Nirmala Sitharaman
- India
Sad that opposition did not discuss Budget: Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed discontent over the opposition’s conduct in the Budget Session of Parliament which is moving towards closure with a persistent logjam, and said…
- India
Frequent amendment of corporate laws is to make them more robust: Sitharaman
Chennai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Central government does not have any hesitation in frequently approaching the Parliament to amend corporate laws as it was to fine-tune them…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Jagan meets Nirmala Sitharaman; seeks early clearance of pending funds
Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested her to expedite the release of pending funds to the southern state. In…
- Business
Total amount of cess and surcharge grew by 63.74% from 2017-18 to 2022-23
New Delhi: The total amount of cess and surcharge grew by 63.74 percent from 2017-18 to 2022-23 (RE), the Parliament was told on Monday. Collections under GST Compensation Cess grew by 107.6…
- India
Budget session: Nirmala Sitharman to move Finance Bill 2023 today
Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, will move the Finance Bill 2023, to give effect to the financial proposals of the central government. This comes a day after the demand…
- India
TMC MPs visit offices of Union finance minister, ED, CBI, demand Adani’s arrest
New Delhi: Delegations of TMC MPs on Thursday visited the offices of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation demanding the arrest of businessman Gautam Adani. The delegations…
- Middle East
Nirmala Sitharaman meets UAE Ambassador Abdulnasser Jamal Alshaali, discusses bilateral ties
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday held a meeting with United Arab Emirates ambassador to India Abdulnasser Jamal Alshaali, Deputy Chief of UAE Mission Majid Alnekhailawi and Abdulaziz Alhashmi,…
- Telangana
Twitter war between Telangana Guv, Harish Rao on medical college allocation
Hyderabad: Telangana health minister T Harish Rao on Sunday slammed Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan for her remarks on the allocation of medical colleges by centre to the state. The Governor reacting to a…
- Business
Bengaluru: FM Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secy ahead of key G20 meet
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen ahead of the First G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the G20 Indian Presidency…
- India
Sitharaman refuses to provide NPS funds for old pension scheme
Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday refused to give the money kept aside for the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the state governments for the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). “If…
- India
Petrol, diesel can be brought under GST ambit if council takes a call: Sitharaman
Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said that petrol and diesel can be brought under the GST ambit if the GST council takes a call. She was in Jaipur to attend…
- India
Entire Rs 16,982 cr GST compensation cess to states to be cleared: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that the entire GST compensation cess for June 2022 totalling Rs 16,982 crore will be cleared. She said this while addressing a press…
- India
Fund allocation for MGNREGA has not gone down: Sitharaman
Bhubaneswar: The fund allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGA) has not gone down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Friday, adding it is a demand driven scheme and as…
- 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…
