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No Monday Blues: Sensex Up Over 1,200 Points

Mumbai: Bull run in the domestic stock markets continued for the second straight day as the BSE Sensex rose over 1,200 points on Monday. The corporate tax cut rate announced on Friday that was dubbed as mother of all measures to combat slowdown continued to boost the investor sentiments. At 12.37 p.m., the Sensex was […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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FM Sitharaman Says No Liquidity Issue Post 'Tonic-like' Meet With Banks

New Delhi: Describing her meeting with the bankers as a “tonic”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that there is no liquidity related problems being faced by the private sector lenders and the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). Addressing the media after meeting the bankers, NBFCs and mutual funds, Sitharaman said that no banks or […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Govt Looks To Push Infra Spending: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the ministries have cleared most of the dues of goods and services to suppliers, mostly MSMEs, and the remaining payments will be done in the next few days. The minister also said that ministries have been asked to provide detailed capital expenditure plans for the next […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Indian Public Sector Banks Had 'Worst Phase' Under Manmohan Singh, Raghuram Rajan: Sitharaman

New York: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian public sector banks had the “worst phase” under the combination of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Delivering a lecture at the prestigious Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs here on Tuesday, Sitharaman said that giving all the […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Despite IMF Projections, India Still Among Fastest Growing Economies: FM Sitharaman

Washington: India remains among the fastest growing economies of the world and efforts are being made to make it grow faster, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a reduced growth rate for India, but the country’s economy is “still growing as the fastest”, she told a group of […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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India-US trade negotiations going in full speed: Nirmala Sitharaman

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the negotiations between India and the US on a trade deal are going in “full speed” and expressed hope that an agreement will be structured soon. The ongoing trade deal negotiations briefly came up for discussion during a pull-aside between Sitharaman and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Shared Stand With FM Sitharaman On Some Issues In JNU: Abhijit Banerjee

New Delhi: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was his contemporary in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and they both stood on “similar” lines on “certain” issues during their academic years in the university. Speaking in a television interview, he said that it was not as if the two had deep […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Don't Hesitate To Give Loans To SHGs Backed By Credible Spiritual Leaders: Sitharaman To Banks

Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday lauded self-help group movements led by religious and spiritual leaders and advised banks to give up any hesitation in giving loans to such groups backed by credible leadership. When you have social, religious and spiritual leaders leading the (self-help group) movement, banks find easy to find credible […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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7th Pay Commission: Big Update On Promotion, Pay Scale Of CG Employees

New Delhi: It has been months that the Central Government employees have been urging for a raise in the minimum pay under 7th Pay Commission recommendations. At present, they are getting Rs 18,000 basic pay and if the present fitment factor of 2.57 times is hiked to 3.68 as per the demand, they will get […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Cabinet Approves Rs 25k Cr Fund For Stalled Housing Projects

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved setting up of a Rs 25,000 crore bailout fund to finance 1,600 stalled housing projects as it looks to boost the economy by kickstarting incomplete projects. The decision was approved by the Union Cabinet at a meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Deposit insurance cover to be hiked from Rs 1 lakh: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said cooperative banks would be under the RBI’s prudential norms to prevent any PMC Bank-like situations, there will be a rise from Rs 1 lakh in deposit insurance cover for account holders in the new FRDI Bill and the Finance Ministry will shortly move the proposal before […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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We Will Move Forward On Insurance PSUs Merger: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the government would be moving forward on the merger of the three state-run general insurance companies as announced in the previous Budget. “This was a Budget announcement and I will be moving forward on that”, she said in a media interaction about a query on the status […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Government's Support For Debilitated Telecom Sector Welcome

New Delhi: Supporting consolidation in the telecom sector, public policy think-tank Cuts International on Sunday lauded Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for saying that she would not like any telecom operator in the country to shut operations. In a statement here, Cuts Secretary General Pradeep S. Mehta said the functioning of all four incumbent telecom firms […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Govt Looking At Credit Rating Process For Corporates: FM

Chennai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is looking at the methodologies used by credit rating agencies in rating corporates. She also said the Narendra Modi government decided against joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership as the offer did not match India’s expectations and aspirations. Delivering the sixth G. Ramachandran Memorial Lecture […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Government Committed To More Reforms: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: Amidst criticism over a free fall in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the government is committed to take up further reform measures in the economy. Speaking at the India-Sweden Business Summit, Sitharaman noted that the government had recently reduced the corporate tax rate […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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