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Finance Ministry highlights basic custom duty rates on Interactive Flat Pa
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Before the new Budget for the country is announced on Feb 1, the Ministry of Finance took to X to highlight the prior customs duty rates announced. During the previous Budget sessions, in a decisive move to solidify India's position as a global electronics hub and to promote domestic manu
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Budget 2026: Finance Ministry details progress made by Govt, previous key
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The Government of India has completed the implementation of several key direct tax reforms announced in recent Union Budgets, aiming to enhance investment certainty and reduce the compliance burden for taxpayers. As the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27 approaches, the Ministry of
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Banking sector records strong turnaround in 2025: Finance Ministry
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
DFS continued its trajectory of momentous reforms in 2025, building on the robust and firm foundation established through initiatives like Your Money, Your Right Campaign, the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025, EASE 8.0 rechristened as EASE₹ise, 'Credit Line on UPI', 'Hello! UPI'- an AI-voi
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Machine speed, not output, to decide Health Security se National Security
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Manufacturers adding new machines mid-month will be required to pay the full monthly cess for those machines, while new units starting operations during a month will be charged on a pro-rata basis.
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Centre imposes additional excise duty on tobacco products, to be effective
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Finance has notified a major revision in excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, effective February 1, 2026.
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Ministry of Finance extends financial assistance to Uttarakhand, Rs 200 cr
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has extended significant financial assistance to the state of Uttarakhand. For the financial year 2025-26, a special assistance of Rs 200 crore (loan) has been approved for Uttarakhand under the "Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Cap
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Nirmala Sitharaman chairs Chintan Shivir of Ministry of Finance, Corporate
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra, chaired the Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, at Hampi in Vijayanagara district, Karnataka.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, along with MoS Harsh Malhotra, chairs Chintan Shivir o
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra, chaired the Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, at Hampi in Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, on Satur
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MNRE plans new scheme for floating solar power projects with battery stora
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is preparing to launch a new scheme for floating solar power projects equipped with battery storage systems. According to Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the ministry has approached the Finance Ministry s
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AI-enabled tools to streamline complaint handling at RBI: MoS Finance
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
While answering an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, said, "The process of complaint resolution is being streamlined through revision in the Reserve Bank-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme."
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Capex cuts to offset tax shortfalls, Govt on track for fiscal targets of F
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Central government is expected to meet its fiscal deficit target for FY26 by cutting back on capital expenditure to offset potential shortfalls in income tax and GST collections, according to a report by Goldman Sachs.
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Finance Ministry releases monthly review of accounts of GOI; shows steady
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Government of India's fiscal data for the current financial year up to October 2025 shows steady revenue collection and higher fund transfers to states, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Finance on Friday. The consolidated monthly accounts reveal that the Centre
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