Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the processes for recovering money for depositors post bank loan write-offs are "layered", while noting that small depositors are put to "extreme difficulty" in the process of justice delivery.
The Appropriation Bill gives power to the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for meeting the expenditure during the financial year.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama will move both the Bills in the afternoon. These Bills will be moved to the Upper House for consideration and return to the Lok Sabha where these have already been passed.
"In this 48th GST Council Meeting, there hasn't been any tax increase on any item. No new taxation has been brought in. Everything that has been done is to issue clarifications where ambiguity of interpretations prevailed, "Sitharaman said at the conclusion of the meeting.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is the chairperson of the GST Council, said as many as 15 items were on agenda during today's GST Council meeting, of which eight were completed, and the remaining are to be carried forward to the next council meet.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, while participating in the Zero Hour session in the Rajya Sabha, said the Reserve Bank of India and various central government ministries are making efforts to ensure people are not cheated by "dubious" Chinese loan apps.
Coinciding with the 75 years of Independence, AzadikaAmritMahotsav there will be an exhibition-cum-sale of Handloom Saris by 75 handloom weavers belonging to 16 States/UTs. The festivalis being organized in two phases from December 16-30 2022 and January 3-17 2023 (11AM to 8 PM) at Handloom
The Minister extended her ministry's cooperation and support, urging the Global Tech Summit leaders to actively promote G20 economy while explaining India's G20 presidency is comprehensive, progressive, and decisive, with a scheduled number of summits in 56 cities.
TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra lashed at the Centre over several issues affecting the country and took a swipe at the BJP government indicting them of "extreme incompetence".