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Finance Commission meets advisory council to assess Covid-19 impact on sta
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The 15th Finance Commission had virtual meetings with its advisory council on Friday and a day earlier to discuss adverse implications of constraints in the economy on tax revenue collections of the Central and state governments.
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Centre releases financial aid for health sector improvement in Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 4 (ANI): For the financial year 2020-21, the Central government has released grants-in-aid worth Rs 1,66,53,00,000 for Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Flexipool and other Health System activities from Uttarakhand, said State Finance Secretary, Amit Ne
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Inter-Ministerial Committee in Odisha holds discussion with industry assoc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 26 (ANI): An Inter-Ministerial Committee of Odisha government, under the chairmanship of state finance minister Niranjan Pujari, on Saturday held discussion with representatives of different industry associations to deliberate measures to kickstart micro,
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State finances in dire straits, urgent assistance needed: Chidambaram at C
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday underlined that finances of states across the country are in "dire straits" amid the coronavirus lockdown, and said that they need urgent assistance.
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Kerala FM depicts Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on cover page of its budg
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday has come under the spotlight for depicting the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on the cover of the state finance budget 2020-21 document.
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WB Finance Minister calls for 3-day session of state FMs on GST overhaul
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has called for a three-day session of all state finance ministers to overhaul the framework of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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SAD condemns Manpreet Singh Badal for flying off to a jaunt in Swiss Alps
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday condemned the state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal for "flying off to a jaunt along with his family in the Swiss Alps in the name of attending the Davos Summit".
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Budget session of Odisha Assembly to commence from Feb 14
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): The budget session of Odisha Assembly will commence on February 14 and the State finance minister will present the 2020-21 Budget on February 18.
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Impossible to provide proof of religious persecution under CAA: Assam Min
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Amid anti-CAA protest in Assam, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that it is impossible for the person to go back to Bangladesh and collect a copy of police report to show the proof of religious persecution.
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PPRC criticises Kejriwal for distorting CAG figures on Delhi finances
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Public Policy Research Centre (PPRC) has condemned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for distorting facts in an audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India which said the fiscal deficit of state government improved to a surplus of
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Delegation of state FMs meet Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman over GST compensa
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): A delegation of state finance ministers met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Wednesday to discuss GST compensation. "Finance Minister Sitharaman did not specify the reason why compensation to states is being held up. Centre owes Delhi Rs
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Amaravati start-up area project not financially viable: Andhra FM Buggana
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): State Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath on Wednesday said the Amaravati capital city start-up area project, which was awarded to a consortium of Singaporean companies, was cancelled because it was not financially viable and would have bee
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