The government on Monday clarified that the recent decline in India's foreign exchange reserves (FER) is not the highest decline in the country's history.
Union Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, said on Friday that the government has identified 13,000 black spots on national highways to reduce road accidents.
The ten-member Group of Ministers (GoM) panel, headed by the Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, met on Wednesday on the ongoing compensation cess issue. The meeting discussed the future of cess to states under the GST regime but no decision was taken says the minister.
The gross NPAs (GNPA) of SCBs have shown a declining trend over the past five yeaRs As of March 31, 2020, the GNPA stood at Rs 8,96,082 crore, with a GNPA ratio of 8.21 per cent. By March 31, 2021, this figure had decreased to Rs 8,35,051 crore (GNPA ratio of 7.33 per cent), and further down
The minister's response provided a comprehensive overview of private capital expenditure (capex), corporate bond issuances, bank credit flows, and gross fixed capital formation (GFCF).
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Monday informed the Parliament that market regulator SEBI has received representations on the sharp stock market movements on June 4, the day when the Lok Sabha election results were declared, but no specific information on any "unfair tradi
As the BJP's key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special status category for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that special status cannot granted to Bihar as per the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report 2012.
Union Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad chaired a review meeting on the progress and performance of Financial Inclusion Schemes, including preparedness under the PM Vishwakarma Scheme with senior management of Private Sector Banks, in the national capital on Thursday.
A member asked the government whether it intends to assure its employees the pension of 40
per cent to 45 per cent of the last drawn salary replacing the existing market-linked pension.
The central government has no proposal to provide tax holiday benefit status to Punjab, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha on Monday while responding to a query of a member.