Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman

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India's first Sovereign Bond to float in Oct-Mar period: Finance Secretary

New Delhi: The government is targeting the second half of the fiscal year to raise funds through overseas bond sales, Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said. “We will target the second half,” Garg told IANS in an interview on being asked if this will happen this fiscal. The quantum, timing and number as well as […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Data presented in Budget is 100 per cent above board: Finance Minister

New Delhi: Amid a debate over variance in numbers in the Economic Survey and the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday said both the documents present consistent picture and her budget numbers are authentic and projections based on realistic estimates. “The data which is given in the Budget is 100 per cent above board…there need […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Budget to boost investment, comprehensive steps envisaged: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the big picture presented in the Budget is backed with a plan to increase investment without compromising on the fiscal consolidation roadmap. Replying after a general discussion on the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said, “Comprehensive steps” have been envisaged for the next […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Task Force On Direct Tax Code To Submit Report By July 31: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that a task force on the new Direct Tax Code will submit its report by month end. The new direct tax code is set to replace the existing Income Tax Act. The aim is to reform the complex income tax laws into simpler tax codes with […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Bills to check illicit deposits, empowerment of transgenders introduced in LS

New Delhi: A Bill to tackle menace of illicit deposits and another that provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders were introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday. The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Bill will replace the Banning of Unregulated Deposit […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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LS passes amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, with the government asserting that the spirit behind the law is not to allow companies to die. Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill and with its passage in the lower house, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is set to be […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Business failures should not be looked down upon: FM

New Delhi: Reacting to the death of Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said business failures in the country should not be tabooed, or looked down upon. Responding to a debate on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said that businessmen should get […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Sitharaman assures industry of steps to revive economy

New Delhi: Following a meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, India Inc is hopeful of receiving a stimulus from the Finance Ministry aimed at helping revive demand and consumption. The government is holding a series of consultations with industry to ascertain the key causes of the current slowdown and understand ways to fix […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Include Puri, Konark in iconic tourist list: Odisha BJP MPs

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from Odisha have requested Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel to include the Jagannath temple in Puri and Sun Temple in Konark in the list of India’s Iconic Tourist Sites. In a letter to the Union Minister, released to media on Friday, the MPs have sought his personal […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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PM Modi reviews economy with Sitharaman, officials

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the state of economy and the likely steps to arrest the current slowdown with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and senior bureaucrats, sources said. The Prime Minister also reviewed various proposals that might be used to shore up stalling growth, the sources added. The finalised stimulus package, […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Corporate tax to be cut gradually: Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said corporate tax rate for companies with over Rs 400 crore turnover will be gradually cut to 25 per cent and the government will support wealth creators. In her maiden Budget in July, she had cut corporate tax for companies with annual turnover of up to Rs […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Prepare For New Challenges, Protect Indian Cos From Abuse By Global Firms: Nirmala Tells CCI

New Delhi: Urging the Competition Commission to prepare for dealing with new challenges, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there is a need to protect Indian enterprises from excessive abuse in terms of competition from international players in the changed global economic order. Sitharaman, who also holds the corporate affairs ministry portfolio, flagged the […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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FM Proposes Measures To Enhance Fund Flows For Infra, Housing Projs

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to establish an organisation to provide credit enhancement for infrastructure and housing projects with an aim to enhance fund flows towards such projects. Announcing steps to prop up the slowing economy, the minister said that in order to improve domestic bond market, the finance ministry will […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Sitharaman gets thumbs up on steps to combat slowdown

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has got loads of support from the Union Cabinet and her party on the steps announced by her to combat the economic slowdown in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a thumbs up to the announcements tweeting: “The measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will facilitate ease […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Growth Steps, Oil Prices Set To Boost Equities

Mumbai: Indian equities along with the rupee which have lately faced headwinds of massive foreign fund outflows along with disappointing quarterly earning results will get a boost via Central government’s policy measures to prop up growth along with falling crude oil prices, experts said. However, the escalation in the US-China trade war and release of […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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