Union Finance Minister

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget of the fiscal year 2022-2023, and sports got an increase of Rs 305.58 crore, to Rs 3062.60 crore.

Which makes this year's budgetary allocation for sports the highest ever. The sports budget for the year 2021-2022 was Rs 2549.41 cr, which was later amended to Rs 2757.02 cr. 

Aug 24, 2019 15:08
NEW DELHI: Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday. He was 66 years old and is survived by his wife Sangeeta Jaitley, and two children - Sonali Jaitley Bakshi and Rohan Jaitley - both lawyers. Jaitley had undergone surgeries to treat his cancer, and had been admitted to the ICU on August 9.