Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ahead of the first G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors meeting to be held in Bengaluru -- starting Friday.
The FMCBG meeting will be spread over two days with Union Finance Minister and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das jointly steering the G20 FMCBG discussions under G20 India's Finance Track priorities, it added.
Reiterating his demand for the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday, attacked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her remarks on OPS.
On a query over the Directorate of Enforcement's ongoing raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said no action is executed with a sense of revenge.
Retorting to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's statement of dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious target of reaching a USD 5 trillion economy as a "joke", Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the debt of the State crossed Rs 3 lakh crores fr
The Union Finance Minister stated that capital expenditure has the potential to benefit a range of core industries, making it an effective way to ensure that money is directed to the right places and generate multiplier effects.
Responding to a question on the new income tax regime announced in the Union Budget 2023, the Minister said that the simple step of trying to leave some money in the middle-class' hands leads to a lot of inferences. "We had said earlier we will simplify and reduce income tax rates, that's wh
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed the oil bonds issued during the Congress-led UPA government's tenure as "trickery", saying that the present government is repaying the burden
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday took a jibe at the Budget 2023 presented by the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP)-led central government and said that growth will not be 7 per cent this year as claimed by the government.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Congress leaders should 'wash' their faces with 'Dettol' before they talk about corruption.
Sitharaman, who replied to the debate on the Union Budget 2023-24, hit back at Congress over corruption allegations against the government, saying "clean your mouth with dettol"