Nirmala Sitharaman
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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…
- India
Sitharaman asks states to expedite formalities to seek GST compensation
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down heavily in Parliament on states complaining about delay in getting GST compensation, saying that rather than blaming the Centre for delay in…
- India
Regulators are experts in their domain: Sitharaman on Adani row
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that regulators in India are quite experienced and experts in their domain. She said this when asked to react to Supreme Court’s observation…
- India
Nirmala Sitharaman takes on Congress, Mamata Banerjee in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her reply on the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha on Friday, slammed the Congress and also took on West Bengal Chief Minister…
- 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
Regulators will do their job on Adani issue: FM Sitharaman
Mumbai: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India’s macro fundamentals and economic image are not affected by the Adani Group’s withdrawal of its Rs 20,000 crore…
- Business
Sitharaman briefs BJP MPs about key features of Union Budget
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday briefed BJP MPs about key features of the Union Budget for 2023-24 and said it is an inclusive budget with benefits for the middle…
- India
LIC, SBI’s exposure within permitted limits: Sitharaman on Adani issue
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday responded to the Adani-Hindenburg issue in an interview with News18, citing the statements of the SBI and the LIC. She also reiterated that their exposure…
- 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…
- India
Culture Ministry gets more allocations in Union Budget
New Delhi: With a focus on celebrations under the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ programme commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence, the outlay for annual budget 2023-24 of the Ministry of Culture has…
- India
New tax regime now more attractive: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government has made the new income tax regime more attractive for taxpayers and has brought about ‘substantial changes’ in its structure for…
- India
FM proposes to do away with tax exemptions on high value life insurance policies
New Delhi: Maturities of life insurance policies with an annual premium of Rs 5 lakh and above taken after April 2023 will now be taxed after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman removed the…
- World
UK business and financial circles describe Indian Budget as very encouraging, stabilising
London: The Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday has been widely welcomed in the UK business and financial circles as “very encouraging” for the bilateral partnership and also…
- India
Huge disappointment for people of J&K: CPI(M) leader Tarigami on Union budget
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami on Wednesday said the Union budget for 2023-24 was a “huge disappointment” for Jammu and Kashmir as the proposals contained in it failed to address the…
- India
Rs 5.94 lakh crore allocated to defence ministry in Union Budget
New Delhi: The defence budget was on Wednesday increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24 in a modest hike of 13 percent from last year’s allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore…
