Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has strongly condemned the DMK party’s call for a separate currency for Tamil Nadu, labeling it a “dangerous” proposal that threatens national unity and stability. The […]
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India Prepares to Safeguard Its Exports as US Tariff Threat Looms: Nirmala Sitharaman
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that the Indian government is actively taking steps to safeguard its exports as the United States has indicated a potential increase in tariffs. […]
Sanjay Malhotra to take over as revenue secretary 2 months before Budget
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday appointed financial services secretary Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre as an officer on special duty (OSD) […]
G20 has a great potential to work towards global good: Sitharaman in US
[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the G20 has immense potential to work towards the “global good”, adding that the need to strengthen existing multilateral institutions affirmed […]
Starting with banks, govt to push for filling positions reserved for SCs
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Union government may nudge its departments and public sector firms to fill up backlog reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes (SCs) at the earliest even as finance […]
Rupee held its own against dollar. What about other currencies: FM Sitharaman
[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Indian rupee had “held back very well” against the dollar in comparison to other currencies. Her statement came at a […]
GST collections may cross ₹1.5 lakh crore from November
[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday spoke about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “special mention” of robust Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues as a sign of a sound […]
Nirmala Sitharaman’s projection for India’s GDP: ‘7.4% economic growth in current, next fiscal’
[ad_1] India’s gross domestic product (GDP) would grow at 7.4% in the current fiscal (financial year 2022-23) and continue at the same level in the next fiscal as well, Union […]
Cabinet clears ₹50,000-crore boost for hospitality sector
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday enhanced the corpus of sovereign-guaranteed credit facility for small enterprises, Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), from ₹4.5 lakh crore to ₹5 […]
‘Nobody in denial about price rise, but Indian economy…’: Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha
[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asserted that the Indian economy is ‘doing much better’ compared to the situation prevailing in many developed nations. Replying to a short-duration […]
Commodities in packs of over 25kg won’t attract GST: Finance ministry
[ad_1] The government on Monday clarified that commodities and food items such as pulses, cereals, rice, wheat, flour in a single package containing a quantity of more than 25kg or […]
Can Indian economy defy global slowdown? Nirmala Sitharaman has a game plan
[ad_1] Can the Indian economy continue to grow and expand even as the world fights inflation and possibly even a recession? Can India continue to be the fastest-growing major economy, […]
No decision on extending GST compensation
[ad_1] States are set to lose the shield of 14% assured annual revenue growth guaranteed under the goods and services tax (GST) law from Friday as previously decided, with the […]
Sri Lanka PM thanks India for support amid ‘difficult period’, eyes solutions
[ad_1] Sri Lanka is aiming to work towards taking “correct” policy decisions amid a “small window” to reduce the economic crisis impact, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country’s prime minister, said on […]
This state cuts tax on petrol, diesel after Centre reduces excise duty on fuel
[ad_1] Kerala decided a cut in tax on the prices of petrol and diesel by ₹2.41 and ₹1.36 per litre respectively. The Kerala government on Saturday announced a cut in […]
BJP leaders ‘thank’ PM Modi for excise duty cut on fuel; Oppn says ‘jumlas’
[ad_1] While the central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday hailed its move to reduce the excise duty on petrol and diesel, the Opposition asked the Centre […]
Petrol, diesel prices slashed, LPG subsidies: 5 big announcements by FM
[ad_1] Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday made several big-ticket announcements to help relieve the common man of the burden of inflation and rising prices. Sitharaman said prime minister Narendra […]
Online games likely to draw 28% GST soon
[ad_1] A group of ministers (GoM) has found merit in imposing 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online gaming to bring it at par with levies on casinos, race […]
Watch: Nirmala Sitharaman gets up from her seat, offers water to NSDL MD
[ad_1] A video of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman offering water to NSDL managing director Padmaja Chunduru at the silver jubilee event of NSDL has surfaced on social media. A video […]
Nirmala Sitharaman on India-US ties: ‘Can choose a friend, not neighbour…’
[ad_1] Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been in the United States this week, on Friday spoke of the Washington-New Delhi ties in context of India’s geography, stressing that ” […]