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Rs 15,310.73 billion returned from circulation post-demonetisation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The total value of specified bank notes returned from circulation during 2016-'17 was Rs 15,310.73 billion, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Monday.
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No proposal under govt's consideration for special category status to Odis
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): There is no proposal under the consideration of the central government for the grant of special category status to Odisha, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur told Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Take the zeal of Swachhata Abhiyan from Parliament to each Village: LS Spe
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Launching a two-day long special cleanliness drive in the Parliament House Estate on Saturday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged the MPs to work towards taking the zeal of Swachhata Abhiyan to each village of the country.
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'British went, their traditions must go,' says Thakur as Sitharaman ditche
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said his senior Nirmala Sitharaman's decision to carry Budget documents in a 4-fold red cloth was a sign of departure of the western tradition from India and a step towards becoming a superpower.
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Ahead of Budget presentation, Sitharaman calls on President Kovind
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called on President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting her first Union Budget.
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Nirmala Sitharaman drops traditional budget briefcase photo op, goes swade
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 5 (ANI): On the day of the Union Budget presentation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to go with the swadeshi 'bahi khata' instead of the traditional budget briefcase.
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'Prosecution Sanction' accorded in 366 cases for non-compliance of CSR, Mo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The government has accorded "prosecution sanction" in 366 cases for non-compliance of Corporate Social Responsibility norms in the 2014-15 period and given notice in 5382 cases, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Monda
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Banks cannot employ bouncers for loan recovery: Anurag Thakur in LS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): No bank has the power to appoint musclemen for recovery of loans, and recovery agents have to be appointed according to the prescribed norms, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said on Monday.
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Second anniversary of GST to be celebrated on July 1
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The second anniversary of Good & Services Tax (GST), launched on July 1, 2017 with 'one nation, one tax' aim, will be celebrated on Monday.
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MoS Finance holds pre-Budget consultation trade unions
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Representatives from various trade unions and labour organisations on Saturday called for alignment of skill development initiatives with aspirations of rural youth with a focus on agriculture.
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MoS Finance holds pre-Budget meeting with digital economy experts, start-u
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Saturday held the pre-Budget consultation meeting with the representatives of the digital economy and start-ups here.
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Ministers sworn-in today thanked PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 30 (ANI): Soon after taking oath as Union ministers, the newly inducted Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
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