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Manipur GST amendments taken up for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Central government amended the Central Goods and Services Act of 2017, particularly section 121 to 134 of the finance Act 2025. This was passed by Parliament and enacted in 2024. These changes also came into effect on October 2025 after more than half of the states updated their GST.
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Centre introduces bill to impose new cess on pan masala, Gutka for nationa
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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
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Nirmala Sitharaman introduces two Bills in Lok Sabha aimed at levying cess
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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.
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Parliament Winter Session to begin today; FM Sitharaman likely to introduc
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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.
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Nirmala Sitharaman chairs review meeting with regional directorates and re
Updated : 4 months ago IST
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."
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FM chairs 11th pre-budget consultation with infrastructure, energy experts
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Nirmala Sitharaman holds 10 rounds of pre-budget consultations ahead of Un
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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Digital South Trust Launches India's First & Largest Blockchain Faculty De
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Sitharaman meets Saudi Arabia's Minister of Investment, discusses early co
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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.
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FM meets stakeholders of MSME sector for pre-budget consultations
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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.
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Pre-Budget meeting for Budget 2026-27 begins with Economist and Agricultur
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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.
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Assam to be part of global semiconductor ecosystem in 2026: Nirmala Sithar
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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.
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