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	<strong>Live news updates:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The government has the &quot;sovereign right&quot; to tax profit made from cryptocurrency transactions, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday. A decision on the legality of cryptocurrencies will be taken later.<br />
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		&quot;I am not going to legalise it or ban it at this stage. Banning or not banning will come subsequently, when consultations give me input,&quot; she said in Rajya Sabha where she was speaking about her Budget proposals.</div>
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	India reported 58,077 new cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, said the health ministry on Friday.&nbsp;<br />
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		India yesterday revised guidelines for international arrivals, removing the category of &#39;at-risk&#39; countries and recommending self-monitoring of 14 days for symptoms against the current seven days of home quarantine.</div>
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	Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak on Friday at election rallies in Uttarakhand&#39;s Almora and Uttar Pradesh&#39;s Kasganj, a day after polling for assembly elections in five states began with the first phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh.</div>
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Govt's GDP deflator forecast for FY23 is 3-3.5%: FM Sitharaman

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	Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the Centre&rsquo;s gross domestic product (GDP) deflator projection for 2022-23 is 3 to 3.5 per cent. This <strong><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/centre-s-gdp-deflator-forecast-for-fy23-is-3-3-5-fm-nirmala-sitharaman-122021100084_1.html" target="_blank">means</a></strong> that the government&rsquo;s own real GDP growth projection for the coming fiscal year is in the range of 7.6-8.1 per cent, given that the Union Budget assumes a nominal GDP growth rate of 11.1 per cent for FY23.</div>
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