After a 'sin tax' on tobacco-related items during the GST rationalisation exercise, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced 'Healthy Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025', in the Lok Sabha. The Bill proposed a rigorous new tax regime on pan masala and gutkha manu
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced two bills in Lok Sabha on Monday, the first day of Winter session of Parliament, aimed at levying cess on tobacco products and its manufacturing.
The 6th Session of the 18th Lok Sabha and the 269th Session of the Rajya Sabha will commence on Monday, December 1, at 11 am, marking the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament.
"He (Humayun Kabir) is not in contact with the party. His speeches have nothing to do with the party. They are his own statements, but the party doesn't agree with them. He has gone beyond the limits," Nirmal Ghosh told ANI on Tuesday.
By 2047, Sitharaman said, India needs to be a developed country as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This vision can only be realised if timely modernisation of the systems and processes take place."
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today chaired the 11th Pre-Budget Consultation with experts from the infrastructure and energy sectors in New Delhi, marking another step in the preparation of the Union Budget 2026-27. According to the Ministry of Finance on X, the meeting is att
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has completed ten rounds of Pre-Budget Consultations in New Delhi as part of the preparations for the forthcoming Union Budget 2026-27.
New Delhi [India], November 17: Digital South Trust has officially launched India's first and largest Blockchain Faculty Development Program (FDP) at Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore--setting a national benchmark in Blockchain Education India and the race toward becoming a Global Blockc
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday met Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, here to discuss ways to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday chaired the third pre-Budget consultation meeting with stakeholders from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with the country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27.
The TATA semiconductor project in Assam is being developed with an investment of Rs 27,000 crore and is expected to produce 48 million semiconductor chips per day upon completion. The first phase of the plant is expected to be commissioned by April 2026.