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- Business
Centre committed to paying GST compensation, says Finance Minister
Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured the Parliament that the government is committed to paying GST compensation to states. Replying to a slew of questions by MPs cutting across party…
- India
Nirmala Sitharaman, 5 other Indians among Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
New York: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar are among six Indians who have made it to the Forbes’ annual list of The World’s…
- Business
Finance Minister crosses swords with Telangana Congress MP over rupee fall
New Delhi: A bitter war of words ensued between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress member A Revanth Reddy in the Lok Sabha on Monday over rupee depreciation and the overall state…
- Business
Finance Minister to begin pre-budget consultations from Monday
Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups from Monday. On Monday, she will hold consultations with the industry captains and experts on infrastructure and climate change…
- India
Kharge demands answers from PM, FM on declining forex reserves, falling rupee
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded answers from the prime minister and the finance minister on Thursday over a sharp decline in India’s foreign exchange reserves in the first half of…
- Business
Finance Minister says India’s growth resilient despite exogenous threats
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that despite exogenous threats, India’s well-targeted policy mix, accompanied by major structural reforms and sound external balance sheet, have aided its growth to…
- Business
Oppn slams Sitharaman’s remark that rupee has not weakened
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Sunday slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark that rupee has not weakened but it is the dollar that has strengthened, saying she cannot hide the failure of…
- India
India taking action against spamming, says Sitharaman
Washington: The Indian government is taking action against activities like spamming and intrusion into privacy data, especially in the banking sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Addressing a group of Indian reporters…
- India
Rupee still holding its ground, Indian economy is good: Sitharaman
Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian rupee is holding ground at a time when the dollar has strengthened, asserting that the fundamentals of India’s economy are strong and the…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Washington
Washington: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a meeting at the US Treasury, in Washington DC. (PTI Photo) Washington: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with US Treasury Secretary…
- Pakistan
Will IMF continue its loan programme under Pakistan’s new finance minister?
New Delhi: As Pakistan is now set to get a new finance minister – senior member of Pakistan Muslim League – N (PML-N) Ishaq Dar will soon assume charge, the moot question…
- India
Chidambaram slams FM for calling the 1991 economic reforms “half-baked”
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday took a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for calling the 1991 economic reforms “half-baked”, saying that “thank god” Manmohan Singh did not…
- India
BJP offered MLAs Rs 25 crore to topple Punjab govt, claims AAP
Chandigarh: The ruling AAP in Punjab on Tuesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 20-25 crore each to its MLAs in an attempt to topple the Bhagwant Mann government in the state.…
- Telangana
Contractors responsible for repairs of KLIS pump houses: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana finance minister T.Harish Rao stated that contracting agencies must take care of repair work of damaged pump houses of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) and asserted that the state…
- Telangana
TRS hits back at FM with PM’s pictures on LPG cylinders
Hyderabad: A day after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pulled up a district collector in Telangana on not finding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo at a PDS shop, supporters of Telangana Rashtra…
