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Nirmala Sitharaman launches NSDL's investor awareness programme for studen
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched the National Securities Depository Limited's (NSDL) investor awareness programme for students.
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RBI's repo rate hike part of synchronised event globally: Finance Minister
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the recent decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike key policy interest rates is a part of the synchronised event by the central banks globally.
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Fuel prices would have been higher under PTI's deal with IMF: Pak finance
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that the prices of diesel and petrol would have been significantly higher under the agreement former prime minister Imran Khan made with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), local media reported.
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Sri Lanka's liquid reserves plummeted below USD 50 million, Finance Minist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): In the face of an adverse economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Finance Minister Ali Sabry raised concerns over the declining liquid reserves in the island country which have currently plunged below USD 50 million.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman highlights India's steps towards digitization
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Palo Alto (California) [US], April 27 (ANI): Highlighting several digitization-related progressive steps in the budget this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (local time) said that there is a continuous digital nudge by the government across different sectors.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman invites US investors to join India's growth story
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a roundtable with business leaders and investors co-hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in the Silicon Valley, and invited the leading investors to be
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No chance of an immediate hike in petrol prices, says Pak Finance Minister
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Monday said that there was "no chance" of an immediate hike in the price of petrol in the next few days but did not rule out the possibility of revising the prices on or after May 1, adding that even if the pric
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IMF team to visit Pakistan in May to discuss subsidies
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it will be sending a mission to Pakistan next month after a team of the international lender held discussions with Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in Washington.
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Sri Lanka to appoint advisors on debt restructuring in next 20 days
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka will appoint advisors to help with its debt restructuring in the next 20 days, Finance Minister Ali Sabry has said.
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Pakistan FM claims ex-PM Imran Khan pushed economy into 'subsidy' trap
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Accusing former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of setting a trap for his successors by announcing heavy subsidies on fuel weeks before his ouster, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that the government will have to withdraw the subsidies to revi
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Sri Lanka asks for USD 1.5 billion credit from India amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka has asked for another one billion US dollar credit from India for imports as well as a 500 million US dollar loan for oil imports, Finance Minister Ali Sabry said as the country faces dire economic situation.
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Sitharaman discusses COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict with World Bank pre
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with World Bank President David Malpass in Washington on Friday and discussed several key economic issues including India's continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict. Read More
