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Parliament Winter Session: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to move Appropriation (No
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday to move the Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha to authorise payment and appropriation of additional funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for the financial year 2025-26.
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Discussion on electoral reforms to continue in Rajya Sabha today
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
From the BJP side, Sudhanshu Trivedi, Ujjwal Nikam, Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Kavita Patidar will be the speakers in the discussion and present the party's position on the proposed reforms.
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"Many thought this was not possible in India, but you have made it possibl
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Teo Chee Hean, Chairman of Temasek and Senior Advisor to the Singapore Prime Minister, praised India's reforms, noting simplified GST and the consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. He said these changes improved ease of doing business and achieved what many once thought impossible.
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EU Trade Commissioner meets Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met a delegation led by the European Union's Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, and the two leaders discussed cooperation on trade and investment.
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Complete customs overhaul will be next major reform push: Sitharaman
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that a complete overhaul of the customs system would be her next major assignment as part of broader efforts to reform the economy.
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to collect cess for health, national security from p
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lok Sabha on Friday passed The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, whose objective is to raise additional funds from what is widely called demerit or sin goods -- such as pan masala -- for "Health Security" and "National Security."
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Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha to take up Health, National Security
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Friday move the Health Security and National Security Cess Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha for further consideration and passage during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
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Parliament approves Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to raise excise
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion in Rajya Sabha, said the higher duties on cigarettes will be shared with the states. "This is not a cess but excise duty. The amount will be redistributed to the States as per the Finance Commission's recommendati
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Sitharaman moves Health Security se National Security Cess Bill in Lok Sab
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP from Haryana's Ambala Varun Chaudhury while noting that the Bill is silent on sharing the cess pool with States, suggested that the Bill be referred to a Select Committe. He noted that perhaps the name of a Bill is bilingual. The Bill can be in Hindi or English and need not be b
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FM Sitharaman to move Health Security se National Security Cess Bill for c
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to move the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Sitharaman takes dig at Congress; says IMF report does not question India'
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit back at the Congress leaders who took a jibe at the government over the IMF's annual review of India's national accounts statistics giving the data Grade 'C' and asserted that the IMF report does not question the growth figures. She sai
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Lok Sabha passes Bill aimed at raising excise duty on tobacco products
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 seeks to revise excise duties on tobacco and related products after the expiry of the GST compensation cess
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