Finance Minister
- Business
GST helped increase revenue buoyancy of states: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said Goods and Services Tax (GST) has increased revenue buoyancy of states, and the all-round benefit stands out as “exemplary”. The multiplicity of taxes in…
- Business
Sitharaman directs NABARD to make rural income improvement top priority
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday advised NABARD to work towards ensuring efficiency and outcomes at the ground level with improvement in rural income as top priority. She said this…
- World
SL lifts import restrictions on 286 items as economic woes eases
Colombo: Sri Lanka has lifted import restrictions on nearly 300 items with immediate effect, the Finance Ministry announced on Saturday, in a clear sign that the island nation is slowly but surely…
- Business
Sitharaman to review state of economy at FSDC meeting on Monday
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review the state of the economy amid global and domestic challenges at a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on Monday. The 27th…
- Business
Global consensus essential for crypto assets regulation: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday emphasised on the need for global consensus for regulating crypto assets. Addressing a series of events in Bengaluru, she said that any kind of…
- India
India projected to grow at 7% in 2022-23, says Sitharaman at IMF meet
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that with both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank having projected India as the fastest growing major economy in 2023,…
- India
Make globalization more transparent: FM Sitharaman in US
Washington: India is not seeking to reverse the benefits of globalization, but is asking that it be made more transparent, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday. “It’s not to say that…
- Pakistan
Pak finance minister says technical reasons behind delay in deal
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that certain technical reasons were behind the delay in an agreement with the IMF as he clarified that his recent remarks about the…
- India
Finance Minister meets ADB President, lauds support to India
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa, and acknowledged the swift response and support provided by the institution to all its developing member…
- Telangana
KCR calls Budget a joke when Telangana has debt of Rs 3L Crores: Fin Min
Hyderabad: Discussing the Union Budget 2023, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday slammed Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s (KCR) for calling the Centre’s vision of a 5 trillion dollar economy, a…
- Hyderabad
Budget prepared keeping mind external challenges also: FM Sitharaman
Hyderabad: The Union Budget 2023-’24 has been prepared keeping growth in focus and also external economic challenges such as fuel prices, Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman said on Thursday. In an interactive session…
- Business
Petroleum products can be brought under GST if consensus reached: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that if states arrive at a consensus, then petroleum products can be brought under the GST regime Addressing a post-budget interactive session organised…
- Pakistan
Former Pak Finance Minister to be arrested for derailing IMF deal
Islamabad: The Pak Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought permission from the Interior Ministry to arrest former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in a case pertaining to his alleged role in the derailment…
- India
FM rejects ‘green Budget for Adani’ charge; says allocation not biased
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Opposition charges of the Budget allocations for green and clean energy being made keeping the Adani Group in mind, saying it might be…
- India
Budget 2023: Grant for IIMs reduced by half
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), which are counted among the noted business schools in the country, have faced a budget cut this year with the Centre reducing their grant…
