Sat, Jan 27, 2024
With a common purpose of ease of doing business for nation building during India's 'Amrit Kaal', all the stakeholders need to come together and contribute for benefits to citizen of India, the Finance Minister said.
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Fri, Jan 26, 2024
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on February 1 last year while presenting the annual Budget for 2023-24 fiscal (April 2023 to March 2024) announced equity infusion of Rs 30,000 crore in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to support the three state-owned firms' energy transition plans.
Budget 2024: Grant Thornton Bharat’s Dr Abhinav Akhilesh discusses the need for increased budget allocation to rural healthcare, medical colleges, and wellness initiatives. He also provides insights on Ayushman Bharat, rural healthcare challenges, and the importance of R&D funding in India.
Thu, Dec 29, 2022
Sitharaman was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Monday morning with what was described as symptoms of viral fever.
Mon, Dec 26, 2022
The 63-year-old has been admitted in a private ward of the hospital. She was taken to the hospital around 12 noon.
Sun, Dec 18, 2022
The department would go by the view that 28 per cent GST is payable on full bet value put in by a player, and not net of margins.
Thu, Dec 15, 2022
The GoM, in its last meeting in November, had agreed on a 28 per cent GST on online gaming casinos and horse racing.
Wed, Dec 14, 2022
Sitharaman was responding to a supplementary query of (CPI-M) member V Sivadasan during the question hour that why CSR funds cannot be given to chief ministers' relief funds of state governments.
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
Sitharaman said the Customs department needs to use a 'cocktail' of technology tools, like dark net, artificial intelligence, web3 and metaverse.
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
The respective accountant general (AG) has to provide a certificate that the particular state has to get this much of compensation, the finance minister said.
Sun, Nov 27, 2022
In a letter shot off on Friday, the forum stated, "Now your email dated November 25, 2022 under reference, makes it explicit that each central trade union will be allowed to speak for three minutes. This is a joke and we refuse to be part of such a cheap joke. We will not participate in the proposed video conference on November 28, 2022."
Fri, Nov 25, 2022
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman has chaired a pre-Budget meeting with the finance ministers of all States and Union Territories for taking their inputs and suggestions for the upcoming Budget for 2023-24. The meeting took place on Friday in the national capital.
Tue, Nov 22, 2022
The round of meetings on budget preparations is going on. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the people associated with agriculture and agro today. Apart from this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also had a meeting with financial market experts. Know complete details from Tarun Sharma.
Mon, Nov 21, 2022
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her Pre-Budget 2023 consultations with the first group of leaders from Industry and experts in Infrastructure and Climate Change today. What was important in today's meeting? Watch this special report on India 360.
The Ministry of Power, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and the Ministry of Oil and Gas are likely to miss the target.
Budget 2023-24 Expectations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday kicked off pre-budget consultations, holding meetings with industry chamber heads and infrastructure experts about their expectations from the upcoming Budget.
The Budget should focus on measures to accelerate job creation and broaden the tax base by rationalising GST and personal income tax slabs to boost consumption, industry bodies said in their pre-Budget meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday.
On Monday, she will hold consultations with the industry captains and experts on infrastructure and climate change in two groups.
Sun, Nov 13, 2022
In her first visit to India as Secretary of the Treasury, Yellen on Friday termed India as an "indispensable partner to the US" and called for further strengthening trade and investment between the two nations.
Tue, Nov 01, 2022
The finance minister assured that the process of financing SDGs should be a lot more friendly towards lower-income and developing countries.
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Rupee vs Dollar: At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened lower at 82.33 against the dollar, then lost further ground to quote at 82.38, registering a fall of 19 paise over its previous close.
Sun, Oct 16, 2022
India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. Under its Presidency, India is expected to host over 200 G20 meetings across the country, beginning December 2022.
Sat, Oct 15, 2022
The government has ensured the availability of free food grains to more than 800 million vulnerable families for the past 25 months, through the country's massive public distribution network, FM Sitharaman said.
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