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Govt economic package soon , IT return filing date extended to June 30, sa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 24 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday stated that the government is preparing an economic package which will be announced soon in a bid to tackle the economic fallout affecting the Indian economy due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Shocking that promised COVID-19 economic task force hasn't been set up: Ch
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a pot shot at the Centre and said that four days since the Prime Minister's announcement, the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force under Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has not been set up.
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Combating COVID-19: Sitharaman ensures smooth functioning of expenditure s
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday promised to ensure uninterrupted and smooth functioning of the government expenditure system during the containment period of COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Congress, DMK seek financial package for unorganised sector, poo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Congress and DMK members in Lok Sabha on Monday sought financial package for the vulnerable sections of the society due to economic impact of the threat of coronavirus.
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Grateful that CMs understood importance of lockdown to fight COVID-19: Chi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that he was "grateful" that many chief ministers across the country have understood the importance of imposing a lockdown in order to fight coronavirus.
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Andhra FM slams SEC for postponing local body polls
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Saturday slammed State Election Commissioner (SEC) Ramesh Kumar for postponing the local body elections and called the decision undemocratic.
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BJD MP meets Sitharaman, seeks release of pending performance grants of 11
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Amar Patnaik on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with other party MPs to release the pending basic and performance grants amounting to around Rs 700 crore to Odisha in respect of 114 urban local bodies (ULBs)
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SEBI has come up with list of regulations that will keep market stable: Si
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come up with a list of regulations that will keep market stable.
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PM Modi will annouce tougher social, economic measures in next few days, s
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that that Prime Minister would have 'no option but to again address the nation and announce tougher social and economic measures' to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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PM Modi announces COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the formation of a COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force led by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to deal with the situation arising out of novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Nirmala Sitharaman to move the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for consideration and passage in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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A lot has changed since abrogation of Article 370 in J-K: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that 'a lot has changed' in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year and while there is no corruption in governance, people have easier access to authorities to highli
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