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Government 'bleeding' to pay UPA's oil bonds of Rs 1.44 lakh crore: Nirmal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): The Central government is "bleeding" to pay the Oil bonds of Rs 1.44 lakh crore floated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2012, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
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Government committed to GST compensation payments to states: Nirmala Sitha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): The government is an active participant in the recovery process and remains committed to reforms as is evident from a series of tangible steps taken including the passing of seven critical bills related to finance and corporate affairs in the monsoon sess
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Afghan acting Finance Minister steps down, leaves country amid Taliban-led
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Finance Minister Khalid Payenda has stepped down and left the country following pressure from the presidential palace, local media reported.
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Greece to purchase firefighting aircraft, other equipment as fires rage
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will purchase fire-fighting helicopters and planes, state-of-the-art fire trucks and floating craft for evacuating people, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced Tuesday.
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Discussion with litigants will happen after law to nullify retrospective t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Parliament on Monday passed a bill that seeks to do away with the contentious retrospective tax provision and will impact retro tax cases of Cairn Energy and Vodafone.
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All Guru Raghavendra Bank depositors to be benefitted by DICGC Bill. says
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Hours after Parliament passed the amendment to the Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha on Monday, Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya lauded Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said the bill would provide interim relief
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Nirmala Sitharaman participates in National Handloom Day celebration at Po
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday participated in the National Handloom Day celebration at Ponduru village of Srikakulam district here.
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South African President announces major Cabinet changes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa] August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle finally occurred on Thursday night when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made major changes to his cabinet including the finance minister position.
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11 bills passed in hurry in 2007 during UPA regime, Opposition making fals
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Accusing the Opposition of making false claims and running away from discussing bills in Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that a senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has himself admitted that bills were passed in a hurry wh
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Monsoon session: Bill to nullify retrospective tax passed in LS amid prote
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday moved the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for consideration, it was passed in the Lok Sabha without debate amid sloganeering and protests by the Opposition members of Parliament.
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Union Finance Minister meets Australian PM's Special envoy, holds talks on
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Tony Abbott, Special Envoy of Australian Prime Minister, and said that complementarities between both countries provide immense scope for augmenting the economic relationship.
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Bill to nullify retrospective tax introduced in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha pas
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): A bill that seeks to do away with the contentious retrospective tax provision and will impact retro tax cases of Cairn Energy and Vodafone was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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