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FM Sitharaman emphasises on role of technology in fighting climate change

The minister participated virtually in the G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Tax Policy and climate change, organised by Italy ahead…

Updated: July 9, 2021 21:42 IST

Govt asks various ministries to restrict expenses at 20% of budget allocation in September quarter

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman exhorted ministries to aim to achieve more than their capital expenditure (capex) targets for…

June 30, 2021 21:49 IST

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Coronavirus India June 30 Highlights: India’s vaccination coverage exceeds 33.54 crore; Jharkhand govt issues new guidelines on Covid unlock

Covod-19 Vaccination India Live Update, Coronavirus Delta Plus Variant Symptoms, Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in India June 30 Highlights: PM…

Updated: July 1, 2021 09:46 IST

In contrast, the bad loan ratio of scheduled commercial banks stood at 7.5% as of March 2021, having eased from 8.4% a year before, the RBI said in its latest report in July.

Nirmala Sitharaman Highlights: job benefits, easier loans, tourism booster, more economic relief measures

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Highlights: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman today announced 8 new economic relief measures. These include job benefits…

Updated: June 28, 2021 18:29 IST

Importantly, promoters will continue to run the MSMEs, unlike in the CIRP, where the resolution professional gets to run the affairs with guidance from financial creditors.

FM Sitharaman calls for re-thinking financing and development priorities for inclusive, resilient infra

The Finance Minister highlighted setting up of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, National Infrastructure Pipeline, National Monetisation Pipeline,…

June 23, 2021 16:54 IST

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Fix all issues on new Income Tax portal immediately, Nirmala Sitharaman tells Infosys; 5 glitches to be resolved in a week

The finance ministry had called Infosys — the vendor which developed the site — for a meeting to hear out…

June 22, 2021 22:33 IST

In case of establishment strength of more than 1,000 for all those with Rs 15,000 per month salary, only employee's share (12 per cent of wages) is credited by the Government to the EPFO.

Across the Aisle by P Chidambaram: Will we write an elegy for GST?

Enter Ms Nirmala Sitharaman. At every successive meeting of the Council there has been only more conflict, confrontation and, now,…

June 20, 2021 05:30 IST

She also asked the ministries to clear their dues to MSMEs and the PSUs under them at the earliest. The ministries were also told to explore Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for viable projects.

Finance minister asks ministries to accelerate capex, clear dues to MSMEs, PSUs

Besides secretaries of key departments, the meeting was attended by CMDs/CEOs of CPSEs under the ministry of road transport and…

June 12, 2021 06:15 IST

During the meeting, capital expenditure plans of various ministries and related CPSEs, status of implementation of budget announcements and measures to expedite infrastructure investment were discussed, according to a statement by the finance ministry.

Review meet: Finance minister asks ministries, CPSEs to front-load capex to stimulate growth

This was the fourth such review meeting held by the finance minister with various ministries and departments and second in…

June 5, 2021 04:45 IST

FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks ministries to front-load their capital expenditure

The Union Budget 2021-22 provided a capital outlay of Rs.5.54 lakh crore, a sharp increase of 34.5 per cent over…

June 4, 2021 21:40 IST

Covid will not affect reform roadmap: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The way we have planned for disinvestment, setting up the DFI (Development Finance Institution), looking at asset-reconstruction companies, everything is…

May 30, 2021 04:15 IST

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India SME Forum writes to GST Council seeking concessions for the MSME sector

In the letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, India SME Forum suggested allowing of Input Tax Credit to be…

May 28, 2021 22:41 IST

SWAMIH Fund for stalled housing projects to benefit 1.16 lakh home buyers: FM Sitharaman

Many real estate projects across the country were stalled due to fund crunch. To address this issue, the government, in…

May 13, 2021 19:27 IST

However, the purpose of borrowing by individuals and small businesses needed to be seen as to whether it was for credit for growth purpose or for repaying of loans, CARE Ratings said.

Small finance banks better placed to evaluate credit profiles of MFIs: CRAs

Microlenders have said the RBI’s initiative should lead to tangible liquidity flow to the microfinance sector.

May 6, 2021 01:15 IST

ARCL is expected to acquire stressed assets at net book value by offering 15% of it upfront (in cash), and the rest (85%) in SRs.

Help nations to prevent health crisis from becoming economic crisis: FM Sitharaman to ADB

Addressing the 54th annual meeting of the board of governors of the ADB, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also underlined the…

May 5, 2021 20:28 IST

Finance Ministry relaxes spending norms to boost capital expenditure

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget 2021-22 had announced a sharp increase in capital expenditure and provided Rs 5.54…

April 23, 2021 22:04 IST

In these uncertain times, Thakur said the challenge is not only to accelerate economic growth but also to ensure that the steps towards recovery do not irreversibly alter market dynamics.

FM asks IRDAI to act against insurers for denying cashless COVID-related claims by insurance companies

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also mentioned that more than 9 lakh COVID-related claims for Rs 8,642 crore have been settled…

April 22, 2021 22:13 IST

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Attention online shoppers! Modi govt likely to come up with definition of essential supplies by e-tailers

While many states have announced strict curbs due to Covid surge, there is little clarity over ‘essential deliveries.’

April 21, 2021 22:32 IST

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