Centre exempts E22, E25, E27 and E30 petrol blends from excise duty in biofuel push
The Finance Ministry notification covers E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuel variants, provided they follow BIS specifications and composition rules.
The Finance Ministry notification covers E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuel variants, provided they follow BIS specifications and composition rules.
The Centre has dismissed viral claims linking temple gold reserves to a proposed monetisation scheme, saying no such policy has been approved.
The Centre has revised customs duty rates for jewellery findings and tightened import compliance norms for precious metal recovery and recycling materials from May 13.
The Budget comes at a time when India remains one of the fastest-growing major economies, even as global growth moderates due to geopolitical uncertainties, tight financial conditions and slowing demand in key markets.
In response to rising reports of fake summons being circulated in the name of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for cheating and extortion, the ED has implemented new measures to help citizens verify the authenticity of summons notices, the Finance Ministry’s official account announced today.
The Finance Ministry announced on Thursday that the government will raise Rs 8 lakh crore from the bond market during the first half of of the next financial year (April-September), which is 54 per cent of the total market borrowing of Rs 14.82 lakh crore for the entire financial year announced in the Budget 2025-26.
The Finance Ministry on Monday announced the sale of government bonds worth Rs 34,000 crore in three lots through auctions to be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai on Friday (February 21).
The Finance Ministry is set to review the development of variousfinancial inclusion schemes as it has called a meeting of heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Wednesday.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested a seven-point agenda to the Finance Ministry for the Union Budget-2025.
The Finance Ministry said that the government will continue its focus on improving quality spending, strengthening the social security net and bringing down the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent of the GDP in FY26.
