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Centre announces multiple steps to boost digital transactions
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Central government has announced multiple steps to boost digital transactions.
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No MDR charges on payment modes to be notified on Jan 1: Finance Minister
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The customers will not be charged merchant discount rates (MDRs) for transactions made through "payment modes" that will be notified from January 1, 2020.
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LIC gives Rs 2,610.74 crore as govt share of surplus to Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Life Insurance Corporation of India generated a valuation surplus of Rs 53,214.41 crore, registering a growth of 9.9 per cent over the previous year, Ministry of Finance stated.
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Nirmala Sitharaman releases postage stamp to commemorate contribution of D
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a postage stamp here on Thursday to commemorate the distinguished service and glorious contribution by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in protecting the nation, the Finance Ministry said.
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Sitharaman holds pre-Budget consultations with representatives from water
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday held her ninth pre-Budget consultation meeting with leading representatives from water and sanitation sectors.
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Kerala: Trade Unions protest uniform GST rate of 28% on lotteries
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Trade unions including Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) took out a protest march in Thiruvananthapuram in front of the Accountant General's office here on Monday against the decision of th
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Assam Cabinet decides to send proposal to Centre to make Assamese state la
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Assam Cabinet has decided to send a proposal to the Centre to make Assamese the state language.
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Finance Minister Sitharaman holds pre-budget consultation with economists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a meeting with some leading economists here as a part of her consultations for the Union Budget 2020-21.
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Mamata has no faith in institutions of India: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 20 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for demanding United Nations intervention on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday questioned the TMC chief's faith over the national institutions.
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Stressed MSMEs will not be declared as NPAs, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) can approach any public sector bank to sort out their finances.
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Kerala govt will approach Centre to bring amendment in lottery laws: Thoma
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): A day after voting was carried out in the GST council meeting held in Delhi for the first time to decide on uniformed tax on lotteries, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Thursday said that state will approach centre to bring in an amendment in
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Sitharaman holds pre-Budget consultations with prominent industrialists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday held her sixth pre-Budget consultations with leading industrialists who called for a reduction in personal income tax rates to revive consumption amid the continuing economic slowdown.
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