Tag: Union Finance Minister

New Delhi: While continuing to bring news to all the Odia people not only in Odisha but also across the globe over the past 20 years, Odisha Television Network (OTV) has established its credibility which has led to its success, said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the 20th anniversary event of OTV held in […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Centre today announced to celebrate the 200 years completion of Paika Mutiny, known to be the first freedom struggle of India, to commemorate the courageous uprising of soldiers led by Buxi Jagabandhu in Khordha district of Odisha against British in 1817. During his Budget speech in Lok Sabha today, Union Finance Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of Odisha Assembly would begin from February 22. This was decided at the all-party meeting presided over by Speaker Niranjan Pujari here today. Talking to media persons after the meeting, Pujari said since the model code of conduct is in force for the ensuing Panchayat elections scheduled to kick off on […]

Cuttack: Vice Chairman of SIT on Black Money, Justice Arijit Pasayat today said the black money is not completely weeded out from India. “It is the lookout of the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax officials to trace out the people who have invested their black money either in real estate or in the purchase […]

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Centre will bear all expenses towards construction of the Polavaram project on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh

A day before the presentation of Union Budget for 2016-17 fiscal by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the Lok Sabha, political leaders of Odisha hope that the budget will have more allocations for the agriculture sector as well as farmers

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that India’s healthcare institutions receive donations from religious groups and CSR programmes unlike other countries which receive large endowments. “Most hospitals internationally have some of the largest endowments. The social sector in India gets funded more on a community basis, except for this new beginning […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the Centre and state governments need to come together for providing better healthcare to the people and proper utilisation of resources. “We are running the Ayushman Bharat scheme while the states also have their own schemes. The Centre and the states need to merge the […]

New Delhi: The slugfest over the Rafale deal continued on Sunday with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley citing conflicting media reports on Francois Hollande’s claims regarding a private firm becoming an as offset partner in the jet deal at the instance of Modi government and asserting that there was “no partnership as suggested by the […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely will launch Google’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service called “Tez” on Monday. “FM Shri @arunjaitley to launch the Google Digital Payment app ‘TEZ’ on Monday, 18th September, 2017 in the national capital,” the Finance Ministry confirmed in a tweet on Saturday. The report of Google entering […]

New Delhi: Defending the jump in India’s wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in August to 3.24 per cent, nearly double that of July, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said it was well below the target of 4 per cent. “During monsoon, there is a spike in vegetable prices. It is usually the highest level […]

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council at its 16th meeting here on Sunday revised the rates of 66 items out of the 133 for which representations had been received seeking change from the fitments originally made in the four-slab indirect tax structure, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. Following the 15th meeting of […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday launched a mobile-friendly common landing webpage of the Ministry of Finance (www.finmin.nic.in) to provide a single-point access to all websites of five departments under the ministry. “The website is mobile format friendly across all platforms viz. Android, Windows, and iOS. The new website also has features of […]

Srinagar: Foodgrains, cereals and milk will cost less from July 1 when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is rolled out as the GST Council today decided to exempt these daily-use commodities from the levy. Common use products like hair oil, soaps and toothpaste will be charged with a single national sales tax or GST […]

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, headed by Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley, is scheduled to meet on November 10 to discuss on lowering tax rates on handmade furniture, plastic products and daily use items like shampoo. Besides, the council will consider on measures to simplify return filing rules. In further relief […]