Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Union Budget 2020 will have plan of action for economic slowdown: Javedkar
Javedkar also took a dig at the people criticizing the National Popular Register exercise, saying that it was done during the Congress-led government as well.
January 22, 2020 -
‘2838 Pakistani, 914 Afganistani, 172 Bangladeshi refugees given citizenship in last 6 years’: FM
Sitharam also warned the states who showed an unwillingness to implement the Act and said the state governments cannot say that the law will not be implemented and the resolutions passed in the state assemblies will not have any impact and is illegal.
January 19, 2020 -
‘Consider inviting Finance Minister’: Cong on Sitharaman’s absence at PM’s budget meet
In a rebuttal, Sitharaman's office clarified that she has already met economists as part of her pre-Budget consultations.
January 10, 2020 -
BJP comes to PM’s defence as Kamal Nath questions his ancestors’ contribution in freedom struggle
Prakash Javadekar also hit back at Congress for taking a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her absence from a pre-budget meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.
January 10, 2020 -
PM Modi meets economists on growth, jobs, $5 trillion economy
The meeting assumes important as the government is in the process of formulating Budget proposals for 2020-21.
January 9, 2020 -
Masked JNU attackers identified, say cops; Amit Shah speaks to Delhi L-G, orders police for probe
At least 34 people, including JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh -- who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod -- were injured as chaos reigned on the campus for nearly two hours on Sunday.
January 6, 2020 -
Nirmala Sitharaman unveils National Infrastructure Pipeline for projects worth Rs 102 crore
The identified projects are mainly in the fields of power, railways, urban irrigation, mobility, education and health, the minister informed.
December 31, 2019 -
Budget 2020: Clear pending vigilance cases against officials: Sitharaman to PSBs
The finance minister also informed that no Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges will be applicable on selected modes of payment from January 1
December 28, 2019 -
Budget 2020: FM Sitharaman to meet PSB chiefs to discuss banking sector, economy
In the past few weeks the finance minister has held several meetings with the industrialists, economists and state finance ministers.
December 28, 2019 -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-budget meeting with economists
During the meeting the minister and economists also talked about the inflation, revival of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), fiscal arithmetic, monetary transmission, and government's fiscal prudence.
December 21, 2019 -
‘Don’t sell the jewel’: Air India unions appeal to PM Modi
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set March 31, 2020, as the deadline for Air India disinvestment.
December 21, 2019 -
Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-Budget consultation with states, UTs
The meeting was attended by Chief Ministers of Goa, Haryana, and Puducherry, Deputy Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, and Tripura as well as 17 finance ministers/ministers representing their states and senior officers from the Union government and states.
December 18, 2019 -
Be wary of jihadists, Maoists, separatists getting into student activism: Nirmala Sitharaman
She also said that activism per se is not new to universities and attributed the same to idealism that guides a student because of his/her age.
December 16, 2019 -
GST rates may go up for various items to meet revenue shortfall
It is believed that Govt has considered various options including raising rates from 5 per cent to 8 per cent and 12 per cent to 15 per cent,
December 11, 2019 -
FinMin Sitharaman invites suggestions on ‘GST Feedback Diwas’
This is the first time after introduction of GST that taxpayer consultation is being done on "such a large scale".
December 7, 2019 -
Sitharaman rejects ‘elitist’ brabs, retorts to Chidambaram’s ‘avocado’ remark with ‘ice-cream’
The opposition had accused Sitharaman of being ''elitist'' and unsympathetic towards people facing a spike in onion prices in recent months.
December 6, 2019 -
PM ‘silent’ on economy, ministers ‘indulge in bluff, bluster’: Chidambaram attacks Centre
Chidambaram also expressed his concern about the political leaders in Kashmir 'who have been detained without charges' post the revocation of Article 370.
December 5, 2019