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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing media to announce mega plans for a sectoral growth. News Nation has learnt that the bonanza will cater to the needs to real estate sector. This is third such announcement by Sitharaman in less than 100 days. All four secretaries of the finance ministry along with junior minister Anurag Thakur are present at the press conference. Earlier, she faced flak over her ‘Ola, Uber’ remark over auto slump. She had said that the present day generation goes for such cab services instead of buying their own vehicles. This kind of behaviour is affecting the car sales in the country, she had said.
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