Finance Minister
- Pakistan
Will IMF continue its loan programme under Pakistan’s new finance minister?
New Delhi: As Pakistan is now set to get a new finance minister – senior member of Pakistan Muslim League – N (PML-N) Ishaq Dar will soon assume charge, the moot question…
- India
Chidambaram slams FM for calling the 1991 economic reforms “half-baked”
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday took a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for calling the 1991 economic reforms “half-baked”, saying that “thank god” Manmohan Singh did not…
- India
BJP offered MLAs Rs 25 crore to topple Punjab govt, claims AAP
Chandigarh: The ruling AAP in Punjab on Tuesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 20-25 crore each to its MLAs in an attempt to topple the Bhagwant Mann government in the state.…
- Telangana
Contractors responsible for repairs of KLIS pump houses: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana finance minister T.Harish Rao stated that contracting agencies must take care of repair work of damaged pump houses of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) and asserted that the state…
- Telangana
TRS hits back at FM with PM’s pictures on LPG cylinders
Hyderabad: A day after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pulled up a district collector in Telangana on not finding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo at a PDS shop, supporters of Telangana Rashtra…
- India
Pak govt to consult coalition partners on importing goods from India: Pak Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Wednesday the government will consider importing goods from India after consulting its coalition partners and key stakeholders, as the cash-strapped nation seeks to stablise…
- Middle East
Iraq’s finance minister resigns over political crisis
Baghdad: Iraq’s finance minister resigned on Tuesday, two government officials said, over the country’s worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials who spoke on…
- India
Fundamental changes in governance under PM Modi: Nirmala Sitharaman
Chennai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the ruling NDA has brought in a fundamental change in governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through its developmental schemes. Speaking…
- India
Unbranded pre-packed and labelled food items to cost more
New Delhi: Single packages of unbranded pre-packed and labelled food items like cereals, pulses and flour weighing in excess of 25 kg are exempt from the 5% GST levy. The Central Board of…
- Photos
G20 Finance Ministers Meeting
Bali: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the Sustainable Finance for Climate Transition Roundtable at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, July 14,…
- Politics
‘Has Chidambaram forgotten his record as failed finance minister?’
New Delhi: Slamming Congress leader P. Chidambaram for his remarks on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the BJP on Thursday asked if the former Union minister has forgotten his own record as a…
- India
Oppo slapped Rs 4,389 cr notice, says it will contest charges
New Delhi: Chinese phone maker Oppo’s India unit has been slapped with a notice for alleged Rs 4,389 crore import duty evasion, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. A show-cause notice (SCN) has…
- World
Lankan crisis: Finance Minister tries to flee country, stopped at airport
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Basil…
- World
UK PM names new Health Secretary, Finance Minister after Javid, Sunak resign
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday named new UK Health Secretary and Finance Minister shortly after Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak tendered their resignation,…
- India
Petrol, diesel to get cheaper, Centre announces subsidy on gas
Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 21 announced a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices amid rising inflation. In a series of tweets, the union minister claimed that…
