Tag: Finance Minister

A day after Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram taunted him for presiding over "worst years" of Indian economy since liberalisation, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha Friday hit back saying Chidambaram has always "played fraud" in the Budget, including the interim one for the current fiscal

Finance minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the goods and services tax (GST) will help in economic integration of the country by enabling seamless transfer of goods and services

Stressing that economic stability should include steady prices, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said Parliament could set an inflation target for the Reserve Bank to achieve

Agriculture credit is likely to exceed the target of Rs 7,00,000 crore while farm exports are expected to increase to over USD 45 billion in the current fiscal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday

The government on Monday said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year will be contained at 4.6 per cent of GDP

Finance Minister P Chidambaram will visit Australia later this week to attend the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors and hold roadshows to attract investment

Regulators should intervene only in cases of gross violations by companies or when there are clear cases of criminality so that they do not get over burdened, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday

Allying fears of global investors over taxation issues, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that India offers a stable and non-adversarial tax regime besides a fair and just dispute redressal mechanism

As public sector bank employees started a two-day strike on Monday seeking higher wages, Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the profit of banks cannot be used only to enhance salaries because there are other obligations

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday expressed confidence that the economic growth rate for the current financial year will be revised to not less than 5 per cent

Pune: India needs to conceive several reforms in the banking sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here Saturday.

The government will encourage public and private investment in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday making his New Year resolution on a social networking website

The preparations at the government level begin months before. But the obsession in the media sets in just about a fortnight ahead of D Day (‘B Day’ would be more appropriate though). Edit pages of newspapers – and not just of the ‘Pink’ variety – are full of articles by ‘experts’ pontificating on what the […]

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who returned from the US last week after a medical treatment, will resume office as the Finance Minister on Friday. Official sources said Jaitley will resume function as the Finance Minister and attend the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) convened at 9.15 a.m. The CCS meeting has been called […]

The dearness allowance (DA) of the Central government employees has been increased by 3 per cent effective from January 1, 2019, to “compensate” for price rise. This move of the Modi government will benefit 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners. The cabinet has approved the additional DA of 3 per cent over the existing […]