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IMF deal expected in next 24 hours: Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistan government is racing against time to unlock at least USD 1.1 billion under the lender's ninth review of a USD 6.5-billion Extended Fund Facility agreed in 2019. The programme expires on Friday.
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UP Cabinet's nod to 'Chief Minister's Micro Entrepreneur Accident Insuranc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The scheme will facilitate the provision of financial assistance to micro-entrepreneurs in unavoidable circumstances. For example, in case of death or disability of a micro-entrepreneur, claims of up to Rs 5 lakh can be made under the scheme, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna informed. On parti
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Rs 1.4 lakh cr incentive available in 2023-24 for States' power sector ref
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The additional borrowing window for states was announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021-22. Under the initiative, an additional borrowing space of up to 0.5 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is available to the States annually for a fo
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Odisha again requests GST Council to withdraw tax on tendu leaves, CM writ
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who also happens to be the chairperson of GST Council, Odisha CM has stated tendu leaves, which are a Minor Forest Produce (MFP), is the financial backbone of 8 Lakh workers in his state.
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PTI leader Qureshi demands Pak Finance Minister Dar's resignation
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi demanded the resignation of Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday quoting that all distinguished economists and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rejected his budget which was proposed on June 9, The Express Tribune
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PM Modi chairs key meeting with Cabinet ministers after his State visits t
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeting.
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FM Sitharaman calls PM Modi's US visit 'historic', says it will redefine p
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States has been historic claimed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday.
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Pakistan aims to generate PKR 215 billion in new taxes to help seal IMF de
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"Pakistan and IMF had detailed negotiations for the last three days as a last effort to complete the pending review," Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday.
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"Six Muslim-dominated countries were bombed...": Sitharaman lashes out at
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday, lashed out at former US President Barack Obama for his comments on Indian Muslims and said that under his reign, the United States had bombed six Muslim-dominated countries.
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Centre rubbishes media report on possible tweak in pension system, says no
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"The committee, set up under the chairmanship of the Finance Secretary in pursuance of an announcement made by the Union Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha in the last Budget Session, is at present in the midst of its deliberations and is in the process of consulting stakeholders," the Fin
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Bank of Maharashtra presents dividend cheque of Rs 795.94 crore to Finance
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21: Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), a premiere public sector Bank in the country, on Tuesday, paid a dividend cheque of Rs 795.94 crore for the financial year 2022-23 to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The dividend cheque was presented by A S Rajeev, MD &am
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CPI MP urges Union Finance Minister to initiate pension updation exercise
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Nirmala Sitharaman said that no pension updation exercise was carried out for the banking sector in the past 28 years which is effectively depriving sources of sustenance.
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