Goods and Services Tax Council decides to impose 28 pc tax on turnover of online gaming firms
11 July 2023 2:45 PM GMTNew Delhi: The all-powerful Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Tuesday decided to impose a 28 per cent tax on the turnover of online gaming...
FM to meet chiefs of PSB banks to review financial performance on Thursday
4 July 2023 3:51 PM GMTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Thursday and review their financial...
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slams Modi government
26 Jun 2023 5:49 AM GMTSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday took on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her listing the Centre's achievements, saying that if...
Sitharaman slams Obama's remarks, cites US 'bombing' of Muslim countries when he was at helm
25 Jun 2023 3:57 PM GMTNew Delhi: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday slammed former US president Barack Obama's statement about minority rights in India,...
Nirmala Sitharaman, B S Yediyurappa and Narayana Murthy were among the early voters in Karnataka Assembly elections
10 May 2023 5:31 AM GMT Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy along with wife Sudha...
India needs to be vigilant against several potential risks: Finance Ministry
24 April 2023 7:30 PM GMTSounding a note of caution, the finance ministry's monthly economic review on Tuesday said India needs to be vigilant against potential risks of lower...
Regulating crypto without global consensus will not be effective: Nirmala Sitharaman
23 April 2023 12:15 PM GMTBengaluru: Underlining that global consensus is necessary for regulation of crypto, before India makes any move on it, Union Finance Minister Nirmala...
India will stay on course; projected to grow at 7 pc in 2022-23: Nirmala Sitharaman
15 April 2023 10:45 AM GMTObserving that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have estimated India to be the fastest-growing major economy in 2023, Finance Minister...
Nirmala Sitharaman attends high-level meeting on Sri Lankan debt issues
14 April 2023 6:29 AM GMT Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a high-level meeting on Sri Lankan debt issues and expressed India's commitment to support Colombo...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to join her French, Japanese counterparts to announce Sri Lanka debt restructuring process
12 April 2023 8:00 AM GMT Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will join her French and Japanese counterparts on Thursday to announce Sri Lanka's debt restructuring...
Those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
11 April 2023 5:42 AM GMT India is home to the second largest Muslim population in the world and those blaming the country on minority issues have no clue about the...
Govt caps maximum Goods and Services Tax cess rate on pan masala, tobacco; links rate to retail sale price
26 March 2023 6:30 AM GMTNew Delhi: The government has capped the maximum rate of GST compensation cess that would be levied on pan masala, cigarettes and other forms of...
