Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2023 in Washington.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday launched a strong attack on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said that the benchmark for the minister is Pakistan.
Finance Minister Sitharaman addressed the roundtable, highlighting opportunities that India, under the current government, is creating for the global industry to participate in the nation's growth story.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday claimed that Muslims in India are doing much better than those in Pakistan, in a strong rebuttal of negative 'Western perception' of India.
The Union Finance Minister will be attending meetings with Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from across the world. The meeting is scheduled to take place today at IMF Headquarters in Washington.
"We are now only awaiting the confirmation of a USD 1bn commitment from one friendly country. After that, all their requirements to conclude the staff-level agreement will be complete. Following that, it takes two more weeks to take the matter into the board meeting," he assured his people.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is to embark today on an official visit to the United States where she will attend Spring Annual Meetings of the IMF-World Bank. She will begin her official visit to the US from April 10.
After being appointed as election in charge of AAP for the upcoming Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election, Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema met Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday. He took Guru Mantra (guidance) from the chief minister for the victory of AAP in the by-election.
AAP leader Chadha wrote, "I'm writing to draw your attention towards the plight of the farmers in Punjab. Rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm reported in the state in the state since March 24 have impacted at least 14 lakh hectares (40 per cent) of 34.9 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Pun
On the occasion of 8th anniversary of PMMY, the minister said about 68 per cent of accounts under the scheme belong to women entrepreneurs and 51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) and Other Backward Caste (OBC) categories.
Pakistan's Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar has cancelled his visit to the United States despite Islamabad making efforts to pursue the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release a loan tranche, The Express Tribune reported.