal, Senior Vice President, MCCI were also present on the occasion.

 

Image: Shiv Pratap Shukla Twitter page

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Videos
RBI announces repo rate cut Jun 06, 2025, at 10:51 am
FM Nirmala Sitharaman presents Budget 2025 Feb 01, 2025, at 03:45 pm
Nirmala Sitharaman on Budget 2024 Jul 23, 2024, at 09:30 pm