Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked officials to look into the matter of the heart-wrenching story of a COVID orphan getting loan notices for repayment of a debt left behind by her father. Vanisha Pathak is…

New Delhi: The Economic Survey, which was tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Friday, has forecast a “V-shaped” recovery for the Indian economy and real GDP growth of 11 per cent in 2021-22, citing the mass…

New Delhi: Beginning Tuesday (October 1), there will be some changes in the rules with regard to issuing vehicle Registration cards (RCs) and driving licences (DLs) in the country. In addition, the State Bank Of India (SBI) has also changed…

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday announced the release of Rs 1.65 lakh crore as GST compensation to states for FY 2019-20, including Rs 13,806 crore for March. "GST collection has been severely impacted this year due to…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that the government will allocate an additional Rs 40,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) amid the COVID-19 crisis.…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address the media at 4 pm on Wednesday. She is expected to give details of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to revive the…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “trying to mislead people in a brazen manner”. She lashed out at him for saying the list of wilful defaulters released by the Reserve Bank…

The all-powerful GST Council has decided to slash the rate on hotel room tariffs, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced. For hotels, there will be nil tax for those with tariffs of up to Rs 1,000 per night. Those charging…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that corporate tax rates for domestic companies will be slashed from the present 30 per cent to 22 per cent. Besides, the tax for domestic manufacturing companies…

New Delhi: Odia-speaking candidates preparing for the upcoming banking recruitment exams have reasons to cheer. The Centre on Thursday announced holding the tests in Odia and 12 other regional languages, besides English and Hindi, from this…