Minister of State (MoS) Finance Bhagwat Karad informed Parliament that banks in India have recovered non-performing assets worth Rs 10.16 lakh crore on an aggregate basis in the past nine years.
Rs 2000 denomination banknotes were introduced to expeditiously meet the currency requirement of the economy after Demonetisation and are close to the end of their useful life, the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
On May 19, the RBI decided to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation but said it would continue to remain as legal tender. However, RBI has advised banks to stop issuing such banknotes with immediate effect.
The conclave was organised by the ministry of development for the North Eastern Region, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi) and State Bank of India with Confederation of Indian Industry the Industry, was held on Friday in New Delhi.
The Minister stated that as on date, proceeds of crime of Rs 2,116 crore (approx) have been identified, out of which proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 859.15 crore have been attached/seized/frozen under the provisions of PMLA.
As only hours are left before Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday said that this budget would fine-tune with the expectations of the general public and that India'
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the pre-Budget document in the Parliament after President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament.
The Union Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Karad on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that loans worth Rs 1,74,966 crores were written off by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) in the last financial year and Rs 33,534 crores were recovered from written-off loans in the last financial yea