President Pranab Mukherjee

Budget Session: President focuses on financial inclusion, empowerment of poor

January 31, 2017February 1, 2017 - by India Writes Network

India’s President Pranab Mukherjee kicked off the Budget session with his speech to a joint session of both houses of the parliament, in which he underscored the BJP-led NDA government’s vision of inclusive economy and governance by highlighting a slew of schemes directed at empowering the poor, the underprivileged and women. Mr Mukherjee described the move to merge the Railway and Union Budgets this year as “historic.”

India, Vietnam sign defence deal, ink six other pacts

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 - by India Writes Network

In a sign of an increasingly pragmatic foreign policy, India has cemented strategic partnership with Vietnam by extending a $100 million export credit to Vietnam for defence deals and consolidated …