In a letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who also happens to be the chairperson of GST Council, Odisha CM has stated tendu leaves, which are a Minor Forest Produce (MFP), is the financial backbone of 8 Lakh workers in his state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeting.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States has been historic claimed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday, lashed out at former US President Barack Obama for his comments on Indian Muslims and said that under his reign, the United States had bombed six Muslim-dominated countries.
"The committee, set up under the chairmanship of the Finance Secretary in pursuance of an announcement made by the Union Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha in the last Budget Session, is at present in the midst of its deliberations and is in the process of consulting stakeholders," the Fin
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Nirmala Sitharaman said that no pension updation exercise was carried out for the banking sector in the past 28 years which is effectively depriving sources of sustenance.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario here in the national capital. They discussed issues of mutual interests, besides some emerging global challenges.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for releasing an instalment of Rs 1,322 crores to Uttarakhand under the tax transfer process.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday chaired the second meeting of the apex monitoring authority of the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT).
While addressing a press conference in Chennai, the Finance Minister said, "It's a temple of democracy, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the Parliament by bowing on its steps. I humbly request and appeal (to the Opposition), kindly re-think, change your stand and participate in t
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had an interaction with a delegation from Boeing comprising their global senior leadership team, led by its president Salil Gupte.
Amid the ongoing uncertainty on the issue of imposed Tax Collected at Source on the usage of international debit or credit cards during foreign travel, Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote a letter to the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to consider scrapping or minimising s