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Finance Minister Sitharaman holds bilateral meeting with her German counte
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with her German counterpart Olaf Scholz here.
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Disruption of supply chain due to COVID-19 to be considered as a case of n
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said the disruption of supply chain due to the spread of coronavirus in China or any other country would be considered as a case of natural calamity.
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CBIC starts capturing district-wise data or origin of export goods
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has now started capturing district-wise data or origin of export goods in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's objective of turning districts into export hubs.
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Budget reforms to boost investment in equity markets
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Finance Ministry in this budget proposed to abolish Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT). With the abolition of DDT, people with income up to Rs 5 lakh will not have to pay tax on dividend income.
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All railway tracks to be electrified by 2023, 150 pvt trains planned: Fina
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Finance on Sunday announced that 58 per cent of the Railway tracks across the country have been electrified while the remaining will be electrified by the year 2023.
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Defence gets 6 percent hike, Rs 1.1 lakh crore for modernisation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The defence budget has been hiked by 6 per cent from Rs 3.18 lakh crore to Rs 3.37 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2020 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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Gross GST collection in January at Rs 1,10,828 crore
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in the month of January this year has been pegged at Rs 1,10,828 crore of which Central GST (CGST) is Rs 20,944 crore, State GST (SGST) is Rs 28,224 crore, Integrated GST (IGST) is Rs 53,013 crore including Rs
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Union Budget: Sitharaman arrives at Finance Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday morning reached the Ministry of Finance in the North Block, ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2020-2021 in Parliament.
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Around 2.62 crore new jobs created during 2011-18
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Around 2.62 crore new jobs were created in rural and urban areas between 2011-12 and 2017-18 among regular wage and salaried employees, says the Economic Survey 2019-20, which was laid in Parliament on Friday.
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GSTR-3B returns can be filed in a staggered manner: Finance Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Considering the difficulties faced by those from the trade and industry in filing returns, the Finance Ministry on Wednesday said that now GST taxpayers can file their GSTR-3B returns in a staggered manner.
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Owaisi's unusual jibe at 'halwa ceremony', says name of dish is Arabic wor
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Karimnagar (Telangana) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday questioned the customary 'halwa ceremony' of the Finance Ministry before printing of Union Budget documents, citing the Arabic origin of the sweet delicacy's name.
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Union Budget process kicks off with 'Halwa ceremony' tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): In order to mark the beginning of printing of documents relating to Union Budget 2020-21, the customary 'Halwa Ceremony' is set to be held on Monday at Ministry of Finance, North Block.
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