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According to a statement issued by EPS-95 National Agitation Committee, the Finance Minister has conveyed to the delegation that their demands would be reviewed and addressed in a sympathetic manner. File | Photo Credit: PTI A delegation of EPS-95 pensioners met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (January 10, 2025) to press for their long-pending…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is schedule to present the Budget for 2025-26 in Parliament on February 1, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The government will continue its focus on improving quality spending, strengthening the social security net and bring down the fiscal deficit to 4.5% of the GDP in FY26, a Finance Ministry…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting with eminent economists and sectoral experts, at NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Tuesday. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery, Principal Secretary to the PM PK Mishra and others also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI Job creation, improving farm productivity, and mobilising public…
Ms Sitharaman was addressing the media after the 55th GST Council meeting. Jaisalmer (Rajasthan): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the Goods and Services Tax Council has approved the reduction of GST on rice kernels to 5 per cent, exempted life-saving gene therapy from tax, and extended the GST exemption for parts…
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New Delhi: Properties worth Rs 14,131 crore – that once belonged to Vijay Mallya – have been seized and handed to public and private sector banks to pay off a part of the fugitive businessman’s substantial debts, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament Tuesday. Ms Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha the Enforcement Directorate had, in…
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Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm. (File) Parliament Winter Session Highlights: Following the conclusion of the Constitution debate in Rajya Sabha yesterday, both Houses resumed. In Lok Sabha, Congress has given a notice to discuss Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark on BR Ambedkar during the Constitution debate yesterday. In Rajya…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) said the lower-than-expected GDP growth of 5.4% in the second quarter was a “temporary blip” and the economy will see healthy growth…
Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the Congress and Mallikarjun Kharge hit back New Delhi: Starting the debate to mark the Constitution’s 75th anniversary in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched an all-out attack on the Congress and accused it of repeatedly trying to undermine the Constitution through amendments. Targeting the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman termed the allegation of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi against state-owned banks a “misrepresentation of facts” and an “insult to the hardworking employees and to the citizens” who benefit from a cleaner, stronger banking system. Banking sector, especially Public Sector Banks (PSBs), have seen a remarkable turnaround under the leadership of…
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Taxed at a significantly lower rate following the introduction of the concessional tax regime in 2019, India’s largest corporates may have saved over ₹3 lakh crore in tax payments since then. This is in addition to over ₹8 lakh crore in revenue foregone through various deductions granted to companies in the decade since 2012-13 (FY13)….
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