Union Budget 2021: Auto industry demands rationalisation of tax, s
Updated : 1 day, 7 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is getting ready to present her third Union Budget on February 1, the auto industry hopes it will assist them in recovering from the pandemic-induced economic shock.
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High-powered panel's minutes reveal farm bills were never discusse
Updated : 2 days, 9 hours ago IST
Chandigarh [India], January 25 (ANI): The High-Powered Committee's minutes clearly show that the three contentious farm bills were never brought up or discussed in "any meeting" with the Government of Punjab or with any Punjab minister, said Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal.
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Athawale to ask PM Modi, FM Sitharaman for compensation to Serum I
Updated : 2 days, 17 hours ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI): Union Minister Ramdas Athawale will write a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asking them to provide compensation to the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune as they have suffered a loss of over R
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Final stage of budget-making process starts with Halwa ceremony, S
Updated : 3 days, 20 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The 'Halwa ceremony', marking the final stage of the process of making the Union Budget 2021-22, was held in North Block here on Saturday afternoon in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Film industry delegation meets Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 4 days, 19 hours ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra India), January 22 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, representatives of India's top multiplex chains along with BJP MP Sunny Deol met the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday and received an assurance that the government w
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C&AG report on KIIFB prepared with eye on Assembly polls, says
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): A day after Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report rapped Kerala government over Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), Finance Minister Thomas Isaac alleged that the audit report was prepared with political inte
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Odisha seeks 90:10 pc sharing pattern for centrally-sponsored sche
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 19 (ANI): In a pre-Budget consultation meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Odisha's Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari has demanded sharing pattern in the centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) at par with north-eastern and Himalayan states
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NBFCs, fintech companies urge FM Sitharaman to enhance lending fac
Updated : 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and fintech players have urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to enhance the lending facilities by three to four years which were announced and extended by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during Covid-19 lockdown
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Sitharaman holds pre-budget consultation with state finance minist
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Union Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday held pre-budget consultations with the finance ministers of states and union territories.
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Treat Delhi at par with J-K in providing tax share, Sisodia urges
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday urged the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to treat Delhi at par with the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as regards providing share from Central Taxes and Central
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CIBIL rating shouldn't be mandatory for street vendors for loans,
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Ahead of the Union Budget 2021-22, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj S Chouhan on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi and requested her that CIBIL rating should not be mandatory for street vendors while issuing loans.
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Kerala FM slams Centre over farm laws, hikes MSP for rubber, paddy
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 15 (ANI): Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac began the presentation of the budget by criticising the Centre over farm laws, stating that the central government is pursuing "neo-liberal policies and is helping corporates in the name of reforms
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