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Union Finance Minister Sitharaman chairs pre-budget meeting with finance m
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presiding over the meeting. The state ministers, along with other stakeholders, will table their requests during the meeting.
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Industry suggests FM to increase Capex, restructure GST slabs and give rel
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
During the meeting, industry representatives demanded the restructuring of GST tax, lowering of tax, and increased capital expenditure.
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Preparation for union budget starts, Finance Minister Sitharaman to presen
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Preparation for the upcoming Union Budget 2024-25 commenced in Delhi on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has directed officials to initiate the budget preparation process, emphasizing the need for meticulous planning and comprehensive analysis.
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Nirmala Sitharaman formally takes charge of finance ministry
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Nirmala Sitharaman, who is among a few who have been Union Minister in both the 2014 and 2019 Modi cabinets, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Union Council of Ministers on Sunday evening in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, along with another 70
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Centre releases Rs 139,750 crore to states towards tax devolution for June
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The biggest chunk of the fund went to Uttar Pradesh at Rs 25,069.88 crore, followed by Bihar at Rs 14,056.12 crore, Madhya Pradesh got Rs 10,970.44 crore, and West Bengal was devolved Rs 10,513.46 crore.
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Finance Ministry announces additional Rs. 1.39 lakh crore tax devolution t
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The additional installment of funds is part of a broader fiscal strategy outlined in the Interim Budget for 2024-25, which has allocated Rs 12,19,783 crore towards the devolution of taxes to states.
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Modi 3.0: Sitharaman retains finance ministry, take a look at key minister
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Nirmala Sitharaman has been entrusted with the critical portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs. This assignment underscores her continued role in India's economic policies and managing corporate governance.
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India held two-day "Chintan Shivir" to formulate strategy and SOPs for FTA
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The commerce ministry has organised a two-day "Chintan Shivir" for formulating strategies and standard operating procedures for free trade agreements. The Shivir organised on May 16-17, was attended by senior government officials of different departments, former government secretaries, and t
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FM Sitharaman holds telephonic conversation with US Treasury Secretary
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman had a Telecon with US Treasury Secretary Ms. Janet Yellen @SecYellen, today. The two leaders held cordial discussions on #InternationalTaxation," read a post on the official X handle of the Finance Ministry.
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"90 IAS officers runs Indian govt, only 3 from backward class": Rahul Gan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Alleging the Centre of caste discrimination at a public meeting in Gujarat' Patan on Monday, he said, "Who runs the government? 90 people run the Delhi government. Modi ji signs off on things. 90 IAS officers run the Indian government. I have looked up their names. Out of the 90, only 3 offi
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With above normal monsoon, new import contracts for pulses Food prices wil
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Further easing of food prices is on the anvil as IMD has predicted above-normal rainfall during the monsoon season, which is likely to lead to higher production, assuming good spatial and temporal distribution of the rainfall," says March 2024, monthly economic review of the finance mini
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Ministry of Finance debunks falsehoods: New tax regime clarified, no chang
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Ministry of Finance posted, "Ministry of Finance posted on X, "It has come to notice that misleading information related to new tax regime is being spread on some social media platforms. It is therefore clarified that: There is no new change which is coming in from 01.04.2024....."
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