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Drop in new COVID infections, strong reforms undertaken by govt, Sitharama
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday participated in the Global Investors Roundtable organized by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) through video conferencing which witnessed participation from some of the largest foreign
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Nirmala Sitharaman asks Infosys to make Income Tax portal 'more humane, us
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday flagged concerns in the new Income-Tax portal in a meeting with Infosys officials and urged them to address these issues.
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Finance Ministry refutes news reports of alleged black money held by India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Finance Ministry on Saturday refuted claims that funds of Indians in Swiss Banks have risen to over Rs 20,700 crore in 2020, the highest figure of deposits in the last 13 years.
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Foreign companies must follow laws in India; we should not let digital col
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing spat between the Centre and microblogging platform Twitter, the Principal Economic Advisor of the Union Finance Ministry Sanjeev Sanyal on Wednesday said foreign companies must follow the national laws of India and the country should not all
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No one muzzled Bengal minister Amit Mitra's voice at GST Council meet: Anu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Anurag Thakur, has dismissed the remarks of West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who claimed that he was not allowed to speak at the end of the GST Council meeting held here on Saturday.
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IT dept to launch new e-filing portal on June 7 with new features
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): A new taxpayer-friendly e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department will be launched on June 7. The new features in the portal include interactive software that helps in filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) preparation and a call centre for taxpayer assistance, s
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Sitharaman urges secretaries of ministries to push expenditure on large im
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a virtual meeting with senior government officials to discuss the infrastructure roadmap ahead and requested the Secretaries of Ministries to push expenditure on large important projects to ensure that
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Cash-strapped Pak considering imposing income tax on pensions amid IMF pre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): The cash-strapped Pakistan government is considering the imposition of income tax on monthly pensions in a bid to recover heavy tax losses amounting to Rs 1.4 trillion, amid pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reconsider its tax laws.
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Centre extends timelines for compliances under Income-tax Act amid COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Centre, in continuation of its commitment to address the hardship being faced by various stakeholders on account of the severe Covid-19 pandemic, has decided to extend timelines for compliances under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as "t
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Finance Ministry releases Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 states for providing gran
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Union Finance Ministry, on the recommendation of the Panchayati Raj Ministry, released Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 states for providing grant to rural local bodies.
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Sitharaman to chair 43rd GST Council meeting on May 28
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting through video conferencing on May 28.
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Seminar on 'Social Infrastructure Financing and use of Digital Technologie
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and the New Development Bank (NDB) will jointly organise a virtual seminar on "Social Infrastructure Financing and use of Digital Technologies" on May 13, as part of the Economic an
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