Tag: Finance Minister

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today decided to abolish all border unified inter-state check gates except one at Nalda from April 1, 2017. The announcement in this regard was made by Finance minister Pradip Kumar Amat in the assembly. The check gate at Nalda bordering Jharkhand will be operated by the Steel and Mines department only for […]

Bhubaneswar: With some changes made in line with the Union Budget such as abolishment of non-planned and planned expenditures, Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat is going to present the State Budget for 2017-18 fiscal in the State Assembly on Monday. With a Rs 1,06,000-crore budgetary allocation, the State Budget will have Administrative Expenditure, a rechristened […]

Bhubaneswar: Given the fact that the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has showed a relatively poor performance in the recently concluded panchayat polls in comparison with its 2012 tally, in a bid to retain the party’s image at grassroots level, Finance minister Pradip Amat in all likelihood will present a people-friendly budget on 27 February. […]

Bhubaneswar: In the post demonetization period since November 9, 2016 till January 25, 2017, as much as Rs 714 cr has been deposited in Jan Dhan accounts in Odisha. As per data furnished by Union Finance minister, Arun Jaitley in Parliament, since the launch of Jan Dhan accounts in August 26, 2017, Rs 1960 crore […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is expected to get about Rs 1,500 crore pending entry tax and interest thereon after a nine-judge bench of Supreme Court ordered the State is competent to levy entry tax while hearing the Vedanta entry tax case, said the State’s Finance Minister Pradip Amat today. The division bench of the Supreme […]

New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his residence in New Delhi today. Patnaik put forth a series of demands before the Union Minister. He urged Jaitley to provide Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation from 2012-13 till current fiscal. Besides, he sought Rs 566 crore compensation from Centre towards […]

A day after the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, Odisha’s Finance minister Pradip Amat today said the Centre should allow the States to implement a green tax on minerals and polluting items

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch, Commissionerate Police and Mayurbhanj police have confiscated movable and immovable assets of 23 Ponzi firms in the state, Finance minister Pradip Amat revealed yesterday. Replying to a written question by senior BJD legislator Prafulla Samal in the Assembly, the Finance minister said the state government […]

An inter-ministerial committee meeting under chairmanship of Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat will be held today to resolve issues of non-government and aided college teachers of 488 and 662 categories

Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat on Friday presented the annual Budget of Rs 94,052.65 crore for 2016-17 fiscal in the State Assembly

Congress state leaders on Monday reacted to the Union Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha by saying the budget will benefit the rich people and corporate houses

Finance minister Pradeep Kumar Amat will present the budget for the financial year 2016-17 on March 18. A notification to this effect was issued on Friday

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday given charge of Finance Ministry in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in the US for medical treatment, apparently ruling out his recuperation in time for the interim budget to be presented on February 1. Goyal will hold the portfolios of Finance and […]

New Delhi: Accusing the opposition parties of creating a false narrative based on lies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was the BJP which will decide the agenda and control the narrative of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls through Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s performance over the last five years. […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict on CBI Director Alok Verma’s reinstatement was not a “setback” to it and it will comply with the order asking it to convene a meeting of the special committee within a week to look at the issue afresh. Talking to reporters, Finance Minister Arun […]