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Parliament passes bill allowing 100 pc FDI in insurance sector
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Parliament on Wednesday passed the 'Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025', with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assuring members that opening up the sector will attract new insurers, intermediaries and allied service providers, expanding the overall insuran
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Sitharaman flags fiscal stress of states; highlights fiscal discipline, ma
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged rising fiscal stress in some Indian states and called for sharper focus on manufacturing, innovation, and strategic trade positioning, while addressing the Times Network India Economic Conclave.
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Telangana CM meets Union Ministers, urges setup of IIM, Kendriya Vidyalaya
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Tuesday. He urged the Education Minister to approve an IIM for Hyderabad.
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FM introduces Insurance laws (Amendment) Bill 2025; proposes 100% FDI in I
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday introduced the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, titled "Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha", in the Lok Sabha, aiming to strengthen policyholder protection, deepen insurance penetration and accelerate the growth of the insurance sector in the coun
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Saugata Roy accuses Finance Minister of 'misleading house' over Bengal's d
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) avoided speaking on West Bengal as she knew that she would be challenged," Roy told reporters. "We walked out in protest, and the Congress and the Samajwadi Party also did the same. The Union Finance Minister is repeatedly misleading the House on
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Assam CM meets Union Finance Minister to discuss development and welfare i
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Monday to discuss key issues related to the state's development and the welfare of its people.
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Parliament Winter Session: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to move Appropriation (No
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday to move the Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha to authorise payment and appropriation of additional funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for the financial year 2025-26.
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EU Trade Commissioner meets Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met a delegation led by the European Union's Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, and the two leaders discussed cooperation on trade and investment.
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Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha to take up Health, National Security
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Friday move the Health Security and National Security Cess Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha for further consideration and passage during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
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Parliament approves Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to raise excise
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion in Rajya Sabha, said the higher duties on cigarettes will be shared with the states. "This is not a cess but excise duty. The amount will be redistributed to the States as per the Finance Commission's recommendati
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Sitharaman moves Health Security se National Security Cess Bill in Lok Sab
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Congress MP from Haryana's Ambala Varun Chaudhury while noting that the Bill is silent on sharing the cess pool with States, suggested that the Bill be referred to a Select Committe. He noted that perhaps the name of a Bill is bilingual. The Bill can be in Hindi or English and need not be b
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FM Sitharaman to move Health Security se National Security Cess Bill for c
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to move the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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