Tag: Finance Minister
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Sitharaman on why she taxed super rich more
Sitharaman said not more than 5,000 people are there in the super rich category in the country and the Union Budget 2019-20 has several measures to help start-ups.
July 20, 2019 -
Signal of intent~I
Jobs ~ the most urgent problem facing the nation ~ also got much less focus than it deserved. A Finance Ministers job is a tightrope balancing walk and some compromises are necessary, especially so because the budget was presented amidst unmistakable signs of a slowing economy.
July 17, 2019 -
Electric vehicles can be good, bad and ugly
But in India, at the moment, we are stuck with coal power generation. EVs are bound to take off in India in a few years.
July 11, 2019 -
Budget targets $5-tn economy
Over 81 lakh houses with an investment of about Rs 4.83 lakh crore sanctioned of which construction started in about 47 lakh houses.
July 6, 2019 -
Industry reaction on Union Budget 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the maiden budget of the 17th Lok Sabha on Friday.
July 5, 2019 -
Senior citizens appeal to raise interest on FDs
Claim that monthly income at the current interest rate insufficient.
July 1, 2019 -
New GST return filing system to simply process: Sushil Modi
The deadline for implementation of the new system for small taxpayers is January 1, 2020, whereas, for big taxpayers above Rs. 5 crores, it is October 1, 2019, he said, adding the prototype of the filing system will be made available Monday.
June 30, 2019 -
Sitharaman urges states to help achieve economic growth goals set by Centre
The share of states in tax devolution has risen from 32 per cent in the 13th Finance Commission to 42 per cent in 14th Finance Commission during the first tenure of the present government.
June 21, 2019 -
Finance Minister Sitharaman may meet PSU bank chiefs
The meeting earlier to be held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now scheduled to be chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
June 21, 2019 -
Nirmala Sitharaman likely to hold pre-budget consultations from tomorrow
Sitharaman, the first woman finance minister in post-Independence India, will present the first Budget of the Modi-II government on 5 July.
June 9, 2019 -
PayPal declines to come to Pakistan: Official
While Afzal tried to explain why PayPal was not interested in coming to Pakistan, Senator Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh said PayPal was afraid to come to Pakistan unless there were laws to protect the company's interests, a news report said.
May 17, 2019 -
Sri Lankan Prez Sirisena assures hoteliers maximum financial help to revive tourism
India is the largest source market for Sri Lanka, which received 2.3 million tourists from around the world in 2018.
April 30, 2019 -
‘Tukde Tukde gang’ drafted ‘dangerous’ Congress manifesto: Arun Jaitley
Slamming the grand old party and its chief, Rahul Gandhi, the BJP leader said that the manifesto will “divide India”.
April 2, 2019 -
Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY scheme is a bluff: Arun Jaitley
Jaitley said that both the Nehruvian model of economics and Indira Gandhi’s ‘garibi hatao’ slogan failed to eliminate poverty from India.
March 25, 2019 -
We can do an Abbottabad, says Arun Jaitley referring to US Navy SEALs Osama mission
In a strong statement on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that India is fully capable of carrying out Abbottabad-like strike inside Pakistan referring to 2 May 2011 the surgical mission in which US Navy SEALs took out Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.
February 27, 2019 -
Economic blues
India’s $ 2.7 trillion economy is headed for a slowdown ahead of the Lok Sabha elections due to be held by May.
February 16, 2019 -
Arun Jaitley resumes charge as Union Finance Minister
On Friday, Jaitley attended the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting called by PM Modi to discuss the Pulwama terror attack, before heading to North Block to take charge of his ministry
February 15, 2019