Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman

The trouble the 70-year-old had to endure for allowance is heart-wrenching. She has neither strength to walk properly, nor the energy to speak in an audible voice.

In an interaction with Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington DC, during her ongoing tour of the US, the finance minister gave Pakistan's example, saying that it was created as an Islamic country which had promised to treat minorities equally, however there the minorities and even several Muslim sects, which don't agree with the majority community, have been "decimated and diminished in numbers".

"I would like the WTO to be a lot more progressive, a lot more listening to all countries, to be fair to all members," Sitharaman said during a fire-side chat at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a top American think-tank in Washington.

Consumer Online Foundation has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to investigate the business activities of a company, named Rario and its compliance with Indian taxation laws.

Sitharaman once and for all cleared all doubts and apprehensions about Odisha's Special Category Status demand.

Responding to opposition's allegations that food subsidy has been cut, Sitharaman said that it has been almost doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh crore.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech said that the subsidies on EV batteries will be extended for one more year, hence making EVs cheaper in the country.

Apart from this, a copy of the President's address will also be laid in the Lok Sabha.

The Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list for 2022 highlights industry leaders and innovators who are leading on the international arena to redefine mainstream influence networks beyond political and economic power.

On November 22, Sitharaman would meet agriculture and agro processing industry, representatives from financial sector and capital markets.

"The story (of India's 5G) is yet to reach the public," Sitharaman said in her interaction with students at the Johns Hopkins SAIS.

The Consumer Price Index-based retail inflation was at 7.01 per cent in June and 5.59 per cent in July 2021.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman described the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) as a major step towards financial inclusion, informing that the programme's success can be gauged from the fact that 46 crore bank accounts with a deposit balance of Rs 1.74 lakh crore have been opened under it in the last eight years.

On the opposition's claims of burdening people by imposing GST on cheque books, she said the levy is in relation to purchase of cheque books by bans from printers, not for the public.

In her written reply, the finance minister said a show cause notice demanding Rs 4403.88 crore has been served on Oppo Mobiles India Ltd. based on the investigation conducted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).