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CM Narayanasamy requests Sitharaman for immediate release of GST compensat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested her to immediately release the GST compensation amount payable to the union territory.
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Chidambaram hits out at Centre over 'sliding economy', says Danger of yout
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister and senior P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over the "sliding economy" and said that if unemployment rises and income declines there is the danger of youth exploding in anger.
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BJP MP seeks to calm depositors after RBI imposes curbs on Bengaluru Co-op
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capped to Rs 35,000 the withdrawal limit of Sri Guru Raghavendra Co-operative Bank, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday reassured account holders and said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was personally mon
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Chidambaram's intellect is at par with that of Rahul Gandhi, says BJP lead
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Taking a dig at former finance minister P Chidambaram for opposing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao said here on Monday that by doing so Chidambaram has brought his level of intellect at par with that of Rahul Gandhi.
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Himanta Biswa wants to become CM, eroding BJP from inside: Badruddin Ajmal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday accused Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of eroding the BJP from inside saying he has an ambition of becoming the chief minister of the state.
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BJP minority morcha urges Sitharaman to extend mid-day meal scheme, vocat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The minority morcha of BJP has given proposals to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for extending mid-day meal and vocational training scheme to registered madrasas.
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Kerala moots legal challenge on GST compensation taking non-BJP states int
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Following Centre's decision regarding GST compensation to states and the GST arrears to Kerala piling up to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore, Kerala is planning to take a legal recourse after taking other state governments into confidence.
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Former J-K ministers seek release of political detainees after meeting for
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party (Nationalist) leader Ghulam Hasan Mir and former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Altaf Bukhari met a delegation of 15 foreign envoys who are on a two-day visit to the region and later said that politica
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Ahead of Union Budget, Sitharaman meets BJP office bearers, spokespersons
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met BJP office bearers, spokespersons, and other party functionaries, for consultations on union budget at the party office here on Thursday.
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Projected annual growth of 5 pc exaggerated, puffery: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A day after the government released first advance estimates of GDP numbers for the current financial year (2019-20) pegging the growth at 5 per cent, former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the projected annua
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Chidambaram advises JNU VC to leave varsity
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): A day after Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar advised students to "make a new beginning and put the past behind," former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that Kumar should follow his o
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Steps being taken for simplification of GST: Sitharaman assures traders
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that steps are being taken for simplification of GST and revenue secretary was brainstorming with officers from different parts of the country over ways to simplify the Goods and Services Tax.
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