Tag: Finance Ministry

New Delhi: The gross GST revenue collected in the month of October 2020 was Rs 1,05,155 crore, an official statement said on Sunday. This is the first time in the current financial year that the gross GST collections has crossed the Rs 1-lakh-crore-mark. Out of the total GST revenue collected, CGST (Central GST) was Rs […]

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that there has been no increase in service charges by any public sector bank even as Bank of Baroda decided to withdraw changes made with regard to the number of free cash deposit transactions in a bank account per month. Bank of Baroda had made certain changes […]

New Delhi: The provisional figures of direct tax collections for the financial year 2020-21 showed that net collections are at Rs 9.45 lakh crore. The net collection is around 5…

New Delhi: India has been witnessing a ‘V-shaped’ recovery since June with the gradual easing of restrictions on economic activities, said a Finance Ministry report. “The sustained improvement in high frequency indicators ignite optimism of an improved performance in second half of the year,” it said. The Monthly Economic Recovery for December by the Department […]

New Delhi: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Ministry has decided to go paperless for the upcoming budget scheduled for February 1. This is a historic move as it will be for the first time in the history of independent India that the budget papers will not be printed. Sources said the government has received […]

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry had released the 17th weekly instalment of Rs 5,000 crore to the states to meet the GST compensation shortfall. Out of this, an amount of Rs 4,730.41 crore has been released to 23 States and an amount of Rs 269.59 crore has been released to the three Union Territories (UT) […]

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has released the final weekly instalment of Rs 4,104 crore to the states to meet the GST compensation shortfall. Out of this, an amount of Rs 4,086.97 crore has been released to 23 states and Rs 17.03 crore to 3 Union Territories with Legislative Assemblies. With the current release, 100 […]

New Delhi: With Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying that all windows on cryptocurrencies will not be closed down, industry stakeholders on Monday said that a positive move at this point can unleash a host of opportunities for the country. Her comments at an India Today conclave last week came amid speculation that the government […]