Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: In a major relief to contractors in the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that government agencies will partially release bank guarantees to contractors so that contracts are partially completed to ease…

New Delhi: Having already extended the various statutory deadlines related to income tax till June 30, the Union government has decided to revise the income tax return forms for assessment year 2020-21. The Central Bureau of Direct Taxes…

New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emerged on Saturday carrying her Budget papers once again in a traditional red “bahi khata” (cloth ledger) similar to last year. She was photographed in a…

Economist Parakala Prabhakar, husband of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said that the Indian government is "in denial mode" over the state of economy. In a column in the Hindu, he wrote that the government should adopt the Rao-Singh…

In a bid to boost the country's slowing economy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of reforms on Saturday. She also gave assurance that industrial production was showing signs of revival and inflation was under…

Twitterati are having a field day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed the auto industry slump on millenials not wanting to buy cars and preferring services such as Ola and Uber. The FM also noted that confusion over BS6…

From October 1, any notice by the Income Tax department for tax claims will have to be issued with a Document Identification Number (DIN), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters after a meeting with tax officials. “Unless there…

Chennai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has revealed why she carried the Union Budget papers in a swadeshi ‘bahi khata’ instead of the traditional briefcase. The Narendra Modi government is not a “suitcase carrying” government,…